The Night of the Hunter: Difference between revisions

* [[Brainwashed]]

* [[Broken Pedestal]]: Say what you will about the stepfather, but the kids' real father is no screaming hell either. And Uncle Birdie turns out to be utterly useless.

* [[Children Are Innocent]]: They abide, too.

* [[Cool Old Lady]]: Rachel

* [[Devil in Plain Sight]]

* [[Executive Meddling]]: Which he never outright stated it, it's clear that [[Charles Laughton]] had a different ending intended than the one that was seen on-screen, which borders almost on a [[Big Lipped Alligator Moment|BLAM]] at times. Because of the Hays Code, he had to make hasty edits to make it up to their standards.

* [[Fille Fatale]]: Ruby, who has some serious psychological problems.

* [[Flashback Echo]]: Done more subtly than many recent cases. At the end of the film when {{spoiler|Harry is being arrested}}, John's freak-out, begging them not to take him away, and {{spoiler|throwing the money}}, echoes what he was feeling but didn't fully express when his father was being arrested at the [[Book Ends|beginning of the film.]]

** {{spoiler|He's also shot point blank by a surprised Rachel during the climax. He shrieks and flees, but is still alive the following morning.}}

* [[Ironic Nursery Tune]]: "There Once Was a Pretty Fly"

* [[Knife Nut]]: He doesn't like it when you touch it...

* [[Knight Templar]]: Harry Powell...perhaps?

* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: Harry

* [[Meaningful Name]]: The Spoons (the wife's name is Icey), who sell ice cream.

* [[Nostalgia Filter]]: The adorably quaint little town.

* [[Offscreen Teleportation]]: With [[Lampshade Hanging]]