Fingers at the Window (1942)
Fingers at the Window is a surprisingly good edge-of-your-seat psycho-killer movie! Here's a synopsis from Wikipedia : An axe murderer stalks Chicago. After six murders, the police identify six suspects, all of whom are lunatics not responsible for the crimes. Only one victim, socialite Edwina Brown ( LaraineDay ), has survived; she was rescued by actor Oliver Duffy (Lew Ayres). REVIEWS: Scott Ashlin did a great review/essay 1000 Misspent Hours . RATED: Enjoyable WATCH IT AGAIN: Probably not DO I WANT TO O…
The Night of the Hunter
The Night of the Hunter is one of the creepiest movies I've seen. I'd say it's at least on par with DeNiro's Cape Fear . Robert Mitchum is insanely creepy and evil in this movie, and Charles Laughton's vision of what this movie should look and sound like is downright masterful. Creepier still is the fact that this movie is based on a true story ! Another thought here, for some reason I didn't even realize Shelley Winters was in this one. REVIEWS: Deep Focus Review has an absolutely masterful analysis. I …
