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''The Lighthouse'' is a 2019 American film directed and co-produced by Creator/RobertEggers (''Film/TheWitch'') and starring Creator/WillemDafoe and Creator/RobertPattinson. The film's genre is [[GenreBusting hard to describe]], so for brevity's sake we'll call it a {{period|Piece}} {{psychological thriller}}.

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''The Lighthouse'' is a 2019 American film directed and co-produced by Creator/RobertEggers (''Film/TheWitch'') and starring Creator/WillemDafoe and Creator/RobertPattinson. The film's genre is [[GenreBusting hard to describe]], so for brevity's sake sake, we'll call it a {{period|Piece}} {{psychological thriller}}.

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'''Previews:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hyag7lR8CPA Trailer 1,]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42_UHhpq530 Trailer 2.]]

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'''Previews:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hyag7lR8CPA Trailer 1,]] 1]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42_UHhpq530 Trailer 2.]]2]]



* BigNo: Winslow gives a dramatic angry one during an unhinged argument with Wake, directly after they repeatedly scream "What?" at each other and before Winslow goes off on a rant about wanting a steak.



* CabinFever: Overlapping with OceanMadness due to the surroundings. The two characters are trapped on a tiny island where they gradually descend into insanity.

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* CabinFever: Overlapping with OceanMadness due to the surroundings. The surroundings; the two main characters are trapped on a tiny island where they gradually descend into insanity.



* FreudWasRight: Eggers has made no bones about how thoroughly he invoked this with the lighthouse, even filming it at select angles to look more... ''erect''. As per his summary of the film, "Nothing good can happen when two men are trapped alone in a giant phallus."

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* FreudWasRight: Eggers has made no bones about how thoroughly he invoked this with the lighthouse, even filming it at select angles to look more... ''erect''. As per his summary of the film, "Nothing good can happen when two men are trapped alone in a giant phallus."



* GenreBusting: What seems like a strange {{period|Piece}} {{psychological horror}} on the surface turns out to be a cross between a {{psychological thriller}}, mystery, character study, survival film, and [[BlackComedy pitch-black comedy]], oozing with imagery indebted to [[{{Surrealism}} surrealist]], [[CosmicHorrorStory Lovecraftian]], and [[FreudWasRight Freudian]] origins -- and [[ToiletHumor fart jokes]]. Even members of Eggers' own personnel are reluctant to label it as horror:

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* GenreBusting: What seems like a strange {{period|Piece}} {{psychological horror}} on the surface turns out to be a cross between a {{psychological thriller}}, mystery, character study, chamber film, survival film, and [[BlackComedy pitch-black comedy]], oozing with imagery indebted to [[{{Surrealism}} surrealist]], [[CosmicHorrorStory Lovecraftian]], and [[FreudWasRight Freudian]] origins -- and [[ToiletHumor fart jokes]]. Even members a member of Eggers' own personnel are was reluctant to label it as horror:



** [[spoiler:The mermaid lets out an unnerving, seagull-like scream that deeply disturbs Winslow.]]

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** [[spoiler:The mermaid lets out an unnerving, seagull-like scream screams that deeply disturbs disturb Winslow.]]
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* SickeningCrunch: The sound of Winslow striking [[spoiler: Wake in the head with an axe, after Wake strikes him with the same axe in the shoulder]].

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* SickeningCrunch: The sound of Winslow striking [[spoiler: Wake in the head with an axe, after Wake strikes him with the same axe in the shoulder]]. Happens again in the final moments of the film, as [[spoiler:Winslow falls a short distance down a ladder, landing on his feet and breaking his ankles before falling down a spiral staircase.]]

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