#Night of the Hunter 1955

[blackcur-rants]

Okay, I don't know if Dana Terrace is a Stephen King fan or not, but there are certain elements of "The Owl House" that remind me quite a bit of the Kingverse. Obviously, the story of a group of misfits and oddballs becoming a found family together and fighting a monstrous person-entity who represents America's long history of horrific racist violence and bigotry is very "IT"-coded, and there's also the whole parallel between Mark Petrie and Luz Noceda using their knowledge of genre tropes and formula to deal with their respective supernatural menaces until those tropes fail them and they are forced to confront the uglier and darker realities of their situations.

However, I think the "Owl House"-Stephen King parallels that I find the most fascinating are the ones between "The Owl House" and "The Dead Zone". In the broad strokes, both "The Owl House" and "The Dead Zone" tell the story of a goofy and lovable nerd whose life ends up taking an unusual new direction when they discover a long-dormant form of magic (Johnny's psychic powers/Luz's glyphs) that enable to do wonderful and incredible things and eventually bring them into conflict with an evil ruler (Greg Stillson/Emperor Philip "Belos" Wittebane) who has been oppressing people across the land and whose machinations are threatening to bring about a cataclysmic apocalypse. Eventually, both Johnny and Luz are brought into conflict with this abusive tyrant and try desperately to bring them down for the sake of everyone they know and love.

Obviously, I am not saying that "The Owl House" is secretly a Stephen King adaptation anymore than "Kingdom Hearts" is secretly "The Lion King" to "His Dark Materials" as "Hamlet". I just think it's fascinating how "The Owl House" lifts from so many prior stories. Not just other previous cartoons like "Avatar: The Last Airbender" or "Gravity Falls", but also from classic books such as "The Dead Zone", "The Odyssey", "His Dark Materials", "A Wizard of Earthsea", "Great Expectations", and also the works of William Shakespeare, most notably "Twelfth Night", "A Midsummer Night's Dream", and "The Tempest" with just a few bits of "Macbeth" and "The Winter's Tale" added just for spice. And there's also a lot of comparisons to be drawn between Belos and not just Greg Stillson in "The Dead Zone", but also between Belos and Noah Cross from "Chinatown" and Harry Powell from "Night of the Hunter". And before you say that Dana Terrace was probably not thinking that many layers deep, I would like to remind everyone that Willow's dads are named Gilbert and Harvey and that it was Harvey Milk who commissioned Gilbert Baker to create the first-ever Pride Flag and Willow herself...is pansexual.

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[weirdlookindog]

Robert Mitchum in The Night of the Hunter (1955)

[charlottenewtons]

The Night of the Hunter (1955) dir. Charles Laughton

[bwallure]

THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955) dir. Charles Laughton

[mudwerks]

(via The Night of the Hunter (1955) - all things amazing —)

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[moviesiveseenandwanttoremember]

Charles Laughton’s “The Night of the Hunter” July 26, 1955.

[svankmajerbaby]

THE COMPANY OF WOLVES (1984) movie parallels

The Night Of The Hunter (1955) | Вий (1967) | Valerie A Týden Divů (1970) | Nazareno Cruz Y El Lobo (1975)

[haveyouseenthishorrormovie]

SUMMARY: Two children flee their step-father, a serial killer who is on the hunt for their deceased father's hidden treasure.

[adrian-paul-botta]

Lillian Gish and Robert Mitchum in a set of rare promotional photos for ‘‘The Night of the Hunter‘‘ (Laughton 1955)

[gameraboy2]

The Night of the Hunter (1955), German poster by Hans Braun

[throwing-roses-into-the-abyss]

now I'm no expert on old movies but, I feel like most black and white movies are regular movies that happen to be in black and white simply because they couldn't do colour yet. and that's fine! it works! I get it!

but night of the hunter feels like it would've been in black and white completely regardless of when it was actually made. it would've been black and white in the 90s or even now, too. it was an integral part of the movie, the way they played with the lack of colours, and used shadows and contrasts instead. it only added to its artistic sense and its suspense. it felt incredibly modern, like a movie way ahead of its time.

[weirdlookindog]

The Night of the Hunter (1955)

[jawbonejoe]

Watched The Night of the Hunter (1955) last night and it is not hyperbole to say I sat there w my mouth hanging open for most of it! GOOD movie

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[courseyoulovemeyoudontknowme]

Best Robert Mitchum movies and performances:

1. Out of the Past - Jacques Tourneur (1947)

2. The Night of the Hunter - Charles Laughton (1955)

3. Cape Fear - J. Lee Thompson (1962)

4. The Lusty Men - Nicholas Ray (1952)