MOVIE NIGHT: "NIGHT OF THE HUNTER"

Cross-posted with LA & OC Weirdo Music & Art Forum

This is a great film. Actor Charles Laughton's only film as director. It was a box office and critical failure, so he never made another film, but now it is recognized as a classic way ahead of its time.

Date: Wednesday, May 21, 7:30 pm

Venue: Frida Cinema
305 E 4th St #100, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Phone: (714) 285-9422

Dinner 6:00 @ 4th St Market, 201 E 4th St, Santa Ana, CA 92701

Tickets: $13.00

Trailer here

Rotten Tomatoes gives it a 93% positive rating.

Director: Charles Laughton Run Time: 93 min. Release Year: 1955
Starring: Billy Chapin, Lillian Gish, Robert Mitchum, Sally Jane Bruce, Shelley Winters

A stark, Southern Gothic black-and-white as we present The Night of the Hunter, one of the most haunting and singular films ever made. The only movie ever directed by actor Charles Laughton, it is celebrating its 70th birthday this year!

Robert Mitchum is unforgettable as Reverend Harry Powell, a preacher with a forked tongue, a switchblade in his pocket, and “LOVE” and “HATE” tattooed across his knuckles. Posing as a man of God, he hunts two children across a dreamlike rural landscape, believing they hold the secret to a hidden fortune. What unfolds is a shadow-drenched tale of survival, spiritual terror, and the strange, luminous resilience of children in a world gone cold.

A box office failure on release, it’s now hailed as one of the most daring American films of the 20th century—an extremely unique vision that has permeated through pop culture until this very day.

Make sure to get to the screening early, as our Marketing Director Bekah will be doing a very informative and entertaining presentation on the film before it starts!