Review of The Night of the Hunter (1955) by Jluis_001 — 18 Oct 2017

I started to watch the new Netflix show Mindhunter on monday, I'm on episode 2 and I was talking with some guys on Facebook about serial killers and thrillers about them, I love the genre, it's one of my all-time favorites. Someone mentioned this film and while I've heard about it before, I never actually got the chance to watch it.

It has nothing to do with the show but the film is the adaptation of a novel inspired on a real-life serial killer.

And how is the film? it's incredible, it's so good, the story, the way in which was filmed, the noir style, the narrative, the performaces, especially Robert Mitchum, who's at the same time charming and a bastard, this film is really, really good.

Also something interesting is that while the film it's actually really old somehow it looks older, that doesn't mean it looks bad at all is just that the style doesn't fit to the style of other films I've seen from the 50's.

The Night of the Hunter it's a bleak film, I've heard some consider it a horror film and maybe it fits the category in some way but it's more a dramatic and suspenful experiencie than a horror one. Anyway, I really loved it.