185: 185: The Night of the Hunter (1955) w/ Scott Benson

About this episode

For this week's special guest Watchcast animator and game developer Scott Benson takes us on a tour of the creeper corners of Depression-era West Virginia in Charles Laughton's singularly strange thriller, The Night of the Hunter! CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 185: The Night of the Hunter (1955) w/ Scott Benson (00:00:21) - Intro. (00:12:39) - How we came to this movie initially. (00:19:47) - Some history of the film. (00:36:23) - Some talk about the cast. (00:44:14) - The film's initial lackluster reception, and subsequent reappraisal. (00:48:08) - Break! (00:48:51) - We're back, and it's time to get into the film proper. (01:00:51) - I'm Peter Graves, and this is a felony. (01:25:46) - Meeting the other townsfolk, and the preacher comes a callin'. (01:41:14) - A consequential picnic, and Willa makes some bad choices. (01:46:03) - An all-timer of a bad honeymoon. (01:52:53) - Good night, Willa. (02:07:00) - The trouble with Harry. (02:13:22) - A long, lazy trip down the river. (02:23:44) - The introduction of Rachel Cooper. (02:29:15) - Everything's going great until a teen girl gets a crush. (02:46:53) - Harry's approach is less viable under these circ