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Old 07-26-2004, 11:59 PM
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The Night of the Hunter (1955)

Watch this film. S'very good. Not particularly a horror film but more suspense maybe.

Would highly recommend it. The books bloody good as well.

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Old 07-27-2004, 07:00 AM
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Re: The Night of the Hunter (1955)

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Watch this film. S'very good. Not particularly a horror film but more suspense maybe.

Would highly recommend it. The books bloody good as well.

Laters...preacher x

I just watched this a couple of weeks ago, at the suggestion of a friend from another board. Very dramatic, but it was listed in the thrillers category so I got it. For 1955 it was more then likely pretty scary stuff.

I watched Strait Jacket w/Joan Crawford again last week. It is listed in the horror category and is a pretty good flick. It was directed by William Castle, who made a couple of Vincent Price films, one being The House on Haunted Hill, which was our Secret Cinema Saturday Night movie last week.

I know that a lot of the members here are younger, (nothing wrong with that), and we talk a lot about the new movies, or more recent films, however everyone should check out some of the older movies, (not necessarily the classics). They might surprise you.
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Old 07-27-2004, 11:27 PM
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Re: Re: The Night of the Hunter (1955)

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I know that a lot of the members here are younger, (nothing wrong with that), and we talk a lot about the new movies, or more recent films, however everyone should check out some of the older movies, (not necessarily the classics). They might surprise you.
Totally agree with you there. Its interesting to see some of the older flicks then you can see where modern films have been influenced. You could say Night of the Hunter is one of the original slasher flicks. Probably the first film of the horror genre to have children as the 'victims'.
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Old 08-01-2004, 02:48 AM
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Ah, this is one of my favourites... it's a beautiful looking film too! 'Chiiiiiiiiiiiiiiill-dren!!' :)

Although I'm only 22, I love a lot of the older chillers. Black and white films had a completely unique quality to them which makes them worth watching for that alone. When you get into the really old films, like George Meile's stuff, you can find some real gems too...
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