Hello?
I waited! Hello!
What are you doing here?
Tell me!
I do not know...
What's is your name?
I was on my way to San Francisco.
I had obtained a civil engineering job, then ...
I was in the water, there was a storm....
... a light in the distance.
God, the rest just turned dark.
How is it possible? It's maddening.
The wound in your head.
I found you unconscious on the beach.
You been knocked out for two days.
The light? It was a warning, Not an invitation.
Thanks for looking after me. I am in your debt, sir ...
Let me be clear, boy. This place is isolated, remote.
I like it that way.
My job here is to maintain the house, The ground, to keep the light burning.
It's not to play host to guests or nurse maid.
Of course.
Now that I'm up and around, I won't bug you any more.
I'll be on my way this afternoon.
Nobody leaves this peninsula ...
Excuse me?
No one leaves this peninsula, Except by ferry.
When's it due?
In two weeks.
No, there must be another passage.
There is a foot path.
Impassable. Runoff from the mountains make this creek this time of year.
Crossing it would be suicide.
You have a telephone.
If my ship was shipwrecked The authorities know it.
Hello?
There will be ship manifests, Missing persons report.
You can tell me who I am.
Hello?
Nothing.
The lines had to be down after the storm
This happens all the time.
On the beach, did you find a satchel?
A satchel?
There was a manuscript inside.
Are you a writer?
No. Well, yes. It is a technical journal. It's complicated.
My ambitions led me to the city once, For a lucrative position.
But it didn't work.
She must have taken it ...
Who?
The girl. I saw her on the beach before I fell.
You did not see any girl.
Yes, I saw a young woman.
I called out to her, but she Didn't answer me
I followed her but disappeared behind the rocks.
She didn't answer you because There is no girl.
You and I are the only two souls on this god forsaken rock.
You are not in your right mind. Your imagination is ...
... playing tricks on you.
No ... but I can't be sure of anything in my present state
I have work to do.
Walsh.
My name is Walsh.
I waited! Wait, come back! I want to talk to you.
What causes these tremors?
It's the gis under the cliff ...
... full of catacombs ...
... is continuously eroded By the waves when the tide arrives.
If this is true, The foundations of this house are in danger.
It's just a matter of time.
Then we toast The crumbling house on the sea.
Don't you drink? Don't worry.
I'm used to drinking alone.
Maybe I can strengthen the foundations.
Avoiding the inevitable?
It is the least I can do To pay for your hospitality.
After all, if I'm going to be A prisoner here, might be useful.
Do what you want.
I do not get it.
I say this house will collapse Under his head and does not care.
What do you call this?
A prison ...
... and has been here for a few days.
Imagine staying Here all my life.
This peninsula is a tomb ...
This beacon a headstone.
Excuse me if not I shed a tear
... in view of its destruction.
Do not you care about anything?
I once cared.
I took a young wife.
I promised her a prosperous New life in the city.
The jobs were scarce.
Finally, when I was desperate For work, I brought it here.
Our engagement was passionate. She was so beautiful ...
...so...
... vibrant when we met.
But it is hard to know a woman After such short a time.
She became melancholy.
For weeks on end, she would dispair.
I thought starting a family It would make her feel less alone.
But she couldn't bear the thought of a child ...
... suffering here as she did.
Her constant surrender would began to annoy me.
I just wanted to start the sadness out of her!
What happened?
She made her escape.
The woman on the beach ...
There is no woman. We are alone here.
No, I saw her again this afternoon in the woods.
It was not a hallucination. My mind was clear.
Is your mind clear now? Did your memory return?
Do you know who you are? Can you even tell me your real name?
How can you be so sure we are alone
How can you be sure I didn't see your wife?
Because...
I saw her...
... fall into the sea.
Come, let the burial rites be read ...
... let the funeral song be sung!
A pand for her ...
... the queen bee is dead ...
... and ever died so young.
The durge for her ...
... the dowie dead in that ...
... she died so young.
Please forgive me.
Don't let your candle go out.
Always keep A light burning.
Good morning.
What do you have there?
The kerosene. The light needs to be refueled constantly.
Tell me, is there a safe way down to the beach?
A staircase just a stones throw From here, that way.
