Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe have seen better days. In the trailer for “The Lighthouse,” they’re unkempt, unshaven and unhinged, fighting the elements and eventually each other as the two of them rapidly lose their minds.
It’s an insane first look at the new film from director Robert Eggers, a “psychodrama” that A24 acquired out of Cannes after both Pattinson and Dafoe were heralded for their combative and wild performances.
“How long have we been on this rock? Five weeks? Two days? Help me to recollect,” Dafoe asks Pattinson chillingly.
Eggers is the director of the horror film “The Witch,” and while his latest isn’t strictly horror, it has all the style of his terrifying debut.