Post by phantomparticle on Jun 30, 2021 0:46:50 GMT
The 1962 version.
Mitchum is as frightening here as he was in Night of the Hunter and the film unspools slowly to permit the creeps to gather at the base of your spine. He, Peck and Polly Bergin are believable in an extraordinary situation that is not milked for contrived thrills.
Scorsese threw common sense to the wind by letting De Niro turn the psychotic Cady into a bombastic clown. The grotesque scene between him and Juliette Lewis is almost unwatchable. The final scene even includes an unnecessary jump scare like the worst holiday slasher movie. A squandered opportunity, considering all the talent involved in the project.
Mitchum is as frightening here as he was in Night of the Hunter and the film unspools slowly to permit the creeps to gather at the base of your spine. He, Peck and Polly Bergin are believable in an extraordinary situation that is not milked for contrived thrills.
Scorsese threw common sense to the wind by letting De Niro turn the psychotic Cady into a bombastic clown. The grotesque scene between him and Juliette Lewis is almost unwatchable. The final scene even includes an unnecessary jump scare like the worst holiday slasher movie. A squandered opportunity, considering all the talent involved in the project.