7 Ways To Defeat Diana Walter In Lights Out

Hallows Eve has come and passed, leaving some far too scared to walk down darkened hallways or get into bed without doing a little hop. An entire month of binge watching great and terrible horror movies can have ever lasting effects, with your mind taking you to horrifying places and second guessing what may be hiding in the dark. Believe me, that was pretty much a description of myself there.

But of all the horror movies I sat through this Spooktober, there was one that made my throat dry up and run through the darkness without looking back. I am, of course, talking about Lights Out, the 2016 horror flick that on its own was able to take me back to being that scared little boy of five again.

Diana Walter, who is essentially the antagonist of the movie, has quite a few supernatural powers under her belt, with her disappearance in the light being the bone-chilling reason for the fear we feel after the credits have rolled. It’s why doing something as simple as hitting the light switch after watching this flick pumps your heart into overdrive.

So if you’re like me and would love to stop scaring your own pants off with thoughts of the titular shadow lady, read on, as here are eight possible ways we could protect ourselves from her terrifying embrace.

Let's start with the least creative and most reckless method of dealing with Diana, which is unsurprisingly the one the film eventually relies on.

Towards the midpoint of the movie we come to learn that there is a definite connection between Diana and Rebecca's mother, Sophie. In fact, the two actually met one another at the Mulberry Hill mental institute where Sophie was being treated for her depressive personality disorder. Before her unfortunate demise, Diana became quite transfixed on young Sophie, doing everything in her power to prevent her from recovering and leaving Mulberry Hill forever. Simply put, Diana didn't want to be alone again, and thus acted out whenever something threatened to break this relationship between her and Sophie.

Unfortunately for Sophie, death didn't put an end to Diana's psychopathic behaviour, but rather worsened it. After realizing that her and Diana are still tethered, Sophie decides to sever this connection once and for all before Diana is able to wreak further havoc on her family. With a self-inflicted bullet wound to the head, Sophie ends up defeating Diana for what we are led to believe is the final time.

So if you're being stalked by a shadowy figure tethered to one of your family members, you know exactly what to do. This is the only way to end the curse for good.

Pros:

Since there seems to be no sequel to Lights Out on the horizon, it's clear that this method worked, with Rebecca and her boyfriend Bret being alive and well.

Cons:

In the real world death is pretty much the end, so you'll have to come to terms with sacrificing your relative. That said, depending on which family member we're talking about, this might even be a pro.