fraeon
Films
BrowseTop 250
Series
TV ShowsAnimeTop 250 TVTop 100 Anime
Games
BrowseTop 100
Books
BooksMangaTop 125 BooksTop 100 Manga
For youTrendingTier ListsThe ArchiveLeaderboard
Log inSign up free
fraeon

Everything you watch, play and read — tracked, rated and remembered in one library.

Explore

  • Films
  • TV
  • Anime
  • Games
  • Books
  • Manga

Discover

  • Trending
  • Leaderboard
  • Find people
  • Lists
  • Tier lists

Company

  • Tour
  • About
  • Community guidelines
  • Privacy
  • Terms
  • Contact

© 2026 fraeon. All rights reserved. ·

Metadata from TMDB, RAWG, Jikan & Open Library. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.

Questions or ideas? mehmet@avortas.com

HomeFeedProfile
Red Lights

Red Lights

How much do you want to believe?

2012 1h 54mThriller

Two investigators of paranormal hoaxes, the veteran Dr. Margaret Matheson and her young assistant, Tom Buckley, study the most varied metaphysical phenomena with the aim of proving their fraudulent origins. Simon Silver, a legendary blind psychic, reappears after an enigmatic absence of 30 years to become the greatest international challenge to both orthodox science and professional sceptics. Tom starts to develop an intense obsession with Silver, whose magnetism becomes stronger with each new manifestation of inexplicable events. As Tom gets closer to Silver, tension mounts, and his worldview is threatened to its core.

3.1/5

TMDB score· 1,424 votes

Trailer

Synopsis

Two investigators of paranormal hoaxes, the veteran Dr. Margaret Matheson and her young assistant, Tom Buckley, study the most varied metaphysical phenomena with the aim of proving their fraudulent origins. Simon Silver, a legendary blind psychic, reappears after an enigmatic absence of 30 years to become the greatest international challenge to both orthodox science and professional sceptics. Tom starts to develop an intense obsession with Silver, whose magnetism becomes stronger with each new manifestation of inexplicable events. As Tom gets closer to Silver, tension mounts, and his worldview is threatened to its core.

The vibe

dreamsexperimenttalk showobsessionfraudrevelationparanormalcon artistclairvoyanceattack

Behind it

Rodrigo CortésRodrigo CortésDirectorVíctor ReyesVíctor ReyesComposerXavi GiménezXavi GiménezCinematography

Cast

Cillian MurphyCillian MurphyTom Buckley
Sigourney WeaverSigourney WeaverMargaret Matheson
Robert De NiroRobert De NiroSimon Silver
Elizabeth OlsenElizabeth OlsenSally Owen
Toby JonesToby JonesPaul Shackleton
Joely RichardsonJoely RichardsonMonica Handsen
Craig RobertsCraig RobertsBen
Leonardo SbaragliaLeonardo SbaragliaPalladino
Adriane LenoxAdriane LenoxRina
Garrick HagonGarrick HagonHoward McColm
Burn GormanBurn GormanBenedict Cohen
Mitchell MullenMitchell MullenJim Carroll
Nathan OsgoodMichael Sidgwick
Madeleine PotterMadeleine PotterSarah Sidgwick
Eloise WebbEloise WebbSusan Sidgwick
Jeany SparkJeany SparkTraci Northrop
Jan CornetJan CornetDavid Matheson
Robert G. SladeRobert G. SladeInterviewer - 70's

Director

Rodrigo Cortés

Writer

Rodrigo Cortés

Release date

2 Mar 2012

Runtime

1h 54m

Budget

$14.0M

Box office

$13.6M · 1.0× its budget

Studio

Attitude Pinículas y Films A.I.E., Cindy Cowan Entertainment, First Generation Films

Language

English

Countries

Spain,United States of America

Where to watch · TR

Google Play MoviesMore

Streaming data by JustWatch via TMDB.

Reviews

No reviews yet — be the first to write one from the Log screen.

Quotes

No quotes yet.

Discussions

Similar films

A Scanner Darkly

An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.

3.4

A Scanner Darkly

2006

Perfect Stranger

A journalist goes undercover to ferret out businessman Harrison Hill as her best friend's killer. Posing as one of his temps, she enters into a game of online cat-and-mouse.

2.9

Perfect Stranger

2007

Solace

A psychic doctor, John Clancy, works with an FBI special agent in search of a serial killer.

3.2

Solace

2015

Mulholland Drive

Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.

3.9

Mulholland Drive

2001

What Lies Beneath

Norman and Claire Spencer are a seemingly happily married couple who uncover a terrible secret… a secret so disturbing it threatens to destroy them.

