While in isolation, he becomes obsessed with a ship's log from a steamer that sank 90 years prior, drowning all aboard. He begins to conjure the passengers as ghosts in his mind to keep himself company:
The story follows (played by Michael Redgrave), a cynical British journalist who tried and failed to warn the world about the impending rise of fascism in the 1930s. Devastated by the public’s apathy, he retreats to a remote lighthouse on Lake Michigan to live as a hermit. Thunder Rock(1942)
: He imagines their lives, realizing each was a refugee fleeing their own social struggles—an early feminist (Barbara Mullen), a doctor (Frederick Valk) cast out for radical medical ideas, and a poor family seeking a better life. While in isolation, he becomes obsessed with a
Modern critics often highlight the film's "weird and unusually gripping" atmosphere, comparing its style to the expressionistic work of Powell and Pressburger . Thunder Rock (1942) - IMDb : He imagines their lives, realizing each was