FAQ

"Doodle let me go" An old' Sea-Shanty song.

This version of the song is by A.L. Lloyd.

No, the original story from Edgar Allan Poe was titled "The Light-House," and was left unfinished before Poe's death. This film, The Lighthouse, began as an attempt by Max Eggers to adapt "The Light-House," but the final story, co-written by Robert Eggers and Max Eggers, bears no resemblance to the Poe work, apart from the title. For more info, Wikipedia has an article titled, "The Light-House," which goes into more detail about Poe's story.

Turpentine, mixed with honey to make it more palatable.

It was iodine powder in order to disinfect the water. Wake said earlier that the water had stool in it.

Cape Forchu, Nova Scotia. But the lighthouse seen in the film was only a shell erected for the film, and it was dismantled after filming because it did not meet the building code and could pose a danger if left standing.

In the 1890s. Thomas Wake makes reference to earlier events in 1864 and 1875.

It was mainly an artistic choice, to evoke claustrophobia but also to mimic the look of early sound films like those of Fritz Lang.

The original use of this aspect ratio was a result of practical limitations during the transition from silent movies in the 1920s, which required the film strip to be cut down from 1.33:1 to accommodate an optical soundtrack