Leonardo DiCaprio’s eerie psychological thriller Shutter Island may have forever stricken the fear of those mysterious pieces of land into our hearts, but things turned out to be even creepier in Robert Eggers’ 2019 mystery drama.
Starring Robert Pattinson and William Dafoe, The Lighthouse once again disturbs everyone’s consciousness with its ominous island that keeps dark secrets behind the black-and-white scenery.
Now, five years after its theatrical release, the movie is finally available for all the fans of nerve-racking horror-ish thrillers since it has recently landed on Max.
Directed by the horror genre’s biggest fan Robert Eggers, The Lighthouse takes the viewers back to the 1890s and follows two lighthouse keepers Ephraim Winslow and Thomas Wake, portrayed by Pattinson and Dafoe respectively, as they are set to start their common work on an isolated island in New England.
What Is The Lighthouse About & Is It Worth Watching?
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Starring Robert Pattinson and William Dafoe, The Lighthouse once again disturbs everyone’s consciousness with its ominous island that keeps dark secrets behind the black-and-white scenery.
Now, five years after its theatrical release, the movie is finally available for all the fans of nerve-racking horror-ish thrillers since it has recently landed on Max.
Directed by the horror genre’s biggest fan Robert Eggers, The Lighthouse takes the viewers back to the 1890s and follows two lighthouse keepers Ephraim Winslow and Thomas Wake, portrayed by Pattinson and Dafoe respectively, as they are set to start their common work on an isolated island in New England.
What Is The Lighthouse About & Is It Worth Watching?
Being...
- 5/6/2024
- by benjamin-patel@startefacts.com (Benjamin Patel)
- STartefacts.com
In Greek mythology, after the Titan Prometheus enraged the god Zeus by stealing fire and gifting it to mankind, Zeus chained him to a rock, while an eagle devoured Prometheus' liver for eternity. Such was the price the Titan had to pay for his so-called transgression, and with the discovery of fire, mankind undoubtedly shifted to its next phase of civilization. Robert Eggers' haunting, intense "The Lighthouse" ends by embodying Prometheus' fate within a layered allegory: The lifeless body of Ephraim Winslow (Robert Pattinson) lies on the beach, his entrails being consumed by pecking seagulls ad infinitum. It's a haunting image that feels disturbingly final, charged with interlinked symbolism that bleeds into one another as the film crawls to its horrifying end.
"The Lighthouse" encapsulates the endless vistas of the human experience that flit between defensive and tender, vulnerable and murderous, finally descending into a destructive brand of madness. The setting,...
"The Lighthouse" encapsulates the endless vistas of the human experience that flit between defensive and tender, vulnerable and murderous, finally descending into a destructive brand of madness. The setting,...
- 10/23/2023
- by Debopriyaa Dutta
- Slash Film
Ever since audiences—at least according to myth—ran screaming from the premiere screening of Auguste and Louis Lumière’s 1895 short black-and-white silent documentary Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat, the histories of filmgoing and horror have been inextricably intertwined. Through the decades—and subsequent crazes for color and sound, stereoscopy and anamorphosis—since that train threatened to barrel into the front row, there’s never been a time when audiences didn’t clamor for the palpating fingers of fear. Horror films remain perennially popular, despite periodic (and always exaggerated) rumors of their demise, even in the face of steadily declining ticket sales and desperately shifting models of distribution.
Into the new millennium, horror films have retained their power to shock and outrage by continuing to plumb our deepest primordial terrors, to incarnate our sickest, most socially unpalatable fantasies. They are, in what amounts to a particularly delicious irony,...
Into the new millennium, horror films have retained their power to shock and outrage by continuing to plumb our deepest primordial terrors, to incarnate our sickest, most socially unpalatable fantasies. They are, in what amounts to a particularly delicious irony,...
