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Keep the lights out.
~ Diana Walter

Diana Walter is the main antagonist of the 2016 horror film Lights Out, which is based on the 2013 short film of the same name. She is an evil spirit who was originally a human girl that was diagnosed with a rare skin condition which caused her to negatively react to light. After being killed in a failed medical procedure, she became an evil spirit who murders her victims in the dark.

Her ghostly self was portrayed by Alicia Vela-Bailey (who also portrayed Alisha Whitley in Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), whereas her human counterpart was portrayed by Ava Cantrell.

Biography[]

Short film[]

The short film revolves around an unnamed woman (portrayed by Lotta Losten) being haunted by the spirit of a mysterious girl that only manifests in the absence of light. The film ends with the spirit girl turning the lights off, and presumably murdering the woman.

Early life[]

At the age of 13, Diana was taken to a mental hospital after she had manipulated her father into killing himself via mind games. She was diagnosed with a rare skin condition that caused her to react negatively to light, and she suffered from violent tendencies. While at the mental hospital, Diana met and befriended a girl named Sophie, though as Sophie's daughter Rebecca pointed out, she most likely manipulated her mother into thinking that they were friends.

Eventually, medical experiments were conducted on Diana intended to heal her skin. Unfortunately, the experiment went awry, and Diana was reduced to ashes. Since then, her spirit had latched itself unto Sophie, and only appears when she would neglect to take her anti-depression medication.

Present Day[]

Years later, Sophie's husband, Paul was working late at night at a mannequin shop. When Martin, his son, was informing him of Sophie going through one of her episodes, Diana murders him. Later on, it is revealed that Diana also murdered the children's biological father when he was trying to get his wife stable. Diana then manipulates Sophie into thinking that he left her. Throughout the film, Rebecca and Martin attempt to free their mother of the evil spirit's power, which invokes Diana's wrath. She began to manifest herself as a sentient shadow who could only be dispelled by light. As such, the two siblings attempt to keep the lights burning throughout the house; however, a power outage results, causing the children to enter the basement in order to restart the generator. Diana then slams the door on the two, trapping them. Meanwhile, Sophie was looking for the kids until she sees Diana backing up from the light. Sophie immediately told her not to hurt her children, as they don't know any better, however Diana threatens Sophie. As the both of them got into an argument, Sophie told her not to threaten her. Diana became furious and knocked Sophie unconscious when she was trying to take her medicine.

Bret, Rebecca's boyfriend, manages to get to his car, and he alerts the cops about the domestic disturbance. Unfortunately, the two police officers get effortlessly slaughtered by the evil spirit, and she attempts to brutally murder Martin and Rebecca, ignoring Sophie's plea to spare them. After regaining consciousness, as Diana was about to murder Rebecca, Sophie gave her one final warning not to hurt her kids. Rebecca told her mother that Diana was the one who murdered their father.

Sophie retrieves one of the dead officers' guns and shoots at Diana to no effect, causing her to dismiss Sophie's threat and telling her that guns can't hurt her. Sophie then reminds Diana that without her, she couldn't manifest in the physical world, and points the gun at her own temple. Diana lunges at Sophie to stop her as Sophie pulls the trigger, and Diana shatters into pieces. The film ends with the ambulance arriving to tend to the protagonists' wounds. Without any warning, the lights began to flicker, but Brad assures them that Diana is truly gone.

Victims[]

Lights Out (2016)[]

  • Her father - Committed suicide by blowing his head off with a shotgun after being manipulated by Diana.
  • Sophie's husband - Murdered by Diana.
  • Paul - Pulled into the dark by Diana off-screen, scream heard.
  • Officer Andrews - Dragged away and mutilated by Diana off-screen.
  • Officer Gomez - Eyes ripped out by Diana off-screen, body shown.
  • Sophie - Reason for death

Powers and Abilities[]

After her death, she had latched herself to Sophie's mind; as long as Sophie was alive, Diana could project herself in the world of the living. Hypothetically speaking, if Sophie were to die, Diana would no longer exist as her ties to the world would be severed in the event of Sophie's demise. Additionally, she can be temporarily expelled from her mind as long as she took her medication.

Diana can only physically appear in the absence of light, a trait that was passed on from her former life. When she was human, her skin reacted negatively to the slightest hint of light, going as far as to burn her. In addition, she has near-superhuman strength and agility. However, Diana can be seen under black lights; this is proven when Martin found a black light when he and Rebecca were trying to turn the generator back on. They speculate that they can use the black light to see and attack Diana, but this possibility is never explored. Because she vanishes in sufficient light, firearms prove useless against her, as she simply phases out of existence during the muzzle flash. In theory a manual weapon that did not emit light could make contact with her, possibly even a firearm which suppressed its muzzle flash or which was fired from a great distance. However, based only on what is seen in the film, it is not known if she can be injured with physical weapons.

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Trivia[]

  • Diana was created through the use of a photorealistic prosthetic suit.
  • Originally, Sophie's suicide wasn't supposed to work; David Sandberg, the director of Lights Out, explained that the ending was changed after the test audience reacted negatively to the uselessness of Sophie's sacrifice.

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