If you had waited for that tide went out that first day ...
... instead of foolishly scaling the cliff ...
...it would have become obvious.
Hey!
Keep away from the caves. They're dangerous.
What are you doing here?
I am sorry. I didn't mean to frighten you. I don't mean you any harm.
I'm not the one who'll suffer harm. Talk.
I was afraid that you would disappear again Before I had a chance to speak with you.
You should have shown yourself.
I called you before, you didn't answer.
I've seen you twice before and twice you disappeared without a word.
I began to think that you were a ghost.
Could a ghost do that?
you're soaked.
Stand by the fire before you catch a death.
Someone so desperate to speak to me.
...doesn't say much.
Sorry, what's your name?
What are you doing here? Are you alone?
A lot of questions.
I'm sorry.
You say that a lot.
My name is Nora. What's yours?
You can call me JP, I guess.
JP.. What kind of name is that? What does it stand for?
I do not know. What do you think?
Now who's being mysterious?
You never answered my question.
What are you doing living alone. Out here of all places?
Time to start all over. No secret.
I thought this place would be ... A refuge, I guess.
Too dangerous out there for a girl all alone.
Somehow I think that you can handle yourself.
Why are you looking at me like that, JP?
Have we met? I feel like I know you.
I bet you say that to all the girls.
Have you never felt the same with Someone you just met?
Once... A long time ago.
Well, tell me ...
... is there another way off This peninsula other than by ferry?
That depends.
On what?
How much of a swimmer you are?
I can't swim.
Will I see you again?
You know the way now, do not you?
You have to go. Come with me back to the lighthouse.
At least for a while before you return.
No.... I can't.
I don't understand.
"Don't speak of me to Walsh." - Don't speak of you?
Please, JP He's mad.
Nora, wait!
What are you doing?
Did you hear that?
What?
Voices.
Voices? What were they telling you?
I dont know.
Wasn't quite clear. More of a low murmur.
Like wind? Like the creaking of an old house sinking?
Like a sound of an old Lighthouse on unstable ground?
I think I dreamed it.
Perhaps.
Who is this? The woman you spoke of?
No ... it's just a drawing.
You were right, there is no girl.
She's a figment of my Imagination or ... a ghost.
I don't believe in ghosts.
Or the supernatural?
I lived through hell and heaven on earth, Usually by my own desire.
Nothing awaits me after death, Except the cold embrace of the grave.
Pretty somber outlook.
You're still young boy.
Wait until you get to my age.
You might find the promise of oblivion.. a reprieve.
What are you doing?
I thought I heard something.
This is my private room. Keep out.
I will not warn you again.
Nora!
Come with me.
- Where? - I want to show you something.
- What is it? - Come on.
What is the meaning of this? Are you insane?
I warn you, Don't let this go out again.
Nora!
What are you doing here? Do you want Walsh to see you?
No, I couldn't stay away.
I had to see you.
Come on.
Wait, it's too soon. You hardly know me.
I know you.
Nora!
It's like a dream, isn't it?
As a child I used to dream of a little boy.
... but I pinched myself to wake up, Because I couldn't bear the thought ...
... of ​​falling in love with someone ...
... who was just a figment Of my imagination.
He was so like you.
When I first saw you on the beach I thought I was dreaming.
I felt the same way, I dreamt you before we met.
I'm afraid.
Of what?
Being alone again.
This isn't a dream.
It's real.
Lately my mind has been like A book with shuffled pages ...
... but I'm sure about one thing.
Come with me.
What?
Come with me to San Francisco.
No one leaves this peninsula.
Nonsense! Where did you hear that? Walsh?
Nora, this ... This sadness, it isn't like you.
We are all more than just one person, JP
I'm leaving, and I'm asking you to Come with me to San Francisco.
We can build a life there.
Is it possible?
Yes.
Yes! Yes! Take me with you.
I will.
- We'll be together. - Always.
Nora?
Nora!
Don't!
Nora!
Oh my God, no.
Nora!
Do think of me about Walsh.
Please, JP He's mad.
No one leaves this peninsula ...
Walsh!
You. You did this.
I did what?
You killed her.
You may not have laid a hand on her, But you killed her just the same.
Who did I kill?
To the girl. She said you were dangerous.
