Night of the Hunter

TV Movie
19911991
1h 30m

IMDb RATING

3.9/10

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35,151

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A false preacher ingratiates himself with a dead man's family to find where he hid the money from a robbery.A false preacher ingratiates himself with a dead man's family to find where he hid the money from a robbery.A false preacher ingratiates himself with a dead man's family to find where he hid the money from a robbery.

IMDb RATING

3.9/10

322

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

35,151

9,016

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Director
- David Greene
Writers
- Davis Grubb(novel)
- Edmond Stevens(teleplay)
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Trivia
Was being broadcast on ITV's London Weekend Television in the early hours of 31st August 1997. At approximately 01.30, during a commercial break, ITN News interrupted programming with the initial report of the car crash that ultimately killed Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed. Little information was known at the time and thus the film then resumed for the remainder of it's duration.

Goofs
At the beginning of the second sequence in the doll factory, when Mrs. Spon approaches Willa to tell her it's lunchtime.

Connections
Referenced in The Cinema Snob: The Stepfather (2014)

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1/10

This movie should be erased from existence.

These comments are probably superfluous, since most viewers rated this a "one (awful)" -- as did I. Still I noticed 3 votes giving it a ten. Either they never saw the original or have confused this on with it. Yikes!

This made-for-TV monstrosity is the definitive case of why classic films should never be remade. Richard Chamberlain hams up his role to the point of unintentional laughs. But the unimaginative direction keeps the movie dull, so it doesn't work as camp, for those who like that sort of thing. It adds nothing new to the original story.

In the original, the movie was seen from the viewpoint of the children. The remake puts their horror secondary to the ridiculous performance of Richard Chamberlain's preacher.

To those who look favorably on this remake, please seek out the original at your video store. You will be in for a real treat.

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