LoginThe Night of the Hunter update feed
Nick's Top 100 Films (100 movies items)""A Southern Gothic masterpiece about the insidiousness of shame. (And with a narrative driven by a con man obsessed with money claiming moral authority who has issues with women... not at all timely.)" - Adam Kempenaar"
500 Essential Cult Movies (502 movies items)" Better known for his acting, this was Charles Laughton's one and only directorial effort, and judging by this particular piece, that was a great loss to filmmaking. He delivers a clever, gripping movie crawling with tension, much of it sleazing from Robert Mitchum, who plays the twisted, misogynistic bible thumper Powell. His excellent singing voice, folksy charm, and oily charisma conflict sharply with is bible-spewing monologues, and he's starkly lit in shadow and darkness as if he were the "
Collection: True Crime (37 movies items)"BASED ON: Harry Powers, a lonely hearts murderer who murdered two women and three children in 1931."
Top movies I watched in 2016 (21 movies items)"9/10 Would be a 10 if not for the "feel good Christmans" ending."
31 Days of Horror (Halloween 2014) (39 movies items)"OCTOBER 4: I first heard about this movie from a horror movie book I stumbled across when I was in high school and it ended up taking me almost ten years to find it on DVD. Very mild when compared with the more modern gore-fests that are being cranked out in Hollywood. I think I'm fairly indifferent when it comes to religious horror, but I found this movie quite entertaining, especially the character of Rachel. "
My Movie Highlights of the 1950s (+Watchlists) (159 movies items)"Nice night shots, atmosphere and music - I liked especially the scenes at the river. But the overacting of Robert Mitchum and some other actors was sometimes too much."
My Top 10 Films: Robert Mitchum
Movies watched in 2016 (39 movies items)"2nd of June, Internet Sääli, ettei Charles Laughton ohjannut kuin yhden kokopitkän elokuvan elämänsä aikana, sillä Räsynukke on mestariteos vailla vertaa. Robert Mitchum on elämänsä roolissa "Leaning on the Everlasting Armsia" laulavana, tekopyhänä pastori Harry Powellina, kuka on parhaimpia leffapahiksia ikinä. Huomattava osa elokuvan vetovoimasta onkin pitkälti karismaattisen Mitchumin harteilla, kuka varastaa show'n täysin muilta näyttelijöiltä. Tunnelma on surrealistista "
Oscars 1956 Winners (My Version) (26 movies items)"Best Picture! Winner: The Night of the Hunter! Nominees: East of Eden Marty Mister Roberts Picnic"
