The Lighthouse
2019 · Movie · R · 109 min · ★ 7.5 · 87% critics
Two lighthouse keepers try to hold onto their sanity while stationed on a remote, mysterious New England island in the 1890s. As storms roll in, their isolation deepens and the situation grows stranger, blurring the line between reality and what their minds are making of it.
Also known as Le Phare
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Details
- Years
- 2019
- Release date
- 2019-10-18
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 87/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 (5,555 votes)
- Box office
- $18,178,770
- Budget
- $11,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy The Lighthouse if you love psychological, slow-burn horror with intense atmosphere and lingering weirdness; Not for you if you want straightforward plot clarity or jump-scare scares, and it may feel too challenging if you prefer The Witch or Nosferatu.
Pros: eerie island dread; standout lead performances; bold black-and-white look | Cons: slow, challenging pace; puzzling, open feel; uneven follow-through
Themes
- island
- nightmare
- isolation
- mermaid
- hallucination
- lighthouse
- based on true story
- lighthouse keeper
- black and white
- storm
- male masturbation
- new england
- +8 more
Cast & crew
Robert Pattinson
as Thomas Howard
Willem Dafoe
as Thomas Wake
Valeriia Karaman
as Mermaid
Logan Hawkes
as Ephraim Winslow
Kyla Nicolle
as Woman on the Rocks
- SC
Shaun Clarke
as Departing Wickie
- PR
Pierre Richard
as Departing Assistant Wickie
- PH
Preston Hudson
as Tender Mate
- JC
Jeff Cruts
as Tender Mate
- SS
Sully Seagull
as Seagull
Directed by Robert Eggers