Review of Hour of the Wolf (1968) by Drew S — 02 Jan 2010
A difficult sit to be sure, but Ingmar Bergman's stab at surrealist horror is a delight. It's thematically sort of fuzzy, barely frightening at all, and maybe a bit underconfident (Liv Ullmann's bookend monologues are interesting to see but ultimately unnecessary), both of which are acceptable losses when you consider that this is a genre Bergman had never attempted.
I'm sure the movie's brooding isolationism and pervasive sense of danger were much scarier forty years ago sitting in a theater...I think that, more than a lot of movies, this gets garroted a bit by a home viewing.
Still, it's mysterious and well-acted and spare in the best way, and definitely worth a watch if you like unconventional horror films.
This review of Hour of the Wolf (1968) was written by Drew S on 02 Jan 2010.
Hour of the Wolf has generally received very positive reviews.
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