4) The Lighthouse
This film ponders what if David Lynch remade Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining?” With over a dozen references to Kubrick’s masterpiece, its slow pace drives to an explosive climax much like “The Shining.”
One of the things that makes Robert Egger’s tale of two polar opposite New England lighthouse keepers. This horror gem is about the inner and outer darkness of the setting and these characters’ aloofness but it’s Egger’s use of manipulating your senses that makes this film unlike anything you’ve ever seen.
It messes with your audio and visual at the same time. It’s the black and white, the foghorn, the accents all culminating to a point where you finally look up, you’ll think to yourself “how long have I been watching this?” It’s a surreal experience.