- 10/17/2023
- by Slant Staff
- Slant Magazine
Can complete and utter isolation shatter one's concept of the self and their sense of reality? The answers might vary, but in Robert Eggers' "The Lighthouse," an isolation-induced psychological breakdown is a shared experience that festers and mutates between two men forced to share a cramped lighthouse quarter off the coast of New England. Lighthouse keepers Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe) and Ephraim (Robert Pattinson) might appear to share conflicting sensibilities, but their tense, volatile relationship accommodates multitudes. There's incessant bickering and incandescent rage, unflinchingly honest heart to hearts, and tender, drunken camaraderie that often edges towards repressed homoeroticism.
As a result, isolation is the most benign threat in "The Lighthouse" — if anything, the presence of the other intensifies the feeling of being trapped in a horrifying fever dream, where intense, infectious chaos ricochets between two souls until it devours the very fabric of their realities. The irony of two lighthouse keepers,...
As a result, isolation is the most benign threat in "The Lighthouse" — if anything, the presence of the other intensifies the feeling of being trapped in a horrifying fever dream, where intense, infectious chaos ricochets between two souls until it devours the very fabric of their realities. The irony of two lighthouse keepers,...
- 8/26/2023
- by Debopriyaa Dutta
- Slash Film
This Tuesday, December 6, brings History of the Occult to Screambox, a trippy new horror movie shot in black and white. The release comes on the heels of Netflix’s Silver Screen Horror Edition of “Cabinet of Curiosities” episode “Graveyard Rats,” further proof that monochrome horror still packs a potent punch. Black and white movies evoke vintage classics, but they can instantly set a striking tone when employed in modern genre films.
This week’s streaming picks feature modern monochromatic horror movies that instantly transport you to another time and place, instilling an ominous mood in the process.
As always, here’s where you can stream them this week.
For more Stay Home, Watch Horror picks, click here.
A Field in England – AMC+, Fandor, Freevee, Hulu, Roku Channel, Shudder, Tubi
Set in 17th-century England during the Civil War, Ben Wheatley’s trippy horror movie follows a trio of deserters. They flee...
This week’s streaming picks feature modern monochromatic horror movies that instantly transport you to another time and place, instilling an ominous mood in the process.
As always, here’s where you can stream them this week.
For more Stay Home, Watch Horror picks, click here.
A Field in England – AMC+, Fandor, Freevee, Hulu, Roku Channel, Shudder, Tubi
Set in 17th-century England during the Civil War, Ben Wheatley’s trippy horror movie follows a trio of deserters. They flee...
- 12/5/2022
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
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A24 is teaming up with the Eggers brothers — The Lighthouse co-writer Max Eggers and Sam Eggers (Olympia) — for the psychological horror The Front Room.
The screenwriting brothers, for their joint directorial debut, will adapt Susan Hill’s short story of the same name. The Front Room follows a young, newly pregnant couple forced to take in an ailing stepmother who has long been estranged from the family.
The ensemble cast will be led by Grammy Award-winning musician and actress Brandy Norwood, Kathryn Hunter, Andrew Burnap and Spotlight actor Neal Huff. The producer credits are shared by Lucan Toh, Babak Anvari, Bryan Sonderman, Julia Oh and David Hinojosa.
A24 will finance and handle worldwide releasing for The Front Room.
Max Eggers co-wrote The Lighthouse with Robert Eggers, who directed the drama about two lighthouse keepers, Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe) and Ephraim Winslow (Robert Pattinson...
A24 is teaming up with the Eggers brothers — The Lighthouse co-writer Max Eggers and Sam Eggers (Olympia) — for the psychological horror The Front Room.
The screenwriting brothers, for their joint directorial debut, will adapt Susan Hill’s short story of the same name. The Front Room follows a young, newly pregnant couple forced to take in an ailing stepmother who has long been estranged from the family.
The ensemble cast will be led by Grammy Award-winning musician and actress Brandy Norwood, Kathryn Hunter, Andrew Burnap and Spotlight actor Neal Huff. The producer credits are shared by Lucan Toh, Babak Anvari, Bryan Sonderman, Julia Oh and David Hinojosa.
A24 will finance and handle worldwide releasing for The Front Room.
Max Eggers co-wrote The Lighthouse with Robert Eggers, who directed the drama about two lighthouse keepers, Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe) and Ephraim Winslow (Robert Pattinson...
