thesar-2 While interesting and actually frightening at times, this experiment felt more like an Alien film (preferably Alien3 and Aliens mixed) with a slasher holdover in the late 90s. Hard to watch the way I did - only copy online I could find was some VHS upload into YouTube - not a good combo. But, it was doable. Recommended by the podcast Shockwaves as a lost and understated 90s horror flick. Honestly, it could've remained lost and it would be no big, well, you know.

BakuryuuTyranno Many modern slasher flicks are somewhat campy and understandably so as writing a genuinely scary variant of a film type we've already seen many times isn't easy.The Lighthouse takes itself seriously so at least deserves credit for trying although the result isn't anything special. The killer ultimately is another silent, emotionless type, the hero naturally happens to be someone accused of murder who isn't guilty. Essentially a ship crashes leaving the criminals and officers to try surviving. Some manage to reach the nearby lighthouse. The only problem is the serial killer Leo Rook has escaped and already killed the lighthouse workers. Actually there are good suspense scenes as certain characters try to avoid the killer. Unfortunately for slasher fans, the kills aren't terribly creative. At least it has good pacing and thus avoids being boring.

Sandcooler The tension in "Lighthouse" is pretty unbearable. In fact, you don't even have to like or care for any of the characters (phew) to feel the danger as much as they do. I mean, this killer is just really creepy, for once I didn't want him to finish the job, he's not the funny, playful mass murderer like Jason is. There are whole bunches of exciting scenes in this movie, it's not exactly Hitchcock but it'll do. We get lots of typical scenes: the standard fat guy sequence, people splitting up for really vague reasons, the supposedly highly-educated stupid woman being stupid and annoying all over the place, a lot of fire, the works, filmed to perfection. Not written to perfection but it's a slasher, nobody cares.The only thing that's really too bad is that the killer stopped being mysterious by the end. He was just like a Bond-villain after a while, even with the idiotic laughter and everything. That really spoiled things. I suppose I shouldn't make a big deal out of it but I do.

KHayes666 No originality! The plot of the movie is this. A criminal psychiatrist, a sick maniac and a bunch of prisoners are on board a boat. The maniac named Leo Rook escapes his cell and proceeds to sink the ship. The prisoners, ship crew and hot psych girl get to shore and are trapped on an island with Rook. The prisoners, rather than side with the maniac, devise a plan to kill him.The movie is your standard "bad guy picks off good guys one by one until the hero and the girl kill him in the end" so originality isn't a factor.The cast itself is wonderful with a lot of unknowns and you get into them, so when they die you actually go "awww" instead of "yawn".The highlight of the movie is when the fat prisoner calls Leo Rook a "sick f*ck!"The plot is unoriginal but the cast and the setting are decent.5 out of 10