Lighthouse (2000/I)

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Director:

Simon Hunter

Writers:

Simon Hunter (writer)
Graeme Scarfe (story)

Release Date:

9 August 2000 (France)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Evil lurks in the light.

Plot:

A prison ship on its way to a remote island prison runs aground on rocks and sinks. Mixed survivors of cons and prison guards struggle ashore...

Plot Keywords:

Rock | Severed Head | Night | Lighthouse | Person On Fire

Awards:

2 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

James Purefoy	...	Richard Spader
Rachel Shelley	...	Dr. Kirsty McCloud
Christopher Adamson	...	Leo Rook
Paul Brooke	...	Captain Campbell
Don Warrington	...	Prison Officer Ian Goslet
Christopher Dunne	...	Chief Prison Officer O'Neil (as Chris Dunne)
Bob Goody	...	Weevil
Pat Kelman	...	Spoons
Peter McCabe	...	Prison Officer Hopkins
Norman Mitchell	...	Brownlow
Howard Attfield	...	Sykes
Jason Round	...	Spitfield
Stuart Callaghan	...	Ship's Mate
Yolande Davis	...	Young Prison Officer
Sarah Wateridge	...	McCloud's Mother

Also Known As:

Dead of Night (USA) (video title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong horror violence/gore and some language.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Finland:K-16 (cut) (1999) | Netherlands:16 | France:-12 | Germany:18 | South Korea:18 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Cornwall, England, UK

Company:

British Screen Productions

Trivia:

Last film role of Norman Mitchell.

Quotes:

Dr. Kirsty McCloud: The only pleasure was in his lab, the hobby became a job, the job became an obsession, the obsession became this

Above average for a new horror film

"Lighthouse" was briefly released in theatres in March 2000, before ending up on video under the title Dead Of Night. Basically this is an excellent slasher film. Several very effective sequences between the killer and the victims make the film quite suspensful. The movie takes itself seriously unlike most of the current crop of "horror movies". The acting is passable and I liked the choice of setting and the way the film is generally set up. There is a decent amount of gore too. Lighthouse/Dead Of Night is worth a look ! It's like a British version of the 80's American slasher film only made in the late 90's after the genre became a joke and we all forgot horror movies can still be scary!