- 8/25/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A lone rider on horseback; a child’s oath of vengeance upon the sight of a beheaded parent; a burly, statuesque, and shirtless he-man swinging a sword into battle while lit only by the glow of wildfire. All of these things could be used to describe the joy of ‘80s beefcake action movies, a la Conan: The Barbarian (1982) or The Beastmaster (1982). But such images are given new and startling life in the first trailer for Robert Eggers’ The Northman.
This highly anticipated 2021 release is writer-director Eggers’ first step outside the horror genre (and A24) after the one-two punch of The Witch (2016) and The Lighthouse (2019). And The Northman looks like a blood-soaked throwback to the kind of swords and bicep movies they don’t make anymore, with Alexander Skarsgård’s Amleth swearing vengeance on Fjölnir (Claes Bang), the man who killed his father. However, given the pedigree of everyone involved, including Nicole Kidman,...
This highly anticipated 2021 release is writer-director Eggers’ first step outside the horror genre (and A24) after the one-two punch of The Witch (2016) and The Lighthouse (2019). And The Northman looks like a blood-soaked throwback to the kind of swords and bicep movies they don’t make anymore, with Alexander Skarsgård’s Amleth swearing vengeance on Fjölnir (Claes Bang), the man who killed his father. However, given the pedigree of everyone involved, including Nicole Kidman,...
- 12/20/2021
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
You couldn’t find a more unlikely Oscar contender than “The Lighthouse,” Robert Eggers‘ bizarre period horror film. Yet the A24 release about two lighthouse keepers (Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe) slowly going mad from isolation has had a strong showing at the Independent Spirits and Critics Choice Awards, so the black-and-white fever dream could soon infect the minds of Academy voters.
Gold Derby recently conducted video interviews with Dafoe, cinematographer Jarin Blaschke and production designer Craig Lathrop. Scroll down and click on any name below to be taken to their full chat.
See ‘The Lighthouse’ and ‘Uncut Gems’ lead Independent Spirit nominations, ‘Marriage Story’ gets Robert Altman Award
While it’s hard to really categorize the film, Dafoe does his noble best. “Sometimes it’s very funny. Sometimes it’s very dark. Sometimes it’s very heavy,” he explains. “It’s not really horror in the usual jump-scare horror way,...
Gold Derby recently conducted video interviews with Dafoe, cinematographer Jarin Blaschke and production designer Craig Lathrop. Scroll down and click on any name below to be taken to their full chat.
See ‘The Lighthouse’ and ‘Uncut Gems’ lead Independent Spirit nominations, ‘Marriage Story’ gets Robert Altman Award
While it’s hard to really categorize the film, Dafoe does his noble best. “Sometimes it’s very funny. Sometimes it’s very dark. Sometimes it’s very heavy,” he explains. “It’s not really horror in the usual jump-scare horror way,...
- 12/26/2019
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
After reading Robert Eggers‘s “crazy, brilliant script” for “The Lighthouse,” production designer Craig Lathrop realized he would have to build that title set as opposed to finding one on location. This, of course, would be a “challenge,” since it required “a very small base” for “a very tall structure that could tip over.” Watch our exclusive video interview with Lathrop above.
This A24 release centers on two lighthouse keepers — the young Ephraim Winslow (Robert Pattinson) and the grizzled Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe) — who slowly drive each other mad as they spend more time together in isolation. Set in the early 1890s, the film required “a period lighthouse, really on a spit of land” as opposed to “an island,” with a light keeper’s house on the side. It also needed to be “a bit dilapidated,” and most lighthouses from that period “are in museums” where they are “beautifully maintained,...
This A24 release centers on two lighthouse keepers — the young Ephraim Winslow (Robert Pattinson) and the grizzled Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe) — who slowly drive each other mad as they spend more time together in isolation. Set in the early 1890s, the film required “a period lighthouse, really on a spit of land” as opposed to “an island,” with a light keeper’s house on the side. It also needed to be “a bit dilapidated,” and most lighthouses from that period “are in museums” where they are “beautifully maintained,...
