In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
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Movie1955·93 min
The Night of the Hunter
Directed by Charles Laughton
A crime drama film directed by Charles Laughton.
◈ CrunchScore
Top 3%
of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement
★ TMDB Audience Rating
7.9/10
2K ratings
About The Night of the Hunter
- Pacing
- Measured (4 of 9)
- Tone
- Dark (2 of 9)
- Intensity
- Intense (7 of 9)
- Complexity
- Layered (6 of 9)
- Humor
- Serious (1 of 9)
- Scale
- Personal (4 of 9)
- Spirit
- Haunting (3 of 9)
- Texture
- Unsettling, Stylized
- Story Tags
- faith existentialism, survival of spirit, early 1900s, religion, american regional, prison, strangers forced together, villain protagonist, outsider misfit, cat and mouse, escape chase, serial killer, gothic horror