#harry powell

[heaveninawildflower]

'Straw opal' glass vase with uranium glass knop (British, circa 1880).

Attributed to Harry Powell (British, 1853–1922). Whitefriars Glassworks.

Image and text information courtesy The Met.

[cry-bastion]

ROBERT MITCHUM as REVEREND HARRY POWELL in The Night of the Hunter (1955), dir. Charles Laughton

[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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[sharayahharbridge]

Night of the Hunter

Rachel Cooper | Lillian Gish

Harry Powell | Robert Mitchum

[schlock-luster-video]

On July 27, 1955, The Night of the Hunter debuted in the United States.

Here's a new drawing of Robert Mitchum to celebrate!

[misterivy]

[titleknown]

...Okay, Harry Powell from Night of the Hunter re-imagined as a Courage The Cowardly Dog villain isn't something I knew I needed until now, holy crap, he would work so well in that context.

You stupid dog, where's the money hid

[allaboutalf]

Not enough people are talking about Twisters team of queer hillbilly tornado wranglers. That’s a full fruit bowl, including Tyler’s disaster bi cowboy-scientist ass. They’re the rainbow flag of storm chasers, the Young Avengers of meteorology.

What is their story? How did they meet? Did Tyler put an advert out for his crew like ‘must be hot, hets need not apply’?

Need a movie solely focused on their adventures being gay and chasing tornadoes. They were the story.

*Honorary members Ben and Kate pictured

[jakeotters]

THE TWISTERS CAST FINDING OUT THAT DAVID CORENSWET WAS CAST AS SUPERMAN 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[kaizsche]

smol tyler dancing.gif TWISTERS (2024) @loveatfirsttornado asked, i deliver

[kai-ninjago]

Twisters clip— Dead End Road by Jelly Roll

[amelia-mariee]

GUYS

[clairewritesandrambles]

"THAT'S OUR SUPERMAN, BABY!!!"

I love this cast so fucking much!!! They all seem so genuinely excited for David getting the role, it's so sweet.

[missathlete31]

Photos posted by Harry!

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[white-boy-of-the-year]

WHITE BOY ENJOYERS. IT'S ALMOST TIME.

The Second Annual White Boy of the Year Tournament is just around the corner, and this year we have a Google Form for yall to choose the top 16 (or 64) candidates for WBOTY 2024!!!

Get hyped and happy voting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(UPDATE 11/14/2024): The form will be closing on NOVEMBER 24th. This should be plenty of time, and a day or two prior to Thanksgiving, we will reveal the final bracket.

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On April 2, 1999, The Night of the Hunter was re-released in the United Kingdom.