As early as 1955, Robert Mitchum as Harry Powell in The Night of the Hunter set a fashion trend that can still be seen on some people’s hands today: The iconic love-hate tattoos on the knuckles. They can now be seen in the best quality because the 35 mm original camera negative has been enhanced with a 4K scan. Get your hands on Charles Laughton’s aesthetic masterpiece now, which also includes a… Remake in planning is.
The Night of the Hunter – 2-Disc Limited Collector’s Edition
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The 2-Disc Limited Collector’s Edition includes The Night of the Hunter for the first time on 4K with Dolby Vision and HDR10, as well as on Blu-ray. More information about the film can be found in the 24-page booklet and in the extensive bonus materialwhich includes an audio commentary and interviews about the symbolism and aesthetics of the film.
This is what the scary noir horror The Night of the Hunter is about
The shady itinerant preacher Harry Powell is in prison for car theft. He learns about it from his cellmate Ben Harper, who talks in his sleep hidden loot of a lucrative bank robbery. After his release, Powell sets off to visit Harper’s wife Willa (Shelley Winters) and their two children. In order to get the money, he gains the family’s trust, but what nobody suspects is that the psychopathic Harry Powell is a multiple murderer of women.
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Night of the Hunter – 2-Disc Limited Collector’s Edition
The Night of the Hunter is to be remade by the dream team
With the media book you can also prepare yourself for the remake, which will be released in 2026 or 2027 at the earliest. After almost 70 years Davis Grubb’s novel of the same name is to be remade. The original film, which initially received mixed reviews, is now considered a masterpiece with outstandingly composed black and white images. In 2008, the prestigious film magazine Cahiers du cinéma placed it on 2nd place of the best films of all time.
Now, according to reports from the Hollywood Reporter, Universal Pictures interested in a remake. This could be realized by director Scott Derrickson and screenwriter C. Robert Cargill, who are already associated with the project. For the two creative minds it would be not the first collaborationIn addition to Marvel’s Doctor Strange, they were also able to stage the horror shockers Sinister and The Black Phone.
This gives them a good chance of giving the eerie film noir a modern look. Whether she is there Stay true to the strong imagery of the original, it will show. It is also unclear whether the planned remake will actually see the light of day, as the project is currently still in its infancy.
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