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Somewhat daft ... When the Lights Went Out.
Somewhat daft ... When the Lights Went Out.
Horror films This article is more than 13 years oldReviewWhen the Lights Went Out – reviewThis article is more than 13 years oldThis British scary movie is preposterous and cheesy, if occasionally oddly enjoyablePeter BradshawPeter BradshawThu 13 Sep 2012 10.12 BSTShare

Like a horror version of Sid James's Bless This House, this British scary movie is preposterous and cheesy, if occasionally oddly enjoyable. It is (but of course) based on a true story of a family in Yorkshire in 1974 – an era haunted by strikes and power-cuts. They believed a poltergeist was plunging their house into darkness. The movie does not present the story as political satire or psychological case-study, merely a somewhat daft ghost story. Just as no one in EastEnders watches EastEnders, no one here mentions the sensational 1973 film The Exorcist, which found millions of fans and whose staggering popularity may, I delicately suggest, account for this true-life phenomenon.

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