This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.

A strong opening with a creepy start, unfortunately after that the movie just fizzled out just as the lights in the story.

Shame, could have been so much better.

Awesome and super-creepy 1st Act, great 3rd Act, lost it in the middle where it turned into one of those 'group of survivors argue about stuff in one location and think of stupid reasons to go outside' films. Really interesting premise though, and I liked the ambiguity over the reasons for what was happening.

Vanishing on 7th Street plays on the age-old "fear of the dark" concept but with the twist being that it is the darkness itself which is dangerous rather than some lurking madman or weird monster hiding in the shadows. Sadly, the film hits all the right notes for about 5 minutes and then rapidly freefalls into a sloppy mess of crap acting, lazy directing, vapid tension, and Hayden Christensen. Hayden Christensen anybody? Remember the lad that turned Darth Vader into a whining pussy? Yes, him. So far this is number 1 on my list of the worst films of 2012; it sucks arse wildly, giving the actors fuck-all to do and punishing us with lame effects and a sense of terror that you're wasting 90 minutes of your life to watch this bullshit. I just hope this film does what it says on the tin and vanishes.

When something vanishes it leaves nothing. That is exactly what this film is nothing.
And now I will remember nothing about this.
Oh shit, what happens if I don't remember watching it and I watch it again! Now that's scary.

A strong opening with a creepy start, unfortunately after that the movie just fizzled out just as the lights in the story.

Shame, could have been so much better.

Wondering why this film premiered on "On Demand" instead of in theaters or even DVD?
The opening scene was genuinely creepy, it really grabbed me and got me interested. Then the film spent the next 90 minutes being repetitive, nonsensical, and pointless. Still, I was curious to see where it was going. So I watched... and waited... as it went... nowhere.
The ending is, well, not even and ending. Nothing is resolved, nothing explained. I'm not the kind of guy who has to have every tiny question answered or every loose end tied up, but I do expect an actual ending.
Don't go looking for one here.
p.s. The little girl who was surviving so long on her own. Anyone else feel like she was a Newt rip-off? I totally expected her to say "They mostly come out at night... mostly."

What?

Interesting premise let down by a flat script, bland characters and complete lack of tension.

A movie doesn't have to explain everything--or really, anything--to be good but it needs to keep things interesting. The suspense aspect fails here because it's all so boring and questions that really aren't very intriguing keep piling up. The film also get bonus negative points for a really bad performance by Hayden Christensen, who can't even keep whatever it is his accent is supposed to be straight.

I'm really surprised M. Night Shyamalamadingdong wasn't behind this film. It definitely felt like one of his.

It had so much potential!!! Sadly, it leaves so many unanswered questions at the end. The story isn't fully developed and felt a little thrown together at times. The plot could be really good if we got explanations of why certain things were going on.

I was pretty disappointed.

Awesome and super-creepy 1st Act, great 3rd Act, lost it in the middle where it turned into one of those 'group of survivors argue about stuff in one location and think of stupid reasons to go outside' films. Really interesting premise though, and I liked the ambiguity over the reasons for what was happening.

When something vanishes it leaves nothing. That is exactly what this film is nothing.
And now I will remember nothing about this.
Oh shit, what happens if I don't remember watching it and I watch it again! Now that's scary.