Lights Out

(Image credit: Courtesy of Warner Bros. Picture)

This chiller takes a simple premise - a malevolent ghost is only visible in the dark - and effectively cranks up the suspense as Teresa Palmer tries to keep her young half-brother (Gabriel Bateman) safe

This means she needs some reliable light sources to hand so brace yourself for some frantic sequences in which a wind-up torch, candles, a mobile phone and even a tattoo parlour's neon sign get pressed into service.

Once or twice, the film's pace slackens for a batch of clumsy exposition, filling us in on the scarily clingy ghost's back-story.

However, for the most part, Swedish director David F Sandberg, adapting and expanding his 2013 short film, keeps us jumping as the lights go on and off.

The film premieres on 3 June.

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