The Night of the Hunter
Movie • 1955 • Crime
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In the Deep South, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
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Not by choice. The children's father is arrested and executed; their mother is killed.
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In addition to what the other person said, Mrs Cooper spanks the children and swats them with a switch. This is portrayed as normal/good parenting discipline--Mrs Cooper is meant to be unquestionably a good person who loves children.
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Man slaps wife and [SPOILER] kills her.
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Is someone stalked?
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The children are stalked by the antagonist throughout the movie
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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The villain presents as a preacher and manipulates a woman into distrusting her own desires and thoughts
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Uncle Birdie drinks so much that the children cannot rouse him in an emergency.
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No although unclear what happens to the cat, it seems to startle a man and he gets shot
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Uncle Birdie and John go fishing. They catch a fish and Uncle Birdie yanks it into the boat in one quick motion and then beats it to death. You never actually see a live fish, whatever he yanks into the boat is fish shaped but seen so briefly it could be anything and you don’t see the “fish” being hit, just the actor going through the motions. Later, you see an owl in a tree and a rabbit below. The owl swoops down and while you don’t see anything, there are some awful squeaking noises. Then later, a cat makes a very angry sound, though you don’t know if anything actually happened to it or not as you don’t see what occurred or the cat either way after.
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Is there a dead animal?
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The rabbit mentioned being killed off screen. I could have sworn the villain picks it up after its dead maybe. This is one of the most stunning yet horrifying movies. I saw it years ago then again on streaming and it was more upsetting alone. Its very dark visibly and all around. I hate rabbit violence because they're still considered food in the US so they can legally use real ones.
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Are rabbits harmed?
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A wild rabbit is hunted by an owl.
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A cobweb is shown, but there's no spider visible
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An adult man flirts with a teenage girl, grooming her for information. He hates women so isn't actually interested in her
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A man slaps his wife. It's portrayed as part of a pattern of his cruel abuse against her.
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A character in prison stuffs his mouth with fabric to stop himself talking in his sleep.
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Is someone restrained?
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Two scenes of men being handcuffed by police. Bad guy manhandling the children and preventing them from running away.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Fingers are slammed into a door
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A man drinks himself into a stupor
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Is there a hanging?
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A character is hanged, but the scene is not shown or dwelled upon
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Is someone stabbed?
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Off screen the villain slits his wife's throat and stabs and kills a farmer. He has also killed many other women with a knife prior to the start of the film.
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The villain has a switchblade knife, but its use is never directly shown. There is talk of a slashing.
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John tries to shut the cellar door, and Harry's hand gets slammed. No injury is visible.
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Unclear, a young woman is sexualised, but her age isn't stated.
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A child's doll is torn open
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Attempted but not successful
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Does a parent die?
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Both the children's parents are killed
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Is there a shower scene?
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John and Pearl gets their hair and faces washed in one scene, after they've been on the run.
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Whole movie takes place near a river.
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LightJest
The villain carries a switchblade
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There is a single scene where someone spits
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Early in the movie, two men are jailed together. One of them has a death sentence which is carried out off-screen.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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A child does towards the end
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Is there hate speech?
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The movie opens with some misogynist dialogue from the villain
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The villain is an evil yet charismatic preacher, so yes, there's a lot of talk about God and sin, the singing of hymns, and telling bible stories to children.
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Euphemisms and mild references.
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Set during the depression, we see vagrant children begging for food. The protagonists are briefly homeless when they have to flee their home
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Engine spluttering noises are heard in one scene.
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No but a car is driven into a lake. We just see it underwater with a dead body inside
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Is there gun violence?
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At the start we are told that a man has shot and killed two people. The villain is held at bay by a shotgun and eventually non-fatally shot. Police armed with guns arrest two characters.
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Does someone drown?
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