FilmRPsychological Supernatural

Red Lights2012

Name: Red Lights
Genre: Psychological, Supernatural
Released: 2012-03-02
Rating: 5.8

“How much do you want to believe?”

Directed by Rodrigo Cortés

5.8

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 6.2Rotten Tomatoes 30%Metacritic 36TMDB 6.2

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Year

2012

Runtime

114 min

Box Office

Budget

$14,000,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$13,551,174

Domestic

$52,624

🏆 2 nominations total

The premise

Two investigators of paranormal hoaxes, the veteran Dr. Margaret Matheson and her young assistant, Tom Buckley, study the most varied metaphysical phenomena with the aim of proving their fraudulent origins. Simon Silver, a legendary blind psychic, reappears after an enigmatic absence of 30 years to become the greatest international challenge to both orthodox science and professional sceptics. Tom starts to develop an intense obsession with Silver, whose magnetism becomes stronger with each new manifestation of inexplicable events. As Tom gets closer to Silver, tension mounts, and his worldview is threatened to its core.

Horror Vault's take

Dr. Margaret Matheson and her driven young colleague Tom Buckley have built careers dismantling the illusions of self-proclaimed psychics and paranormal frauds — but when legendary blind psychic Simon Silver emerges from a thirty-year silence, Tom finds the case consuming him in ways no rational framework can easily contain. Silver's aura of inexplicable power tests not just their methods but Tom's grip on his own convictions. With an all-star cast anchoring a story of obsession and doubt, this cerebral thriller keeps its cards close to its chest right up to the final frame.

Content: Intense Psychological Tension, Depictions Of A Violent Attack, Disturbing Imagery