Ignoring Walsh's warnings to avoid the dangerous sea caves and to keep a light burning at all times at night, JP begins to uncover disturbing secrets and falls foul of a horrifying curse. His surveys result in further sightings of the young woman until they finally meet and begin a secret relationship. He bides his time by shoring up the fragile foundations of the lighthouse, and by exploring the island. The amnesiac JP must accept that he has no choice but to wait for the next boat. However, his host insists that there is no woman and that they are the only two people on the island - the only way on or off it being by way of a ferry, whose visits are rare. The amnesiac elects to call himself JP and repeatedly asks the lighthouse keeper about the mysterious girl. The man realizes that he has no memory of who he is or what he has left behind. The stricken man is subsequently found and taken to the lighthouse by its grizzled keeper, Walsh (Vernon Wells). The film opens on a sun-drenched beach, with a shipwrecked man (Matt O'Neill) waking to the sight of an enigmatic woman (Rachel Riley) who wanders away and silently disappears. The unfinished fragment is not included in most collections of Poe’s short stories and poems, but in his film adaptation, writer and director Benjamin Cooper ( The Brink 2006, Primitive 2011) expands upon the partial story, and with the help of co-writer Carl Edge, develops it into a complete narrative screenplay. (It may be assumed that Poe was already ill with the disease at the time he was writing The Light-House). Poe’s death, it has since been confirmed, was due to an animal bite that resulted in the writer contracting rabies which was left untreated. Critics have suggested that the story may be symbolic of Poe’s own mental and physical decline, resonating as it does with the themes of loneliness, alcoholism and isolation. Poe worked on the piece from May to August in 1849, but it was left unfinished, as Poe passed away on October 7th. Of all Edgar Allan Poe's writings, few have invited as much speculation as The Light-House.
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