
For years, the Covington forest has been shrouded in mystery, with a dark past as a final destination for troubled youths. Undeterred by the news of a classmate who recently took his life in those woods, five teens journey into the forest for an evening of flashlight games and ghost stories. But their plans go awry when the friends awaken a demonic presence, an unseen evil that will seize upon their deepest fears-and plunge them into a nightmare of absolute terror.... (Full plot summary below)
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For years, the Covington forest has been shrouded in mystery, with a dark past as a final destination for troubled youths. Undeterred by the news of a classmate who recently took his life in those woods, five teens journey into the forest for an evening of flashlight games and ghost stories. But their plans go awry when the friends awaken a demonic presence, an unseen evil that will seize upon their deepest fears-and plunge them into a nightmare of absolute terror.
Leave your thoughts about Nightlight.
| The Blogging BansheeMolly HeneryI felt like it was an interesting idea, there were definitely times where I jumped, and it had a really cute dog in it named Kramer. There were just more parts that I didn't enjoy that outweigh the good. |
| We Got This CoveredMatt DonatoLike a flashlight that's running low on juice, you can feel the life oozing out of Nightlight with every faint flicker. |
| RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoNightlight is a perfect example of a film with interesting ideas that are totally smothered by poor execution. |
| Los Angeles TimesMartin TsaiFilmmakers Scott Beck and Bryan Woods water down the element of surprise, even if they get the found footage shtick down to a science. |
| VarietyDennis HarveyThe relative restraint of keeping any supernatural creatures and most violence just offscreen works well to maintain suspense. It’s too bad Beck and Woods didn’t exercise equal caution in the dialogue department. |
| The New York TimesAndy WebsterA spare trifle carried largely by its leading actress. |
| The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckIt's all very familiar in that Blair Witch kind of way, with neither the characters nor situations proving remotely interesting. |
| User ReviewMeth-dudeThe movie is actually better than what I was expecting.The acting was not bad, the"camera" was not too shaky and the creators had a good original idea but they transformed it into a cliché horror teen movie.The movie is actually frustrating at parts because the deaths are not shown,sometimes the characters say that they should not go in this place but they go there anyways,and at one moment one of the characters steps in a bear traps and hurt herself and say that she can't run because she's injured but later in the movie her injury magically disappeared.In the end it is an entertaining cliché horror movie like every other else. |
| User ReviewHeather MI thoroughly enjoyed this movie until the end. It's really fun and it made me jump and I like the scary stuff and fx they did, really simple, but enthralling. I just wish it hadn't been so much about some hurt boy, and more about the church and woods and stuff. |
| User ReviewCrash FThe characters are mostly stupid and unlikeable. The main story plot with the friend's suicide is very cliche. However. the atmosphere, tension, and a few really good scares saves it. Overall, it's not great, but not awful. If you enjoy the found footage genre, you'll probably like it. |