Lighthouse (1999)

Director
Simon Hunter

Main cast
James Purefoy; Rachel Shelley; Christopher Adamson; Paul Brooke; Don Warrington

Genres
Horror, Thriller

Description
A prison ship on its way to a remote island prison runs aground on rocks and sinks. Mixed survivors of cons and prison guards struggle ashore, only to discover to their horror that another survivor got there first - the murderous & psychotic Leo Rook. Stranded, with no means of escape or call for help, the survivors must face a night of terror as they struggle to survive.


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