Poster & plot synopsis for Fabrice Gobert’s French thriller Lights Out

By Jake Dee

Posted 16 years ago

Last Updated on July 23, 2021

Snot-nosed French school-punks being plucked off one by one? I’m listening!

It appears writer/director Fabrice Gobert looks to keep the recent trend of superlative French horror alive (HAUTE TENSION, MARTYRS, INSIDE, etc.) with his feature length film debut LIGHTS OUT. And even though the flick just hit post-production, we’ve got a fresh marketing poster and sick little plot synopsis to hold us over until more the project accrues more steam. Underneath, yo!

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Also known as LOVE LIKE BLOOD, Gobert’s film is set in March 1992, in a small town in the suburbs of Paris. During an alcohol fuelled party, teenagers discover a body hidden in the bushes of a forest. A body that seems lifeless. Two weeks earlier. Simon, a 16 year-old teenager, has not shown up for class. Blood stains are found in a class-room. Run-away, kidnap, suicide, murder? A few days later, Laetitia, a student from the same class goes missing without her parents knowing where she has gone. A young girl with no dark background or connection to Simon. The next day, Jean-Baptiste, a third student, also disappears. Rumors start to spread. The psychosis begins.

Not bad, right? I wonder if it’ll be a murder whodunit or slow building monster movie. Either way, looks like we’ll have enough mystery and intrigue to keep us guessing. Which ain’t bad at all!

So far we know Jules Pelissier, Ana Girardot, Serge Riaboukine and Laurent Capelluto will star in the film. Marc-Antoine Robert and Xavier Rigault produce.

LIGHTS OUT is set up at TF1 International.

Miss France 2010, Malika Menard!

Source: AITH

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