Night Tide

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NR,1hr 24min

Genres:

Action,Drama,Horror

Released:

June 6, 1963

Distributor:

Image Entertainment

Starring:

Dennis Hopper, Linda Lawson, Gavin Muir ... More

Synopsis: Writer/director Curtis Harrington does an admirable job working around the severe budget limitations of the 1963 psychological chiller Night Tide. Sailor Johnny (Dennis Hopper) falls in love with carnival-girl Mora (Linda Lawson), despite warnings that Mora is a "jinx" who has brought about the deaths of two previous suitors. Mora performs a mermaid act at the carnival, but to her it's no act: she believes herself the descendant of an underwater race that must kill by the light of the full moon to ... Full Synopsis

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	Craig Butler, AMG Review Feeling somewhat like a Val Lewton film, Night Tide is an imperfect but haunting venture that lingers in the mind for days after viewing, like a dream that won't quite let you go. Director Curtis Harrington is playing with genres, mixing romance and thriller and flirting with horror, and the end result doesn't quite come together as he might desire -- probably because Night Tide was created for the ... Read Review