I have just finished revisiting Dark Fall 2. the game itself was more enjoyable than the original with the add-ons and modifications. However, I experienced the same "glitch" with the opening (and closing?) cinematics, where all you get is a flashing red X on the screen. I found the game a tad "dry" without the end cinematic. You don't see (Ending spoiler)

Then again, I may be wrong and there not even be an end cinematic. Could someone please prove me wrong and tell me how to fix the problem, if any?

PS: This post started as a comment. Not sure now if it shouldn't go into Glitches because of my question

I definitely did not get a flashing red X at the end of the Director's Cut. As I recall, there was a brief cinematic at the end.

It would appear you've hit a glitch. I'm copying this over to the Glitches forum.

Thanks Becky. I think I remember seeing something about a glitch of this nature the first time I played the original Lights Out. The odd thing is, I played the original on XP and Director's Cut on Windows 7.

Excerpt from ***my review of Dark Fall Lights Out from 2004***

thanks Jenny