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Night Tide
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Night Tide is a 1961 romantic-horror film written and directed by Curtis Harrington, a pioneer of New Queer Cinema, starring Dennis Hopper, Linda Lawson and Gavin Muir. It features black and white cinematography by Vilis Lapenieks and an uncredited Floyd Crosby (High Noon). A jazz music score by was provided by David Raksin (Laura).The film follows Johnny Drake, a young sailor on shore leave who becomes enamored with a mysterious woman working at a sideshow on the Santa Monica Pier. He soon comes to suspect the woman, Mora, may be a mermaid who lures her lovers to a watery grave under the light of the full moon.The film is notable as Hopper's first lead role, and has gained favor over the years as a surreal, off-beat Cult Classic.The film was restored by and is a favorite of director Nicolas Winding Refn. | |
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Beach Kiss | |
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Beach Kiss: Mora and Johnny share a few. | |
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Cute and Psycho | |
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Cute and Psycho: Potentially Mora. | |
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Pervert Dad | |
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Pervert Dad: Mora's adoptive father/Godfather, Capt. Samuel Murdock, seems to have less than righteous intentions. | |
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Surprisingly Happy Ending | |
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Surprisingly Happy Ending: Potentially because of when it was released and story expectations of the public, the film is wrapped up more neatly than seems likely. | |
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Literary Allusion Title: The film's title is a allusion to a line from the Edgar Allan Poe poem "Annabelle Lee." | |
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TheSixties | |
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The '60s: The film is a bonafide piece of 60s counter-culture, and is set in the Venice Beach area of California, known for its hippies. | |
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Damsel in Distress | |
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Damsel in Distress: Mora finds herself in this position under the pier as the waves role in. | |
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Psychological Horror | |
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Psychological Horror: Whether you believe the film to be supernatural or not, most of the horror is derived from our main character's fragile psyches. | |
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Homoerotic Subtext | |
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Homoerotic Subtext: A potential reading of the repressed sexuality our characters grapple with in the film, especially knowing that Curtis Harrington was an openly gay director. | |
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Amusement Park of Doom | |
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Amusement Park of Doom: The pier where Mora works is a toned down take on this trope. | |
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Serial Killer | |
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Serial Killer: Captain Murdock is revealed to be a serial killer at the end, having killed all of Mora's previous boyfriends to keep her for himself. | |
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Paralyzing Fear of Sexuality | |
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Paralyzing Fear of Sexuality: Both of our main characters seem to have this fear. | |
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Tentacled Terror | |
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Tentacled Terror: The octopus/squid creature that Johnny dreams about Mora turning into while they make love. | |
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Dysfunction Junction | |
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Dysfunction Junction: Most of our characters, especially Mora and her self appointed godfather. | |
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Menstrual Menace | |
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Menstrual Menace: The film's marketing material and some mentions within the film itself seem to intimate that Mora kills with the cycle of the moon, an almost certain reference to a woman's menstrual cycle. | |
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Mask of Sanity | |
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Mask of Sanity: Mora wears one early in her relationship with Johnny, which begins to slip as their romance intensifies. | |
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Femme Fatale | |
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Femme Fatale: Mora seems to have a reputation around town as one. | |
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Sex Is Evil, and I Am Horny | |
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Sex Is Evil, and I Am Horny: One way to view the repressed desires of our main characters. | |
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Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane | |
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Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: The film is left ambiguous, since Captain Murdock denies working with the mysterious, Greek speaking old woman who served as a Harbinger of Impending Doom to Mora at the jazz club. A fan translation of what the old woman said reveals that it was "Soon you will meet your people, my love! Oh yes, very soon we will meet again!" | |
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Driven to Madness | |
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Driven to Madness: It appears that Captain Murdock and the old woman have been gaslighting Mora into believing she is a murderous mermaid, to prevent her from leaving her abusive, incestuous adoptive father. | |
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Star-Crossed Lovers | |
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Star-Crossed Lovers: It seems to be the case for Johnny and Mora. | |
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Dark and Troubled Past | |
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Dark and Troubled Past: Both our main characters are at least hinted at having one. | |
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