The Night of the Hunter Comments

  • Kole 2022-04-22 07:01:26

    Starting from the hair of the corpse in the water and the water grass swaying completely like a new creature, it is amazing and full of black poetic and strange beauty. By the time the two children rowed away, the starry night drifted through the animal world, with a mythical charm. From the duet between the mother-in-law and the killer, to the sudden turn of John, it deepens the accusation against the society and completes the black fairy tale. The music is also great. The ultimate black,...

  • Vergie 2022-04-22 07:01:26

    The theme is clear, there are a lot of metaphors used, but overall nothing stands...

  • Jimmie 2022-04-22 07:01:26

    6 points. Under the prestige, it is really difficult to pay. Various external factors, such as light and shade, photography, etc. are excellent, but against the background, the story of the movie is very ordinary, and what is even more unbearable is that the whole movie is completely broken from the escape of the two children. cut? ? As for all kinds of trivial dialogues, shots, etc., it is even more surprising. The only thing that impresses people is the LOVE&HATE tattoo on the male pig's...

  • Theresa 2022-04-22 07:01:26

    saint. . . . . forever incomprehensible...

  • Brain 2022-04-22 07:01:26

    The relationship with Quentin's film is clear at a glance Film Noir's model, tough lighting, degenerate characters, ritualistic crime scenes, and numerous references to "Bible" allusions make the film full of cults. Lillian Gish is worthy of the last 30 minutes of domineering as an older generation artist....

  • Melyssa 2022-04-22 07:01:26

    1. HATE in the left hand, LOVE in the right hand, a neurotic pastor, this is an incredible portrayal; 2. Making a thriller as poetic as a fairy tale, such a stylized nightmare; 3. The intervention of the Bible seems to make people human Horror and fairytale-like beauty make the incredible coexistence of the two rationalized; 4. The story is a bit blunt and extremely dramatic. In terms of film industry standards, the technique is not skilled, but it is really...

  • Amiya 2022-04-22 07:01:26

    Cinematography and lighting ensure that the film's aesthetic value remains unchanged for a hundred years. The editing and narrative are slightly unstable, but for Lawton, it is...

  • Natalia 2022-04-21 09:02:06

    This film is the only work directed by Charles Laughton before his death, and it is a narrative poem describing the evil in the dark night. The director's use of light and shadow, composition, editing, and photography is simply superb, telling the binary opposition of good and evil, black and white, God and Satan, justice and crime so beautifully, from the perspective of a child, it can reflect the innocent era. Faith and Morality. It's just that the plot arrangement seems to be full of...

  • Kellen 2022-04-21 09:02:06

    Such a good movie, the beautiful female corpse under the water, the melodious singing of the killer, the dazzling stars in the sky in the boat floating along the river, so beautiful and so unforgettable. The only dissatisfaction is that there are too many stupid women, and they are so stupid that they are suspected of sexism, or it can be said that women who are not so stupid will not be a show in it. Is it to educate women not to be...

  • Adalberto 2022-04-21 09:02:06

    Generally, the villains or femme fatales in noir films will not be clerics. The "bad guys" in this film are not only priests, but also "god sticks" who make good use of the Bible to justify their sins. In addition to "blasphemy", they also praise Believers in good deeds are the subtleties of this...

Extended Reading
  • Lucie 2022-03-23 09:01:54

    The Night of the Hunter

    A bank robbery murderer has been sentenced to death by telling his cellmate, Harry, an elusive itinerant preacher, that he hid the 10,000 bucks in his room before he was executed inside. After Harry was released from prison, he searched for the widow of the death row inmate, pursued her with all...

  • Conrad 2021-12-08 08:01:39

    A gut-wrenching thriller

    The tension starts from the beginning, as the audience keep wondering if John can keep the money from Powell. The suspense increases when Powell kills Willa. The audience just hope that John and Pearl can escape from Powell. The climax comes when Powell arrives at Cooper's house. The atmosphere...

The Night of the Hunter quotes

  • Rachel Cooper: Where's your Mrs?

    Rev. Harry Powell: Uh, she run off with a drummer... durin' prayer meetin'.

  • Town's Children: Hing hang hung. See what the hangman done. Hing hang hing hang hing hang hung. See what the hangman done. Hung hang hing. See the robber swing. Hing hang hing hang hing hang hing hang. Hing hang hung. Now my song is done. Hing hang hung. See what the hangman done. Hung hang hing. See the robber swing. Hing hang hing hang hing hang hing hang. Hing hang hung.