![]() ![]() The Lighthouse is an enchanting, horrifying tale full of realistic, raw human emotion and the two best performances I’ve ever seen. I felt very involved and although I was often bewildered by this fever dream, I never felt lost or forgotten. In artsy films such as these sometimes you can feel a level of pretentiousness but that’s not the vibe this film has at all. Furthermore, the effects are fantastic and extremely realistic. The black and white aspect definitely adds to the visuals as a creative element. Speaking of the environment, The Lighthouse has some stunning cinematography and the shots are beautiful. The director definitely understands the power of environment in a movie and the lighthouse is a character in her own right. Eventually, you start to see their relationship as almost an old married couple, where the lighthouse itself is the mistress that they both crave. The best scenes are the quiet conversational ones, which is a true testament to both their performances. I would go from laughter to disgust, tense to enchanted. Their dynamic was marvellous, leading to scenes of such an array of emotion. The casting was perfect and absolutely genius. Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson are unbelievable and their performances are truly award winning. It cannot be stressed enough how incredibly well acted this film is. It was one of those films where you turn the lights off and just fully immerse yourself. The Lighthouse is a hypnotic, entrancing, engrossing mindfuck. Going into it I could never have imagined watching two lighthouse keepers trapped on an island would be so entertaining and one of my favourite films of the year but here we are. The Lighthouse is an amazing scenario for a horror movie, and has a truly unique situation that I’ve never seen before. Was Wake right about the superstition? Will killing a gull really attract bad luck or is the mounting insanity just inevitable? The one-eyed seagull flies down and attacks Winslow, who grabs it and beats it to death against the cistern. He checks the cistern to see a dying gull floating inside. The day before Winslow is slated to leave, he notices the water pump is releasing bloody water and investigates. Winslow reveals that he used to work in Canada as a timberman, but decided to change professions. One night at dinner, the two get to know each other and discuss Wake’s previous second wickie, who Wake says died shortly after losing his sanity. The weeks continue, and Winslow masturbates to the figurine of the mermaid and continues to see Wake naked. Wake warns Winslow that it is bad luck to kill a seagull, as he is superstitious that the animals are reincarnated sailors. As the weeks progress, Winslow repeatedly encounters a seagull. Over the course of his stay, Wake demands Winslow take the more taxing jobs-refueling the light, carrying heavy kerosene containers, and disposing of the two men’s chamber pots. Winslow begins experiencing visions and dreams of tentacles in the lighthouse, tree stumps floating in the water, and distant images of a mermaid (Valeriia Karamän). Winslow observes Wake going up to the lighthouse’s lantern room at night and stripping naked. As he digs into it, he finds a small scrimshaw of a mermaid and stuffs it in his jacket. On the first day of the job, Winslow notices a hole in his cot. In the late 19th century, Ephraim Winslow (Robert Pattinson) is sent on a boat to serve a contract job as a wickie for four weeks on an isolated island off the coast of New England, under the supervision of an irritable elderly man named Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe). Shot in black-and-white, the film stars Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson as two lighthouse keepers who start to lose their sanity when a storm strands them on the remote island where they are stationed. The Lighthouse is a 2019 psychological horror film directed and produced by Robert Eggers, who co-wrote the screenplay with his brother Max Eggers. ![]() ![]() “How long have we been on this rock? Five weeks? Two days? Where are we? Help me to recollect.” ![]()
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