The Worst Film Ever

Highly Overrated But Still Good

This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

I met Simon Hunter at Raindance when I was learning film making and we talked a bit about this film. The money shots were expensive and took up a lot of the budget, this should have been a cheaper film. Simon has a friend called Jake West, who made the cult classic Razor blade smile on a budget of £20K, incidentally using the same actor as the baddie, If you are interesting in the art of film making then check it out. True lighthouse does have higher production values, but is not as much fun. I liked Simon, he is a competent film-maker, but I think that given his budget he could have done better. The story about a crashed prison ship on a remote lighthouse Island could have been a good thriller, but as a premise for a slasher movie its a bit of a waste. Think Key Largo as a great example of that genre. A story of a prison van breaking down in remote Scotland with the action set in and around the odd bothy would have have been cheaper, more convenient and could have allowed for a more relaxed shooting schedule, higher shooting ratio, and a better edited end film. As it is it is neither a good thriller or slasher movie. Pity.

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.

After looking at all of the comments, regarding it as an awful slasher, I must say in my opinion they are totally wrong.This had all the gore you need, maybe it could of had more, but still has a bloody edge, and the effects wern't all the terrible, even though towards the end when the woman is being grabbed by her hair when she's hanging off the Lighhouse does look a little bit stupid. This actually had above average acting, the characters arn't as wooden as some actors. But it is a B-Movie, and this has proudly made it's way into my top 5 in slashers.I'd give The Lighthouse - 7.5/10God bless British horror...now go watch Cradle Of Fear (Ultimate cheese, awful acting and terrible dialogue = a must for any horror fan like me)

Where do you begin to summarise a film like this? The start I guess. Oh wait - there isn't one. You know you're in for a rough time when a film's opening drops you into a scene that feels like you've somehow already missed 10 minutes. Who are these people? Where are they and what hell are they doing? The director/screenwriter doesn't bother with any of that. They're people on a boat. With a bad man. Who escapes. That's about all you're getting folks. What then follows is some of the worst direction, acting, editing and photography you will ever have the misfortune to witness. It's truly mind numbing that a film with such horrendous technical deficiencies could ever pass muster. They should have dropped the final cut of this mess into a vat of acid and tossed the director in after it. That would have spared us this nonsense and any other ideas Hunter may have in his head. 0/10