Review of The Night of the Hunter (1955) by Lord N — 28 Feb 2009

Pretty much as brilliant as movies get. Mitchum plays the serial killer preacher(his favorite role he said) with absolutely no morals(except get money). The scene on the porch at night is probably THE most brilliant movie scene in history.

Good acting, good story, good movie. this is film making at it's very best. A suspenseful masterpiece. there are moments where I am actually worried that he would catch the kids. An excellent film.

I particularly like how he would fool his victims and their friends. He has more or less memorized the basics of Christianity and he uses that for his own ends. He is so evil that you like him a lot. also I like how this was Laughton's first attempt at directing.

It was his first time and he came up with this. the only other time that I have seen that is with Citizen Kane. A masterpiece that will never fade into the ages. It has and will continue to stand the test of time.