- 11/5/2019
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
Cinematographer Jarin Blaschke wanted to “embrace” the theatricality of “The Lighthouse” rather than shy away from it. Although it takes place in one location with just two actors, the Dp found that there was “so much imagery in there” to play around with that he was excited by the opportunity to “elevate the dialogue scenes.” Watch our exclusive video interview with Blaschke above.
Directed by Robert Eggers, this A24 release follows two lighthouse keepers (Robert Pattinson as young seaman Ephraim Winslow and Willem Dafoe as the haggard Thomas Wake) who plunge into madness while in isolation on an island in New England. Set in the 1890s, the film gave Blaschke the opportunity to shoot in black-and-white in 1.19:1, a boxy aspect ratio “that I probably will not be able to [use] again.” Although it’s “unusual in this day and age to have something in this aspect ratio,” it perfectly fit...
Directed by Robert Eggers, this A24 release follows two lighthouse keepers (Robert Pattinson as young seaman Ephraim Winslow and Willem Dafoe as the haggard Thomas Wake) who plunge into madness while in isolation on an island in New England. Set in the 1890s, the film gave Blaschke the opportunity to shoot in black-and-white in 1.19:1, a boxy aspect ratio “that I probably will not be able to [use] again.” Although it’s “unusual in this day and age to have something in this aspect ratio,” it perfectly fit...
- 11/1/2019
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
[This story contains spoilers for The Witch and The Lighthouse.]
There’s a light in the darkness. This is a literal and physical aspect found in the settings of both of Robert Eggers' features, The Witch (2015), and The Lighthouse (2019), but it’s also a thematic and tonal truth that makes the filmmaker’s horror films distinct within the genre.
The Lighthouse centers on two lighthouse keepers, Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe) and Ephraim Winslow (Robert Pattinson), whose isolation on an unnamed island off the coast of New England builds to a strange, humorous and rocky relationship, one beset by the tumultuous waves of folk ...
There’s a light in the darkness. This is a literal and physical aspect found in the settings of both of Robert Eggers' features, The Witch (2015), and The Lighthouse (2019), but it’s also a thematic and tonal truth that makes the filmmaker’s horror films distinct within the genre.
The Lighthouse centers on two lighthouse keepers, Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe) and Ephraim Winslow (Robert Pattinson), whose isolation on an unnamed island off the coast of New England builds to a strange, humorous and rocky relationship, one beset by the tumultuous waves of folk ...
- 10/29/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
[This story contains spoilers for The Witch and The Lighthouse.]
There’s a light in the darkness. This is a literal and physical aspect found in the settings of both of Robert Eggers' features, The Witch (2015), and The Lighthouse (2019), but it’s also a thematic and tonal truth that makes the filmmaker’s horror films distinct within the genre.
The Lighthouse centers on two lighthouse keepers, Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe) and Ephraim Winslow (Robert Pattinson), whose isolation on an unnamed island off the coast of New England builds to a strange, humorous and rocky relationship, one beset by the tumultuous waves of folk ...
There’s a light in the darkness. This is a literal and physical aspect found in the settings of both of Robert Eggers' features, The Witch (2015), and The Lighthouse (2019), but it’s also a thematic and tonal truth that makes the filmmaker’s horror films distinct within the genre.
The Lighthouse centers on two lighthouse keepers, Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe) and Ephraim Winslow (Robert Pattinson), whose isolation on an unnamed island off the coast of New England builds to a strange, humorous and rocky relationship, one beset by the tumultuous waves of folk ...
- 10/29/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
“Even though it was a sort of vaguely traumatizing experience, it was actually really fun,” explained Robert Pattinson about shooting “The Lighthouse,” and that seems like an especially fitting description for an especially unsettling film. He discussed it alongside co-star Willem Dafoe, writer-director Robert Eggers and cinematographer Jarin Blaschke after a screening for Oscar voters at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Watch their “Academy Conversations” Q&a above.
