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Director Shares Original Treatment He Wrote for ‘Lights Out’; Way Different Ending

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With each flicker of darkness we see the silhouette get closer and closer…

This past summer was a great one for the horror genre, and one of the gems that hit the big screen was director David F. Sandberg’s Lights Out. Clever, spooky, and armed with a surprising amount of emotional depth – in his review, Trace Thurman called the film a “frightening study of mental illness” – Sandberg’s feature debut was one of this year’s pleasant surprises.

The film was based on Sandberg’s same-named short from 2013, which quickly went viral here on the internet, and if you dug it as much as we did, you might be interested in reading the director’s original 17-page treatment. Sandberg (@PonySmasher) shared the treatment over on Twitter this week, and included with it a creepy woodcut image he made of villain Diana.

As Sandberg noted, “A lot changed but a lot also stayed the same,” and the most interesting change from treatment to screen was in regards to the ending. In the film’s somewhat controversial finale, Sophie (Maria Bello) kills herself to rid her family of the demon attached to her, but in Sandberg’s treatment, it’s actually a police officer who accidentally shoots Sophie. Furthermore, Diana – a demon who feeds on grief and is essentially a physical manifestation of depression – attaches itself to Sophie’s young son Martin, possessing him much like Sophie herself.

Click the link to check out the original Lights Out treatment!

In the film:

When her little brother, Martin, experiences the same events that once tested her sanity, Rebecca works to unlock the truth behind the terror, which brings her face to face with an entity that has an attachment to their mother, Sophie.

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Writer in the horror community since 2008. Editor in Chief of Bloody Disgusting. Owns Eli Roth's prop corpse from Piranha 3D. Has four awesome cats. Still plays with toys.

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Kristen Stewart Doesn’t Want to Make Any Marvel Movies But Does Want to Make a Scary Horror Movie

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If you haven’t yet seen A24 and Saint Maud director Rose Glass’ new movie Love Lies Bleeding, you should definitely get out there and support it in theaters while you can. The critically acclaimed romantic thriller is one of this year’s best movies so far, driven by incredible lead performances from Katy O’Brian and the always compelling Kristen Stewart.

Katy O’Brian just landed a huge role in Mission Impossible 8, but what’s next for Kristen Stewart? Well, for starters, don’t expect to see her in any Marvel movies anytime soon.

Stewart tells the “Not Skinny but Not Fat” podcast, “I will likely never do a Marvel movie … it sounds like a fucking nightmare, actually.” She further explains, “You would have to put so much money and so much trust into one person … and it doesn’t happen.”

And so therefore what ends up happening is this algorithmic, weird experience where you can’t feel personal at all about it. So likely not,” Kristen Stewart continues in her chat with the podcast. “But maybe the world changes, that’s what I’m saying.” She notes, however, “if Greta Gerwig asked me to do a Marvel movie, then I would do it.”

So what DOES Kristen Stewart want to do next? Chatting with Variety on the red carpet just a couple months back, she indicated that she’s far more interested in horror than Marvel!

I’d like to make a good scary movie,” Stewart answered when asked what she’d like to do next. “Like something a little more psychological. Yeah, a really good horror movie.”

Kristen Stewart is of course no stranger to the horror/thriller genres, getting her start as a child actor in David Fincher’s Panic Room. From there, she starred in 2007 horror movie The Messengers, as well as the Twilight movies, ghost story Personal Shopper, and 2018’s Lizzie. And don’t forget 2020’s Underwater or David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future.

The ball is in your court, filmmakers. Let’s make it happen.

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