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My Review of this Atmospheric Film


Just posted my review of Night Tide on my site, so check it out if you have the time and let me know what you think. Thanks for checking it out and enjoy.

http://thelucidnightmare.blogspot.com/2010/07/review-night-tide.html









http://thelucidnightmare.blogspot.com/

I'm runnin this monkey farm now !!

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Good review.

I get the comparisons to the original _Carnival of Souls_ and _Alphaville_ (though I have not seen the other French films you listed). I myself see some parallels to the original _Cat People_.

I have said before, elsewhere, that Hopper's low-key, naturalistic performance, as the desperately horny but basically decent sailor on shore leave, added a lot to this.

I might also single out the always-wonderful Luana Anders as the "nice" girl.

The strange woman -- the "Sea Witch" -- that Johnny follows to Captain Murdock's place was played by Marjorie Cameron, who had a genuinely weird history. I mean she is supposed to have been previously involved in some serious, hard-core occultism. Her presence in the film definitely darkened the tone, and gave it a little more authenticity.

The very early Sixties was a good time for televison as well as film. Check out the TV series _Route 66_ sometime if you possibly can. There's a good article about it on Wikipedia, and I know that some of the eps are out on DVD. My personal favorite ep is one titled "Love Is A Skinny Kid."

And of course there was _Thriller_, and _The Twilight Zone_, and _The Alfred Hitchcock Hour_, and _The Outer Limits_. I was just a kid, but I remember it all.

Ozy

And I stood where I did be; for there was no more use to run; And again I lookt with my hope gone.

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Here's my video review!

http://youtu.be/v4Erc1in0uU

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