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The night of the hunter davis grubb7/3/2023 ![]() ![]() Or the preacher going to burlesque shows and fondling his knife as he is both angry and aroused at so much flesh. There’s a creepy, eerie vibe and quite a few weird moments, like the cellmate’s widow announcing her sins while naked in front of a mirror. ![]() When the preacher is released he sets on his mission to find the money even if it means killing anything that stands in his way. Later on he finds out that his cellmate, who will be hanged, has hidden 10, 000 dollars and only his two children know the location. Like Southern gothic literature Davis Grubb’s novel is a tale of greed, murder, sex and deceit: A preacher, who is a serial killer,is arrested for stealing a car. I’ve heard of the film being a cult classic but I never even knew it was an adaptation. The first film is Davis Grubb’s The Night of the Hunter, written in 1953 and then adapted by Charles Laughton in 1955 is an interesting choice. ![]() ![]() Although I’m pretty good on the book side, I’m quite lacking when it comes to films but out of the 12 books, I’ve only read 2 and out of the 12 films, I’ve only seen 2 so I was keen to educate myself. When booktuber, Adam at Memento Mori set up a book club, where one reads a book and then watches the adaptation over the course of a year, I was quite eager to participate. ![]()
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