“The Lighthouse” is almost entirely a two-hander, featuring Pattinson as Ephraim Winslow and Dafoe as Thomas Wake, two lighthouse keepers bonding, clashing, and gradually going mad while isolated on a remote New England island during the late 19th century. Pattinson remembers that his veteran co-star approached rehearsals “with an enormous amount of enthusiasm. He’s kind of like a human dynamo.” Pattinson got the impression that Dafoe had “total comfort with the script” and knew “exactly where he would want to go with the part.
“The Lighthouse” is almost entirely a two-hander, featuring Pattinson as Ephraim Winslow and Dafoe as Thomas Wake, two lighthouse keepers bonding, clashing, and gradually going mad while isolated on a remote New England island during the late 19th century. Pattinson remembers that his veteran co-star approached rehearsals “with an enormous amount of enthusiasm. He’s kind of like a human dynamo.” Pattinson got the impression that Dafoe had “total comfort with the script” and knew “exactly where he would want to go with the part.
- 10/28/2019
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
This week brings another interesting pairing of actors. It was just a week ago that Angelina Jolie and Michele Pfieffer squared off in Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil. Now the new film is not nearly as family-friendly though it too has moments of fantasy and fantastical beings. Oh, and there’s nobody else around (for 95 or so percent of the running time). Really, only the two men, bringing to mind both movie versions of the play Sleuth, though the setting this time is not nearly as cozy and comfy as an English country estate. Its proximity to the ocean might be appealing for many (several of these structures have been converted to homes and vacation rental spots), who have made it a staple of nautical art (you might see one in a painting hanging at a library or hospital). Ah, but back in the late 19th century, there was nothing quaint about them,...
- 10/24/2019
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
How exactly does one describe “The Lighthouse,” Robert Eggers‘s unsettling followup to his breakthrough horror film “The Witch”? “Sometimes it’s very funny. Sometimes it’s very dark. Sometimes it’s very heavy,” explains Willem Dafoe, who co-stars in the film with Robert Pattinson. “It’s not really horror in the usual jump-scare horror way, but it does get under your skin, and it does explore some dark parts of the human psyche. Because whenever you strip away identity interesting things happen.” Above, watch our exclusive video interview with Dafoe, who also discusses his role this fall in “Motherless Brooklyn.”
“The Lighthouse” is mostly a two-hander in which Dafoe plays Thomas Wake, a veteran lighthouse keeper in 19th century New England who trains the less experienced Ephraim Winslow (Pattinson) during their time isolated together on an island. “How they come together is they don’t really come together,” says Dafoe.
“The Lighthouse” is mostly a two-hander in which Dafoe plays Thomas Wake, a veteran lighthouse keeper in 19th century New England who trains the less experienced Ephraim Winslow (Pattinson) during their time isolated together on an island. “How they come together is they don’t really come together,” says Dafoe.
- 10/21/2019
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
David Crow Oct 26, 2019
The Lighthouse has a cold Lovecraftian streak that leaves it open to interpretation. Here is how we see that ending on the beach.
This article contains major The Lighthouse spoilers. Here is the spoiler-free review.
It’s a haunting final image, and one that gnaws at anyone who studied Greek myth. Robert Pattinson’s Ephraim Winslow/Thomas Howard/whatever he calls himself lies on his back, delighted by the unimaginable secrets he gleaned by staring into the lighthouse’s beacon. But that rapture was moments ago—perhaps even a lifetime. Now he is sprawled out along a barren seashore as seagulls and other birds of prey peck at his stomach, feasting on the entrails within. Presumably one fowl creature is even taking bites of liver as Pattinson’s protagonist chuckles at his final damnation. Just as Willem Dafoe’s Thomas Wake promised him in their earlier graveside chat,...
The Lighthouse has a cold Lovecraftian streak that leaves it open to interpretation. Here is how we see that ending on the beach.
This article contains major The Lighthouse spoilers. Here is the spoiler-free review.
