It doesn't help that he casually ignores Walsh's advice, entering caves where he could easily be drowned and failing to keep a light burning at night. Subsequently, he is taken to the lighthouse by its conventionally presented yet enigmatic keeper, Walsh (Vernon Wells), who tells him that there is no woman and they are the only two people on the peninsula, the only way on or off it being by way of a ferry whose visits are rare.Īs our brash young hero must accept that he is trapped for some time, he explores the island, uncovering further mysteries and dangers. We open with an amnesiac man (Matt O'Neill) - who later calls himself JP - waking on a beach to the sight of a beautiful woman (Rachel Riley) who wanders away without introducing herself. Ending with a quote from another Poe piece and referencing, along the way, the severally appearing Lost Leonore, it nicely captures the spirit of the author's earlier work, if not so much that of The Light-House itself. This first cinematic adaptation actually owes more to Roger Corman's 1963 film The Terror, which was itself inspired by, but not adapted from, Poe's work. It has inspired several further literary works. Of all Edgar Allan Poe's mysteries, few have left as many questions unanswered at The Light-House, in part because it was left unfinished, in part because there has been speculation that it might have factored into the author's death.
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