Review of The Night of the Hunter (1955) by Mark Kermode for The Observer (UK) — 31 May 2014
Unforgettably haunting images (a car submerged in a watery grave; a spider's web view of the children fleeing in a riverboat to the strains of Pretty Fly; a silhouetted angel of death) make this a perennially unsettling masterpiece from which modern chillers could learn much.
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This review of The Night of the Hunter (1955) was written by Mark Kermode and published by The Observer (UK) on 31 May 2014.
The Night of the Hunter has generally received very positive reviews.
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