3.2

What Lies Beneath

2000

ARQ

Two old friends living in a dystopic future become trapped in a mysterious time loop — one that may have something to do with an ongoing battle between an omnipotent corporation and a ragtag band of rebels.

3.1

ARQ

2016

The Hole

Four teenagers at a British private school secretly uncover and explore the depths of a sealed underground hole created decades ago as a possible bomb shelter.

3.1

The Hole

2001

Enemy

A mild-mannered college professor discovers a look-alike actor and delves into the other man's private affairs.

3.4

Enemy

2014

The Voyeurs

When Pippa and Thomas move into their dream apartment, they notice that their windows look directly into the apartment opposite – inviting them to witness the volatile relationship of the attractive couple across the street. But what starts as a simple curiosity turns into full-blown obsession with increasingly dangerous consequences.

3.3

The Voyeurs

2021

The Game

In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a cold-hearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad: a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nary a nanosecond, Nicholas finds himself consumed by a dangerous set of ever-changing rules, unable to distinguish where the charade ends and reality begins.

3.8

The Game

1997

Smile 2

About to embark on a new world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to face her dark past to regain control of her life before it spirals out of control.

3.3

Smile 2

2024

On the Line

A provocative and edgy radio host must play a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a mysterious caller who's kidnapped his family and is threatening to blow up the whole station.

3.0

On the Line

2022

Possessor

Tasya Vos, an elite corporate assassin, uses brain-implant technology to take control of other people’s bodies to terminate high profile targets. As she sinks deeper into her latest assignment, Vos becomes trapped inside a mind that threatens to obliterate her.

3.2

Possessor

2020

The Cell

A psychotherapist journeys inside a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim.

3.2

The Cell

2000

Gold

In the not-too-distant future, two drifters traveling through the desert stumble across the biggest gold nugget ever found and the dream of immense wealth and greed takes hold. They hatch a plan to excavate their bounty, with one man leaving to secure the necessary tools while the other remains with the gold. The man who remains must endure harsh desert elements, ravenous wild dogs, and mysterious intruders, while battling the sinking suspicion that he has been abandoned to his fate.

3.1

Gold

2022

Possum

A disgraced children's puppeteer returns to his childhood home and is forced to confront his wicked stepfather and the secrets that have tortured him his entire life.

3.1

Possum

2018

The Mandela Effect

A man becomes obsessed with facts and events that have been collectively misremembered by thousands of people. Believing the phenomena to be the symptom of something larger, his obsession eventually leads him to question reality itself.

3.2

The Mandela Effect

2019

Dressed to Kill

After witnessing a mysterious woman brutally slay a homemaker, prostitute Liz Blake finds herself trapped in a dangerous situation. While the police thinks she is the murderer, the real killer is intent on silencing her only witness.

3.5

Dressed to Kill

1980

Similar across media

Same mood, other forms — books, series, anime, games and beyond.

Series
Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun

To be united with her crush, a hopeless romantic summons the ghost in the girls' bathroom at her school. But she's shocked when the ghost is a boy!

4.3

Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun

2020

Book
The Prisoner of Zenda

Fiction · Adventure

The Prisoner of Zenda

Anthony Hope

1800

Game
Max Payne 3

Shooter

4.5

Max Payne 3

2012

Series
Lovely Runner

Right after Ryu Sun-jae, a top star, ends his life, Im Sol, his top fan, somehow ends up at a time when they were in high school and tries to protect him. A fantasy romance unfolds where people who missed each other in time finally meet.

4.3

Lovely Runner

2024

Book
The Riddle of the Sands

Great britain, fiction · Fiction, action & adventure

The Riddle of the Sands

Erskine Childers

1903

Game
L.A. Noire

Strategy · Adventure

4.5

L.A. Noire

2011

Series
Over the Garden Wall

Two brothers, Wirt and Greg, find themselves lost in the Unknown; a strange forest adrift in time. With the help of a wise old Woodsman and a foul-tempered bluebird named Beatrice, Wirt and Greg must travel across this strange land, in hope of finding their way home. Join them as they encounter surprises and obstacles on their journey through the wood.

4.3

Over the Garden Wall

2014

Book
The deerslayer

United States in fiction · Male friendship

The deerslayer

James Fenimore Cooper

1841

Game
Half-Life

Shooter · Puzzle

4.0

Half-Life

1998

Series
Banana Fish

A teenaged gang leader in New York City faces his abuser and rival gangs alongside a photojournalist from Japan as they investigate a deadly new drug.

4.3

Banana Fish

2018

Book
Mr. Standfast

Fiction · World War, 1914-1918

Mr. Standfast

John Buchan

1918

Game
Alan Wake II

Shooter · Adventure

4.6

Alan Wake II

2023