It’s a haunting final image, and one that gnaws at anyone who studied Greek myth. Robert Pattinson’s Ephraim Winslow/Thomas Howard/whatever he calls himself lies on his back, delighted by the unimaginable secrets he gleaned by staring into the lighthouse’s beacon. But that rapture was moments ago—perhaps even a lifetime. Now he is sprawled out along a barren seashore as seagulls and other birds of prey peck at his stomach, feasting on the entrails within. Presumably one fowl creature is even taking bites of liver as Pattinson’s protagonist chuckles at his final damnation. Just as Willem Dafoe’s Thomas Wake promised him in their earlier graveside chat,...
- 10/17/2019
- Den of Geek
Robert Eggers psychological drama “The Lighthouse” is a showcase for its two stars: Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe. In this hypnotic and hallucinatory tale, they play two lighthouse keepers on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s. They clearly loved this material and give absolutely everything to it. They take risks and sport spotless accents in this edgy thriller that will be release by A24 on October 18
Both of their CVs are populated with well-reviewed independent films like “The Lighthouse,” which they made after mainstream career boosts. You can see Pattinson’s career evolving into one like Dafoe’s.
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While Pattinson has yet to reap an Oscar bid, Dafoe is coming off consecutive nominations for his supporting turn in The Florida Project” and his leading role in “At Eternity’s Gate.” He contended twice before supporting...
Both of their CVs are populated with well-reviewed independent films like “The Lighthouse,” which they made after mainstream career boosts. You can see Pattinson’s career evolving into one like Dafoe’s.
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While Pattinson has yet to reap an Oscar bid, Dafoe is coming off consecutive nominations for his supporting turn in The Florida Project” and his leading role in “At Eternity’s Gate.” He contended twice before supporting...
- 10/8/2019
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
Robert Egger‘s “The Lighthouse,” which screened as part of the BFI London Film Festival, was hailed by the critics. This black-and-white picture is an intense psychological study of two men — Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe — working as lighthouse keepers in the 1890s. Eggers, who wrote and directed the 2015 thriller “The Witch,” pulled double duty on this film as well, with his brother, Max Eggers, as co-writer. The film, which debuted in Cannes, will be released stateside by A24 on Oct. 18.
Owen Gleiberman (Variety) observes that the film “is made with extraordinary skill and says that “both actors are sensational (and they work together like one).” However, he notes “in terms of sheer showboating power it’s Dafoe’s movie.” As he explains, “Dafoe plays Thomas Wake, the aging ‘wickie,’ as a knowing piece of kitsch — a crusty, bearded, limping old seaman with his pipe held upside-down and a brogue marinated in gin.
Owen Gleiberman (Variety) observes that the film “is made with extraordinary skill and says that “both actors are sensational (and they work together like one).” However, he notes “in terms of sheer showboating power it’s Dafoe’s movie.” As he explains, “Dafoe plays Thomas Wake, the aging ‘wickie,’ as a knowing piece of kitsch — a crusty, bearded, limping old seaman with his pipe held upside-down and a brogue marinated in gin.
- 10/7/2019
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
When you think October, you think Halloween — which means you think horror and, hopefully, a black-and-white thriller involving drunk sea captains, mermaid genitals and Robert Pattinson. But not all of the good stuff this month doesn’t involve blood spatter or jump scares: Spanish and Korean award-winners from high-prestige European festivals; Oscar hopefuls gearing up for a long, rocky awards-circuit season; an iconic comic-book villain gets the moody ’70s antihero treatment; and we get not one but two Will Smiths running and jumping and killing. Plus Hitler! But, like, a funny Hitler!
- 9/27/2019
- by Charles Bramesco
- Rollingstone.com
Working on Robert Eggers’ slow-boiling horror film “The Lighthouse” left Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson in two very different states of mind. The actors told TheWrap at the Toronto Film Festival that while Dafoe was able to easily slip in and out of the role, Pattinson soon found himself as pent-up as his character.
“I was charged up at the end of every day, to be honest,” Pattinson told TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven. “By the end of the day you’re keeping yourself…so wound up the whole time that by the end I wanted to go out clubbing. But there’s nowhere to go!”
