Night Tide

MOVIE #1,175 • 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿 • 10.04.23 50 MOVIES IN 32 DAYS! This fantasy film from 1961, featuring Dennis Hopper’s first starring role, is considered one of the first “indie” movies ever. It plays fast and loose with reality here, and I guess that can be forgiven considering the general dreamlike tone, but what are clearly plot holes in the final act left me feeling a little off. But Curtis Harrington, the writer-director, who is considered one of the forerunners of New Queer Cinema, looks like an interesting figure and I might jump off from this and do a full Director Focus one day. While narratively this isn’t great, it’s still wonderful to look at and Hopper looks adorable in his little sailor outfit…

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Night Tide is a 1961 American independent fantasy film sometimes considered to be a horror film, written and directed by Curtis Harrington and featuring Dennis Hopper in his first starring role. It was filmed in 1960, premiered in 1961, but was held up from general release until 1963. The film's title was inspired by some lines from Edgar Allan Poe's poem "Annabel Lee". The film was released by American International Pictures as a double feature with The Raven. It was released on July 1, 1961.