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Night Tide (1961)

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Writer/director Curtis Harrington does an admirable job working around the severe budget limitations of the 1963 psychological chiller Night Tide. Sailor Johnny (Dennis Hopper) falls in love with carnival-girl Mora (Linda Lawson), despite warnings that Mora is a "jinx" who has brought about the deaths of two previous suitors. Mora performs a mermaid act at the carnival, but to her it's no act: she believes herself the descendant of an underwater race that must kill by the light of the full moon

Unrated, 1 hr. 24 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Horror

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All Critics (8) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (0) | DVD (2)

As a chiller, it's top-notch.

May 9, 2010 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comment
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Strange, moody, but effective.

November 3, 2002 Comment
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
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Audience Reviews for Night Tide

The B movie fest continues for me as I take a look at one of Dennis Hopper's early leading roles in Night Tide, a movie about a sailor falling in love with a beautiful but mysterious young woman who's past may come back to haunt him. That's a pretty goofy description, I know, but it's an accurate one. It's not a bad

December 27, 2011
FilmFanatik
Tim Salmons

Super Reviewer

The last quarter of the movie failed to keep my interest. You can only suggest "maybe she's a real mermaid" and "Johnny is in danger" so many times before I get bored. And the ending made laughably little sense (I actually laughed out loud). If several scenes were cut, and the final expository monologue by Murdoch were

July 23, 2010
Jim E.
Jim Evans

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