Opportunist and liar, Joseph Watkins, puts on a play at a theatre with a murderous past to impress, Virginia, an actor on the verge of leaving town. While evading two detectives and to the alarm of his stage manager, Joseph becomes obsessed with the spirit of the theatre and begins killing those who get in his way.
Acting
Will Rothhaar commits to unhinged with zero restraint.
Production
Real theatre location does heavy lifting.
Director
Gabriel Saint
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'ghost light' of the title refers to the single bulb left burning on stage in empty theatres—supposedly to appease resident spirits, which this film takes very literally.
Made for roughly the catering budget of a studio horror film, it embodies the 'regional theatre slasher' subgenre that peaked with 2017's 'Stage Fright' and promptly died.
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