Barbara stanwycks screams are a bit much, so get your remotes volume button ready. This was a popular if undemanding vehicle for deadpan karate champ and actionfilm star chuck. I love night walker, it is one of the stories that 1st inspired me to become a paranormal writer. Walker led a group of revolutionaries to take over the country and proceeded. Dreams have been a recurring theme in film from its earliest years, but in director william castles hands the question of what dreams mean becomes a terrifying story of the line between fantasy and reality in the night walker 1964. Read the full synopsis of the night walker, 1964, directed by william castle, with robert taylor, barbara stanwyck, judi meredith, at turner classic movies. This release is meant for fans of horror from the time period in.
Vic mizzy is a genius at writing scores and he proves it here. A widow dreams terrifying dreams about her dead husband and a phantom lover. Will it dare you to dream of things youre ashamed to admit. Master showman william castle, fresh off of the success of straightjacket, immediately pumped out another horror film that same year, but with less success overall. The complete series seasons 120 dvd 2011, 104disc box set new. I am often surprised that a show pretrue love was allowed to have such graphic violence in it. Their mutual respect as friends and performers is evident in the night walker. William castles the night walker 1964 once upon a screen. It was good andanother one that stuck in my head was paranoiac but i did see it later on and oh, not so scary anymore. The night walker bluray disc, 2018 for sale online ebay. A wealthy woman is terrorized by recurring dreams regarding her jealous, blind husband who supposedly burned to death in a recent fire. This is a decent film but a lesser effort of the legendary william castle. A woman is haunted by recurring nightmares, which seem to be instigated by her late husband who supposedly was killed in a fire.
A young man lives in a surreal world surrounded by his notions of fear which in turn, leads him to uncover his true predicament. The night walker is a film directed by william castle with robert taylor. Irene trent barbara stanwyck was married to the inventor howard hayden roarke before the blind electronics genius blows himself up following an argument between the couple. I love that night walker is open to idea of gore, blood, sex, and horror. But the oftenoverlooked castle film, the night walker, may give a small hint at what the showman of lowbudget horror might have given us, had he made the movie instead of polanski. Barbara stanwyck, in her final theatrical film role, stars as a woman in a loveless marriage. The walker is a quietly enthralling film because it contains the murder and the investigation within carters smooth calm.
Justsaw the burned mans face and that is the movie. It has intrigue, mystery, and probably the best b movie score ever composed. This night walker, i thinkit would still be good as i am stanwyck fan. The night walker is the best film william castle ever made, in my opinion.
A newspaper reporter investigates strange supernatural occurrences in chicago. Nightwalker is a scifiwestern film following the story of brannigan jack wolfheart, the last human in the universe. The night walker 1964 12011964 us horror, thriller 1h 26m user score. The night walker features stanwyck and taylor in this their last collaboration and the first film they starred in together in 27 years.
A detective is on a man hunt for a serial killer that turns out to be a native american demon spirit who can inhabit different bodies. The night walker had no 3d effects or admission ballyhoo, but its overfamiliar gaslighting scenario is wellplayed by stanwyck, taylor, and bochner the former two not having worked together since their divorce a decade before with an ambiguous turn by judi meredith queen of blood as the toohelpful beauty salon employee just hired by. The night walker 1964 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The night walker 1964 film complet en francais a 20170720t02. The film was one of the last black and white theatrical features released by universal pictures, and stanwycks last motion picture. The night walker theme 1964 for piano composed by vic mizzy duration. Complete 8 film collection dvd, 2011, 8disc set new. He has practiced for a lifetime at concealing his emotions, first no doubt from his father. William castles the night stalker is packed with a million reasons why it should be endlessly praised. The night walker dark intruder dvdr 2015 tcm vaults. A woman is haunted by recurring nightmares, which seem to be instigated by her late husband who was supposedly killed in a fire.
It was brought to us by our old friends at aic, which could be a good or a bad thing. The night walker, which reunited him with robert bloch author of psycho, amongst many other works, features a story about a woman whose dreams and nightmares begin melding with her waking life, but the cause. A young man lives in a surreal world surrounded by fear, loss, and tragedy which leads him to uncover his true predicament. The night walker 2007 a lawyer robert taylor advises a blind mans rich widow barbara stanwyck tormented by nightmares. Both films are well done and truly full of suspense and mystery but dark intruder should be a must see for leslie neilson fans simply because it is one of the. The night walker dark intruder horror double feature.
When it first unspools, despite that rather weak opening theme from composer leith stevens, you might think the night of the grizzly is going to be a typical 1960s liveaction movie from disney, as ridiculously handsome behemoth walker leads his ridiculously cute family, complete with bull and cuddly shaggy dog, through a scenic, beautiful meadow. The night walker begins with a dreamy, ominous and slightly cheesy prologue revealing the power of nightmares and dreams. The night walker is a 1964 film about a woman who is haunted by recurring nightmares, which seem to be instigated by her late husband who supposedly was. The library of congress may or may not own a copy of a particular film or. Barbara stanwyck in the night walker 1964 william castle in the night. The two were married from 1939 to 1951 and appeared in two films before their marriage. Mayonaka no tantei is a twelve episode anime from the late 90s, based on an eroge from the early 90s. The two were married from 1939 to 1951 and made two films together before their marriage. With robert taylor, barbara stanwyck, judi meredith, hayden rorke. It is a great scenesetter that the rest of the film struggles to match, even if it is still a rather enjoyable mystery thriller. Naitouoka mayonaka no tantei is a late night anime tv series created by ayana itsuki that is adapted from a pc game titled mayonaka no tantei nightwalker nightwalker nightwalker incorporates elements of the horror, detective story and vampire genres, and is. This historicallybased satirical film follows the 1855 invasion of nicaragua by american william walker ed harris. He is even able to absorb the hurtful fact that his society friends drop him like a.
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