Forget Shutter Island, Its Perfect Replacement With 90% Tomatometer Has Landed on Max

Leonardo DiCaprio ’s eerie psychological thriller Shutter Island may have forever stricken the fear of those mysterious pieces of land into our hearts, but things turned out to be even creepier in Robert Eggers’ 2019 mystery drama.

Starring Robert Pattinson and William Dafoe, The Lighthouse once again disturbs everyone’s consciousness with its ominous island that keeps dark secrets behind the black-and-white scenery.

Now, five years after its theatrical release, the movie is finally available for all the fans of nerve-racking horror-ish thrillers since it has recently landed on Max.

Directed by the horror genre’s biggest fan Robert Eggers, The Lighthouse takes the viewers back to the 1890s and follows two lighthouse keepers Ephraim Winslow and Thomas Wake, portrayed by Pattinson and Dafoe respectively, as they are set to start their common work on an isolated island in New England.

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Being a skilled worker constantly dealing with almost insufferable conditions, Wake once confesses to newcomer Winslow that the previous keeper died after having completely lost his sanity surrounded by the island’s raging waters.

As the island gets more and more engulfed in a huge storm, both characters, separated off the big land, have to deal with their mind going completely nuts making them decide whether they want to keep each other’s company or rather get rid of one another while having no control of their frantic illusions.

Though The Lighthouse was quite far from being called a box office hit, the movie made it up to honest earnings by getting numerous accolades praising the eerie atmosphere and the actors’ astounding performances.

The Lighthouse eventually ended up with a score of 90% from the critics and 72% from the audience on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Lighthouse can now be streamed on Netflix.