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“The Lighthouse” has been acclaimed since its Cannes premiere four months ago. It is the follow-up to Eggers’ satanic period piece “The Witch,” following a pair of lighthouse...
“I was charged up at the end of every day, to be honest,” Pattinson told TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven. “By the end of the day you’re keeping yourself…so wound up the whole time that by the end I wanted to go out clubbing. But there’s nowhere to go!”
Also Read: 'Jojo Rabbit' Director Taika Waititi Says He 'Felt Very Nervous' Playing Imaginary Hitler (Exclusive Video)
“The Lighthouse” has been acclaimed since its Cannes premiere four months ago. It is the follow-up to Eggers’ satanic period piece “The Witch,” following a pair of lighthouse...
- 9/12/2019
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Robert Eggers, the acclaimed director of The Witch, is back with another unsettling story to keep you up at night: The Lighthouse. In the new trailer for the black and white drama, we're introduced to Thomas Wake (Willem DaFoe) and Ephraim Winslow (Robert Pattinson), two lighthouse keepers who are posted on a remote New England island in the late 1800s.
Although the exact plot is still a bit mysterious, the trailer hints that the men will begin to go stir crazy in their surroundings, hallucinating mermaids, keeping grave secrets, spying on each other, and potentially ending their stay with an act of violence. Watch the latest trailer above to see if you can figure it out before the film arrives in theaters on Oct. 18.
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Although the exact plot is still a bit mysterious, the trailer hints that the men will begin to go stir crazy in their surroundings, hallucinating mermaids, keeping grave secrets, spying on each other, and potentially ending their stay with an act of violence. Watch the latest trailer above to see if you can figure it out before the film arrives in theaters on Oct. 18.
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- 9/11/2019
- by Quinn Keaney
- Popsugar.com
Robert Eggers’ The Lighthouse builds off the contradictory nature of its vocational beacon. Designed to steer sea voyagers away from the cusps of danger, it’s a heralded symbol of security, marking the end of a journey. But sailors who use the light as a guide do so with the knowledge that the threat only grows the nearer the light gets. With his highly anticipated follow-up to 2015’s The Witch, Eggers confirms that this tenet applies beyond the rocky barriers of sea travel all the way to the source, where insanity boils into practice.
Much like his 2015 debut, the thrill comes in observing unseen menaces take their toll on an intimate cast of characters. The acute descent into madness is propelled once again by isolation, unforgiving elements, and twirling suspicions. But set against the backdrop of late 19th century New England, the addition of booze barrels leaves plenty of room...
Much like his 2015 debut, the thrill comes in observing unseen menaces take their toll on an intimate cast of characters. The acute descent into madness is propelled once again by isolation, unforgiving elements, and twirling suspicions. But set against the backdrop of late 19th century New England, the addition of booze barrels leaves plenty of room...
- 9/6/2019
- by Luke Parker
- We Got This Covered
David Crow Sep 9, 2019
Robert Eggers’ follow-up to The Witch, The Lighthouse reveals its final creepy trailer with Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson.
I tend to resist the term “elevated horror”—as it suggests horror is by default unsophisticated—but there is no denying we are living in a renaissance of smart, atmospheric, and bewitching horror cinema. And few have risen to immediate attention in this era as quickly as Robert Eggers, director of The Witch, one of the wickedest chillers ever made. Thus production on his next movie was always a curiosity, but everything we’ve heard, and now seen, about The Lighthouse promises something just as startlingly original.
Shot in black and white 35mm, and in the same aspect ratio of 1.19 : 1 that Fritz Lang filmed M (1931) in, there is something nefariously old-fashioned afoot. Here's what you need to know.
The Lighthouse Trailer
In the below trailer, we get...
Robert Eggers’ follow-up to The Witch, The Lighthouse reveals its final creepy trailer with Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson.
I tend to resist the term “elevated horror”—as it suggests horror is by default unsophisticated—but there is no denying we are living in a renaissance of smart, atmospheric, and bewitching horror cinema. And few have risen to immediate attention in this era as quickly as Robert Eggers, director of The Witch, one of the wickedest chillers ever made. Thus production on his next movie was always a curiosity, but everything we’ve heard, and now seen, about The Lighthouse promises something just as startlingly original.
