Nightlight

Synopsis: 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.
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Director(s): Scott Beck, Bryan Woods
Production: Lionsgate
 
IMDB:
4.5
Metacritic:
27
Rotten Tomatoes:
17%
R
Year:
2015
85 min
Website
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I had a bad couple of days,

a few days...

I actually had

a suicide attempt.

Um...

I swallowed a bunch of

anti-depressants.

Sometimes I think I should

just take this flashlight

and... just go out to

Covington and disappear.

My friend has seen some of these

videos that I've recorded,

And she made us this.

Matching key chains.

It's a picture of us from

middle school at a dance.

And it's really nice of her.

Um... She's one of

the best people I know.

I think I'm going

to ask her to the dance.

Maybe things will

change after that.

Who knows?

You stupid f***ing flashlight.

Piece of sh*t.

How am I supposed to play

flashlight games

my flashlight doesn't work?

OK.

You're fine.

Damn it.

All right.

Stop crying.

Just forget about it,

forget about him.

Hey!

Hey, boy.

According to Facebook...

Ben likes... sports.

And he likes rock climbing.

He likes Abercrombie & Fitch.

I know.

He really likes dogs,

so you are going

to be my wing man. OK?

OK? OK? OK.

Good boy. You're such a...

Damn it.

Hey, Ben.

Hey, how you doing? Yeah.

Not how you doing...

How are...

Thank you for

inviting me to play

flashlight games with you guys.

Oh, it's going to be

so scary in Covington.

Oh, that sounds

f***ing desperate.

OK. Um...

- Hey guys.

- Hold on.

Can we just talk about

our faces for a second?

- Hi, puppy.

- What up?

Hey, what's your name?

Robin.

I was talking to the dog.

Oh no, I know.

Yeah, that's Kramer.

Well, If you could

keep Kramer away from me,

that would be sweet.

It looks like you were crying.

No, no.

No, I wasn't, I wasn't crying.

I was just, like...

I was laughing so hard

so my eyes were watering.

Does he know any tricks?

I think it's kind of weird

that you brought a dog.

- It's not weird.

- It's weird.

- It's not weird.

- It's weird.

Does anybody know

when Ben's coming?

Why?

- What?

- I said why?

I'm just, I'm just wondering.

You are so weird.

I'm just wondering when

everybody's coming.

Uh huh. You're wondering

when everybody's coming?

Or are you wondering

when Ben is coming?

Very funny. Can I have

my flashlight back please?

Everybody knows you have

a f*** crash on Ben.

Is it because he's British?

No I don't, I don't,

I don't like Ben.

- Hi Ben.

- Hey.

Hey Ben.

Aah!

Your guest brought a dog.

Hey boy.

Are you excited?

I know we said

Lincoln Forest. But, uh...

it's going to be

way cooler in Covington.

Yeah, I've always wanted to play

flashlight games with you guys.

I brought my own flashlight.

Ooh, she brought

her own flashlight.

Whoa. Where did

you find the dog?

- Hey Kramer, buddy.

- So Ben, you've...

you've played

Nightlight before right?

- How does it...?

- Oh, by the way...

How does it work?

Is it like hide and seek?

- 'Cause...

- Robin.

'cause I am

awesome at that game.

Yo, Robin.

Do you work at the

Dairy Beach right now?

Me?

Yeah.

Yeah, Cathy told me

that she thought

she saw you yesterday

cleaning counters or something.

No. No, I

wouldn't work there...

Memorize the Wikipedia page?

Funny.

Guys? How much

further are we going?

It's kind of

good marketing I guess.

Like, you're not cool unless

you kill yourself in Covington.

We're not going

to the church are we?

A f***ing possum.

Ah!

People come

here to die, it's so pretty.

Maybe it's the altitude.

Like it makes people do things

they don't want to do.

The only thing that makes me do

things I don't want to do...

is vagina.

Not mine.

Are you OK?

Yeah.

Yeah, I'm cool.

No you're not.

Oh, my God. The

scariest sh*t I've ever heard.

What?

You can see dead bodies

just lying at

the bottom of the Crest.

Like that kid from

our school? What his name?

- Who?

- Ethan.

If I was gonna commit

suicide I'd do something cool.

Like drive my Vespa

into a tornado.

Chris.

Or, or swallow dynamite.

Can you keep walking please?

You can't just go

to some gay ass...

Keep moving...

If you kill yourself,

you deserve to

literally lose your life.

You know I mean?

OK.

That's not mean is it?

All right, come on let's go.

I don't know how you guys think

she's gonna play nightlight

if she can't even cross a log.

