Lighthouse (film)

Lighthouse
Directed by	Simon Hunter
Produced by	Tim Dennison Mark Leake Chris Craib
Written by	Graeme Scarfe
Starring	James Purefoy Rachel Shelley Christopher Adamson Don Warrington
Music by	Debbie Wiseman
Cinematography	Tony Imi
Editing by	Paul Green
Release dates	November 17, 1999 (1999-11-17) (Sweden) July 17, 2002 (2002-07-17) (United Kingdom)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Lighthouse (released as Dead of Night in the USA) is a 1999 British horror film directed by (Simon Hunter). The film follows survivors of a shipwreck being preyed on by an escaped psychotic convict who beheads his victims. It was shot in Cornwall for the main locations (lighthouse, beaches rockshores), and Hastings in East Sussex.

Synopsis

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, only to discover to their horror that another survivor has made it ashore before them. Murderous psychotic Leo Rook not only had a hand in the ship's sinking but has decapitated all but one of the island's lighthouse crew. Stranded, with no means of escape or way to call for help, the survivors must face a night of terror. They know Leo does not want anyone to learn he survived the shipwreck and is hell-bent on adding their severed heads to his collection.

Cast

See also

• Convict
• Psychosis
• Deviant
• Decapitation
• British films
• Hammer horror
• Horror films in the UK
• Psychological horror
• Horror-of-demonic
• Horror-of-personality
• Supernatural thriller films

External links

• Lighthouse at the Internet Movie Database