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By Edward B (550) on 19 Apr 2014

The very definition of a film noir. Robert Mitchum is spectacular as psychotic preacher and serial killer Harry Powell…

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By Matt C (2,668) on 18 Apr 2014

Robert Mitchum as a psycho preacher and the personification of evil. Run kids! Frightening stuff…

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By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 17 Apr 2014

A unique blend of fractured fairy tale, Southern gothic grisliness and striking German expressionism, it also has some pitch-black humor thrown…

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By Carole T (394) on 23 Mar 2014

First class performances from all round but Mitchum is particularly terrifying…

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By Matty S (358) on 23 Mar 2014

First class performances from all round but Mitchum is particularly terrifying…

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By Sean H (887) on 18 Mar 2014

Atmospheric like no other…

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By Gary B (698) on 22 Feb 2014

Fabulously dark, fairy tale like fable with a delicious performance from Robert Mitchum as a serial killing priest…

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By Dan M (2,128) on 07 Feb 2014

Much has already been said about this film, but the fact is this only directing effort by Charles Laughton is a stunning and haunting work…

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By Brian Gibson (578) for Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Alberta) (665) on 07 Feb 2014

Laughton's only film makes up, in atmospherics and its horribly righteous wrongdoer, for lapses into talkiness and staginess…

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By Lucy W (391) on 07 Feb 2014

Much has already been said about this film, but the fact is this only directing effort by Charles Laughton is a stunning and haunting work…

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By Rocknblues 8 (262) on 22 Jan 2014

Creepy, thrilling, and amazing. Robert Mitchum is an excellent actor, and quite frightening…

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By Alan W (854) on 21 Jan 2014

Now regarded as a classic, but I would guess it has more to do with the iconic image of Mitchum's psychotic priest with his tattooed fists…

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By Mark Asch (48) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 17 Jan 2014

It is both Christian parable and folk tale, with its hymns, homilies, and orphans carried to safety by nature's benevolence; but it is also…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for Guardian (4,584) on 16 Jan 2014

Every frame of this film is brilliantly contrived, particularly the underwater nightmare at the end. A gripping, complex chiller…

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By Miles Fielder (34) for The List (2,018) on 16 Jan 2014

This southern American Gothic chiller remains both gloriously cinematic and utterly terrifying almost 60 years after it was made…

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By James T (1,309) on 15 Jan 2014

I thought this film was poor and over hyped…

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By Varghese E (7) on 08 Jan 2014

Dreams combining with nightmares..noir,gothic,fairytale,biblical all rolled into an unforgettable joyride…

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By Hannah D (723) on 05 Jan 2014

The plot is very straightforward to understand, so there was no danger of me losing the plot (not metaphorically speaking!)…

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By Nicky D (8) on 21 Dec 2013

A beautifully made thriller from the 50's that still weaves an eerie web over its audience to this day. One of my favourite films…

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By Scott M (2,584) on 17 Dec 2013

Laughton crafts one of the best horror films in early cinema history, and Mitchum gives one of the best performances of all time, certainly…

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