Yay, Robin.

I read this OMG fact How long

'til we're through walking?

That this forest is a great

place for blow jobs...

from ghosts.

Shut up.

Ghost blow jobs.

It's starting

to feel very "rape-y".

I've got an Oh My God fact,

that if we don't get

to the stump in 5 minutes

I'm going to throw

you off the Crest.

Whoa! what was that?

Did you just check out his ass?

What? No.

Where were you shining that?

I wasn't shining it anywhere?

Robin was shining

it right on your ass.

Are you checking out my ass?

No, I wasn't.

I wasn't at all.

You guys, I have a way

better ass than Ben.

Come on... I swim.

Have you ever heard

of Bad News Brian?

Argh!

- Oh, yeah yeah yeah.

- Yeah yeah.

He's so funny.

What is it?

He's hilarious

Or, Unlucky Brian.

Oh, Unlucky Brian.

Unlucky Brian.

Do you guys

follow the President?

I think it's close enough.

Who's first?

I'll show you

guys how it's done.

Go do it.

Let's do this thing.

You girls are

going to regret this.

Here we go.

Go, go, go.

Whoo!

Ben, what happens

if we don't get to

your flashlight in time?

I don't know. That's never

happened before.

Ben, you're up.

Do this thing.

I'm up.

Why is he next?

That's not fair.

Chivalry is isn't dead.

- Who said?

- Girls should be first.

Eleven!

Go Ben!

Amelia!

Do it, do it.

One, two, three, four, five...

I have to say I think Ben's run

was sexier than Chris'.

I am a sexy runner.

I got 12.

Twelve? OK.

Nia, go!

Go, go, go!

- What's up, girl?

- Whoo!

Yeah, let's go Nia.

- Whoo!

- Go girl!

Yeah. Get it.

- Yeah girl.

- This is fun.

- Thirteen, b*tches.

- What's she doing?

- Yo, come on.

- Come on.

Robin!

Hey! Come on!

It's getting closer.

You better run really fast.

OK?

- Go go go.

- Go

- Robin wait!

- Robin! Robin!

Get off the tracks.

Go go go go.

What the f***.

- Holy sh*t!

- Are you OK?

Your flashlight still works.

That's good, because you're

definitely going to need it.

That's what I mean.

Animals sense that sh*t.

Like earthquakes.

What? No.

No. No its like...

In Covington is like

scary evil sh*t.

So if Kramer starts

running from something,

I am getting the f*** outta...

That's it right there.

What?

This is it.

This is what Ritchie

was telling me about.

Want to see

something f***ing swag?

This place fucks with light.

Is this where you were?

Robin?

Yeah. I think so.

Here?

Did we really come

here to watch Chris do magic?

All right. So watch.

Some creepy demon is

gonna sneak up on me,

and turn this flashlight on.

Seriously?

Are you sure this

is where you were?

Because it only works

in specific places.

It's like a 4G.

Like a hot spot.

Maybe it's to the left.

- My left?

- No no no...

To the right, to the right.

Jesus.

Uh...

a little further back.

Back?

- Can we hurry up, please?

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Scott Beck

Scott Beck (born October 22, 1984) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter born in Denver, Colorado and raised in Bettendorf, Iowa. He co-writes and co-directs with filmmaking partner Bryan Woods. In 2001, Beck and Woods formed Bluebox Films. Together they co-wrote and executive produced A Quiet Place for Paramount Pictures, in addition to writing and directing Spread, a scripted pilot for MTV, and Nightlight, a supernatural thriller for Lionsgate and Herrick Entertainment.In 2016, Beck and Woods sold their original screenplay for A Quiet Place to Paramount Pictures. The film, executive produced by Beck, Woods, Michael Bay and Platinum Dunes, stars Emily Blunt and John Krasinski, the latter of who also directed and re-wrote the script. Paramount subsequently signed Beck and Woods to a blind script deal for a second project they will write and direct. A Quiet Place was released in April 2018 to critical acclaim with an approval rating of 95% and became a major box office hit, grossing over $330 million worldwide.The duo also wrote and directed the thriller Haunt, produced by Eli Roth and Sierra/Affinity. In June 2018, Beck and Woods signed on to adapt and executive produce Stephen King's short story The Boogeyman for 20th Century Fox and 21 Laps Entertainment. In the television world, Beck & Woods developed the series Zeroes for Sony Pictures Television and Davis Entertainment, based on the novel by New York Times best-selling author Scott Westerfeld, Margo Lanagan, and Deborah Biancotti. more…

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