Movie

The Lighthouse

2019 · 109 min

A slow, suffocating plunge into black-and-white madness, where two men's rivalry curdles into hallucination and dread.

Tagline: There is enchantment in the light.
Overview: Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
How it feels: Dark, eerie, tense and absurd. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Madness, isolation, obsession, guilt
Content: Strong violence, gore and language. Mild sexual content.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 3 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: madness
isolation
obsession
guilt
power
Places: sea
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: single location
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild