Based on true events, When the Lights Went Out is set in Yorkshire, 1974. Britain is in recession, the oil crisis and black outs loom large. The Maynard Family move into their dream house, only to find a “presence” already living there. Len (Steve Waddington), Jenny (Kate Ashfield) and their daughter Sally (Tasha Connor) must struggle to keep their already-fragile family together as they are attacked by poltergeists. Soon it becomes apparent that Sally is their main focus of attention. The house becomes a living nightmare. They must exorcise the evil spirits for them to survive.­­

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Supernatural 

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• There's currently no US distribution.
• Making it's world premiere at 2012's International Film Festival Rotterdam.
• Originally titled Speak No Evil.
• This is a UK film that's loosely based on the "Black Monk of Pontefract", a ghost that afflicted the county of Yorkshire in Northern England in the 1960s and 1970s.

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