She was afraid of you all along. She was desperate
You filled his head with lies, Made her think she couldn't leave this place.
I do not know what you're talking about. We're here alone.
How long have I been here? When's the ferry coming?
Let go of me.
- When is he coming? Tell me! - In two weeks.
- The ferry will be here in two weeks. - No!
You said that before. I want the truth.
Enough! Enough!
Silence! For God's sake, stop!
The voices. You do listen.
No.
Don't lie to me.
Alright! Alright!
Yes, I hear the voices ...
... whispering, angry, Vengeful, whispering!
They torment me. They tortured me.
No!
Don't go down there!
No.. no!
Walsh.
Walsh, open the door!
Back! Damn You! Back!
To the lighthouse.
Back! Back! You sons of bitches. Back to hell!...Back!
Now!
What are those things out there? Phantoms? Ghosts?
Ghosts? Can a ghost put bony hands around your throat? And choke the life out of you?
Why are you standing there?
Go to the kitchen, Go to the back.
Light all of the candles. They abhor light!
Go!
They're out there.. waiting.
Yes, Waiting for us to let down our guard.
Till the morning sun drives them back into the shadows.
You saved me back there.
Thank you.
It's twice, boy.
That's for striking me on the beach when my back was turned.
I probably saved her life.
You should know by now that nobody leaves this peninsula.
You've said that before.
You know exactly What's going on here.
What are those things?
They are my curse. My plague.
Spawn of the Destroyer ...
... born of the supoka ...
... to torment me and Drag me back to hell.
Vengeance!
That's what they want, Plain and simple.
You wronged them.
Yes.
Then you knows how to beat them.
I cannot change what I have done.
Nothing less than my soul that they are after.
What did you do?
Tell me.
When my wife fell I wanted to die
... but I was too cowardly To finish myself.
I would drink until I couldn't lift the glass
Then, one night, I failed to refuel the lamp.
I had..I let the light go out many times in my drunken stuper, but his time.....
... this time a ship suffered the consequences.
A trans steamer.
I saw it approaching and I ...
I tried to light the signal, But I was too late.
I stood there and I watched as it crashed on the rocks.
There were no survivors.
You hid them ... Buried them in the catacombs.
Broke into a hundred pieces... sank beneath the waves.
What little of it washed up on shore, I burned.
Most of the men went down with the ruined hulk.
Those who tried to swim to shore They never made it,... they... they drowned.
The bodies bashed on the rocks.
In one or two days, there was no trace of whatever happened.
I could almost convince myself it was a bad dream
Almost.
You bastard.
Those men had wives, families.
They deserve to know.
I could imagine a woman on the desk walk.
... I could see her on the roof of the house ...
... looking out across the horizon, Waiting for her husband to return from the sea.
I thought about all those children....
Lost at sea ...
...it has a much nicer ring to it, than dead.
They could still hope that way.
I could not take that from them.
Do you hear yourself?
You're inhuman!
I'm only human.
I did what any man would do have done Under those circumstances.
- Not every man. - You think you would have done something differently?
- I know I would have. - You know nothing!
You don't know who you are. Until you face the horror yourself.
Hello?
Let us in ...
Nora?
I don't understand.
What's not to understand?
Are you a ghost?
Can a ghost do that?
Why are you afraid?
I'm not afraid.
You said that we would be together always.
You said you would take me with you To San Francisco.
I am sorry. I ... I can't do that.
Why not?
The ferry hasn't come.
Well, I have a better idea.
You can stay here with me here.....forever.
No!
Jonathan Percival Walsh ...
What are you doing in here?
I warned you to stay out of my room.
The light.
Oh no.
Hey!
Hey, come back!
The rocks!
For the love of God man! What are you doing?
You were right.
Was I?
Yes.
I didn't know who I was before ...
But I do now! ....I do now!
Is that so?
Yeah.
You were wrong about one thing though.
What was that?
Those things out there.
I believe they can be appeased.
And how do you propose to do that?
I'm going to kill you lighthouse keeper!
Hello?
Wait! Hello!
"IS IT ALL THAT WE SEE OR SEEM ONLY A DREAM INSIDE A DREAM? "
EDGAR ALLAN POE