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As his mother's (Jennifer Ruth) is terminal ill and he wants to spend her last days with her, Jacob (Zach Tinker) has moved back to where he grew up at, a small coastal village with a dilapitating lighthouse being its own attraction. However, with mother slipping in and out of conscousness and being plagued by late stage dementia, Jacob soon realizes there's not much that he can do for her, so to kill some time he decides to retrace his childhood he has oddly little memory of. In fact the only thing he remembers is Claire ((Vasi Buckovska), his best friend as a boy (in flashbacks played by Kieran Sitawi), who eventually disappeared from his life and he has no idea why. Then he learns that Claire''s dad Jim (John Pyper-Ferguson) is the current owner of said lighthouse, and he needs somebody to fix it up so he can sell it, a job he's actually qualified to do. So he somehow manages to Jim, a man with a rather grumpy disposition, to hire him, that way not only earning money but also finding out the whereabouts of his friend of old. But initially, Jim evades Jacob's questions and proves rather difficult to talk to per se. Plus he leaves Jacob on the island the lighthouse on for hours on end and forces him to sleep there while he sleeps in a trailer in town. And during the nights, Jacob is haunted by memories of Claire he just can't place, visions of her, and eventually he's haunted by her though he doesn't know why. And he'd sure go crazy if it wasn't for the occasional visits of Olivia (Ana Nicolle Chavez), a good-natured young local who has taken an instant liking in him. Eventually he corners Jim and questions him about his daughter, to find out she has died the very year he has been born - so something feels seriously off, and either Jacob is losing his mind or something even more snister is gong on ...

Now if you're someone who likes their horror gard-fitting, fast-paced and brutal, then this silm is bound to disappoint you: Beneath the Light's horror is definitely on the slowburn side of the spectrum, more intersted in building up the central mystery of its story than shocking its audience, fleshing out the film's central character while doing so. This works out thanks to a clever script, an atmosphere-heavy direction that gets the most out of its rather impressive main location, and a small ensemble cast delivering relatable, grounded performances. And the result is enjoyably creepy piece of genre cinema.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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