Shot in black and white 35mm, and in the same aspect ratio of 1.19 : 1 that Fritz Lang filmed M (1931) in, there is something nefariously old-fashioned afoot. Here's what you need to know.
The Lighthouse Trailer
In the below trailer, we get...
- 7/30/2019
- Den of Geek
A24, the studio behind films such as Ladybird, Eighth Grade and Moonlight, released the trailer for the hypnotic film The Lighthouse on Tuesday. Robert Eggers and his brother Max Eggers wrote the film about the two men (Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe) on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
The trailer begins with the dark scene of an ocean with a lighthouse shining and foghorn blaring to the distance. Thomas Wake (Dafoe) and Ephraim Winslow (Pattinson) appear looking straight at the camera holding boxes and carrying bags with the lighthouse behind. The trailer shows Pattinson’s character sneaking around the ...
The trailer begins with the dark scene of an ocean with a lighthouse shining and foghorn blaring to the distance. Thomas Wake (Dafoe) and Ephraim Winslow (Pattinson) appear looking straight at the camera holding boxes and carrying bags with the lighthouse behind. The trailer shows Pattinson’s character sneaking around the ...
- 7/30/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
A24, the studio behind films such as Ladybird, Eighth Grade and Moonlight, released the trailer for the hypnotic film The Lighthouse on Tuesday. Robert Eggers and his brother Max Eggers wrote the film about the two men (Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe) on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
The trailer begins with the dark scene of an ocean with a lighthouse shining and foghorn blaring to the distance. Thomas Wake (Dafoe) and Ephraim Winslow (Pattinson) appear looking straight at the camera holding boxes and carrying bags with the lighthouse behind. The trailer shows Pattinson’s character sneaking around the ...
The trailer begins with the dark scene of an ocean with a lighthouse shining and foghorn blaring to the distance. Thomas Wake (Dafoe) and Ephraim Winslow (Pattinson) appear looking straight at the camera holding boxes and carrying bags with the lighthouse behind. The trailer shows Pattinson’s character sneaking around the ...
- 7/30/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
For all its finely considered dread, the reason Robert Eggers’ ungulate-deifying debut The Witch made such a cultural mark had far more to do with its sense of mischief. Sure, puritan religious life is fine, Eggers seemed to say, but have you ever tried living deliciously? His second feature, The Lighthouse, brilliantly confirms that taste for devilry and narrative subterfuge. It’s a ghost story drenched in gritty, saltwater-flecked period accuracy and anchored in cautionary maritime fables, but one with a boozy, amorous, and darkly comic edge that made me think of everything from The Birds to Ben Wheatley’s similarly trippy A Field in England. Needless to say, it rules.
Shot in black-and-white on a piece of Atlantic rock off the coast of Nova Scotia, Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson give two outstanding performances in what can hardly have been the most pleasant shoot. A story goes that when...
Shot in black-and-white on a piece of Atlantic rock off the coast of Nova Scotia, Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson give two outstanding performances in what can hardly have been the most pleasant shoot. A story goes that when...
- 5/19/2019
- by Rory O'Connor
- The Film Stage
“The Lighthouse,” the second feature directed by Robert Eggers (“The Witch”), is a gripping and turbulent drama that draws on a number of influences, though it merges them into its own fluky gothic historical ominoso art-thriller thing. Set in the 1890s, and suffused with foghorns and epic gusts of wind, as well as a powerfully antiquated sense of myth and legend, the movie is shot in shimmeringly austere black-and-white, with a radically old-fashioned 1.19:1 aspect ratio. That lends everything that happens a weird immersive clarity. The entire film is set on a desolate island of jagged black rock, where a gnarly old sea dog, played by Willem Dafoe, declaiming his lines like Captain Ahab on a bender, is tending the lighthouse there for four weeks along with his new assistant, played with surly reticence — and then an aggression that bursts out of him like a demon — by Robert Pattinson.
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- 5/19/2019
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
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