The Lighthouse Movie Facts, Easter Eggs and hidden details

8 of the most interesting The Lighthouse easter eggs you didn't know about. Handpicked and verified, these little-known hidden details can be obscure enough most people will miss. These behind the scene easter eggs and hidden messages will give you another view of The Lighthouse movie message.

The Lighthouse poster
The Lighthouse poster
The Lighthouse Plot

Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity whilst living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.

Genre Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Director Robert Eggers
Stars Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe, Valeriia Karaman, Logan Hawkes
IMDB score 7.6

The Lighthouse Movie Easter Eggs

1 - References the Sacha Schneider painting Hypnosis (1904)

References the Sacha Schneider painting Hypnosis (1904)

Accuracy details in The Lighthouse

1 - Willem Dafoe's character references "The Chicopee" when talking about how boredom affects sailors. The USS Chicopee was a real ship used during the Civil War to blockade Confederate ports, which would have been very boring for the crew.

Willem Dafoe's character references "The Chicopee" when talking about how boredom affects sailors. The USS Chicopee was a real ship used during the Civil War to blockade Confederate ports, which would have been very boring for the crew.

Costume details in The Lighthouse

1 - Director Robert Eggers makes a costume choice that has dark implications to the previous scene it is shown in.

Director Robert Eggers makes a costume choice that has dark implications to the previous scene it is shown in.

1 - After Winslow falls from the lighthouse the paint on his face resembles a lighthouse with his eye as the light.

After Winslow falls from the lighthouse the paint on his face resembles a lighthouse with his eye as the light.

The Lighthouse Movie Foreshadowing

Robert Pattinson's character makes a toast with water at the beginning of the film. Making toasts with water is seen as bad luck across many cultures and can even cause the death of yourself or the person you're toasting with.

1 - <b></b>The Lighthouse (2019), Willem Dafoe's fate is foreshadowed in this scene.

The Lighthouse (2019), Willem Dafoe's fate is foreshadowed in this scene.

The Lighthouse movie hidden details

1 - Contains visuals inspired by works of art from the late 1800's and early 1900's, like this one - "Hypnosis" painted in 1904 by Sascha Schneider, a gay German artist.

Contains visuals inspired by works of art from the late 1800's and early 1900's, like this one - "Hypnosis" painted in 1904 by Sascha Schneider, a gay German artist.

1 - The seagull that harasses Winslow and that he later kills is missing an eye. The partner of Thomas Wake that died was also missing an eye. At the end Winslow is also missing and eye when he's dead on the beach because the seagulls had picked it off.

The seagull that harasses Winslow and that he later kills is missing an eye. The partner of Thomas Wake that died was also missing an eye. At the end Winslow is also missing and eye when he's dead on the beach because the seagulls had picked it off.