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The Night of the Hunter
Crime, Drama, Thriller
In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers drawn to expressionistic gothic thrillers where nightmarish imagery and folklore-like menace overshadow conventional crime mechanics.
- Tone
- eerie, dread, bleak
- Payoff
- unease, catharsis
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- intense
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- childhood innocence, religious fanaticism, predatory violence, family loyalty, moral corruption
- Setting
- Depression-era America, rural river towns and shadowy farmland
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