WTF Happened to The Lighthouse?

Last Updated on August 2, 2021

WTF Happened To This Movie? – The JoBlo series that looks at troubled productions, curious creative decisions, box-office failures, surprising successes, and cult favorites!

Director Robert Eggers followed the sleeper horror hit The Witch with his 2019 sophomore effort The Lighthouse, an unsettling and claustrophobic Willem Dafoe/Robert Pattinson tale. It was intended to be “small and easy”, but proved to be quite the opposite thanks to experimental acting, merciless weather and outdated filmmaking techniques. Order the lobster and find out “WTF Happened to THE LIGHTHOUSE!”

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Chris Bumbray began his career with JoBlo as the resident film critic (and James Bond expert) way back in 2007, and he has stuck around ever since, being named editor-in-chief in 2021. A voting member of the CCA and a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, you can also catch Chris discussing pop culture regularly on CTV News Channel.