Lighthouse (1999 film)
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Chris Craib
| Lighthouse | |
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| Directed by | Simon Hunter |
| Written by | Graeme Scarfe |
| Produced by | Tim Dennison Mark Leake Chris Craib |
| Starring | James Purefoy Rachel Shelley Christopher Adamson Don Warrington |
| Cinematography | Tony Imi |
| Edited by | Paul Green |
| Music by | Debbie Wiseman |
| Distributed by | Winchester Films |
Release dates |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,800,000 |
Lighthouse (released as Dead of Night in the United States) 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.
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
- James Purefoy as Richard Spader
- Christopher Adamson as Leo Rook
- Rachel Shelley as Dr. Kirsty McCloud
- Don Warrington as Prison Officer Ian Goslet
- Paul Brooke as Captain Campbell
- Chris Dunne as Chief Prison Officer O'Neil
- Pat Kelman as Spoons
- Bob Goody as Weevil
- Peter McCabe as Prison Officer Hopkins
- Norman Mitchell as Brownlow
- Howard Attfield as Sykes
- Jason Round as Spitfield
- Sarah Wateridge as McCloud's Mother
- Rod Woodruff as Guard
Release
Home media
The film was released on DVD under its alternate title Dead of Night by Image Entertainment on 30 May 2000. It was later released by VVL on 21 April 2003.[1]
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