“Set in 1974 and based on true events.”
Yorkshire, 1974, the Maynard family moves into their dream house. It's a dream that quickly descends into a panic stricken nightmare as the family discovers a horrifying truth, a truth that will make the history books. The house is already occupied by the most violent poltergeist ever documented, a poltergeist that will tear you from your bed as you sleep and drag you helplessly into the darkness.
Steven Waddington
Len
Kate Ashfield
Jenny
Jo Hartley
Jeanette
Tasha Connor
Sally
Molly Windsor
The Pale Girl
Craig Parkinson
Brian
Andrea Lowe
Rita
Martin Compston
Mr. Price
Gary Lewis
Father Clifton
Hannah Clifford
Lucy
When the Lights Went Out is a thriller, drama, horror film released in 2012 exploring themes of newspaper, parent child relationship, exorcism, poltergeist, haunting, priest. Directed by Pat Holden, it stars Steven Waddington, Kate Ashfield, Jo Hartley. Yorkshire, 1974, the Maynard family moves into their dream house. It's a dream that quickly descends into a panic stricken nightmare as the family discovers a horrifying truth, a truth that will make the history books. The house is already occupied by the most violent poltergeist ever documented, a poltergeist that will tear you from your bed as you sleep and drag you helplessly into the darkness.
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