Hide in the Light (2018)

 

The worst urban explorers ever decide to go to an orphanage that’s been closed for fifty years. Even though there is a security guard on the property, the group are the noisiest people ever trying to sneak into an abandoned building and not get caught.  They scare each other to provoke screams, talk loudly, swing their flashlights all over the place, yell at each other, do flash photography in hallways full of windows, and cause a general ruckus. Way to announce yourself, idiots. No discretion at all.

They split up into groups to explore the orphanage. When one of the women disappears, they start a search but only find her flashlight and walkie talkie.  Two of the guys think it will be funny to pretend they’ve disappeared, leaving their female  friend alone and terrified. Oh such brilliant comedy. What a couple of tools.

As the group is trying to figure out what to do, one of the guys gets dragged off by something in the dark.  Another gets some of his fingers chopped off. They barricade the cellar door and think they have trapped whatever it is in the basement. Yes, because there could never be any other doors in a massive orphanage basement.

At this point, some of the group wants to leave, while others want to continue to search for their friends. Damn it, people! What do you think is going to happen if you stay? Two people have already disappaeared and one was dragged into the basement by something unseen. Is it really in anyone’s best interest to state, including your missing friends?

They stay and split up...for the love of god these kids aren’t bright. Oh I know how we’ll find our friends. We need to play the game the little ghost girl wants us to play where we turn off our lights and something in the dark drags us away screaming. Yes, that will definitely help our friends return. 

Hell no, I’m not going to turn off my light.... is exactly what you think someone would say. Bbut they’re idiots so they don’t.  It’s just idiot after idiot turning off their lights.

One of the woman has a problem with her brother because he proposed at the get together but didn’t talk to her about it beforehand.  Even after things go wrong in the orphanage and people are injured or dead, she gets in a fight with him over this perceived slight. It makes her an unsympathetic character since she’s in a life or death situation and she takes this opportunity to air this petty grievance. Might want to be more concerned about living through the night, and appreciating that you have a brother who cares about you.

Ridiculous dialogue:

Sometimes in the late 60s, there was a commotion about the orphanage... people were going missing so it was shut down.”