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Night of the Hunter sounds really good. I'll have to look for that.
The last one I watched was Eyes Without a Face, from 1960. It's about a woman named Christiane whose friends all believe that she's died in a car accident, but in truth the wreck left her horribly disfigured. Her father was the one driving the car when this happened, and he feels such a terrible guilt that he makes it his mission to restore Christiane to her former beauty by any means possible. To keep himself from being reminded of what he did, he forces his daughter to wear a mask at all times. Since she is being shut out from the world, Christiane falls into a state of deep depression and develops an intense hate for her father.
Eyes Without a Face is a slow burning movie, the type where you need to keep your brain switched on to invest yourself. The story is very emotional and tragic, and I really felt sorry for Christiane. Her father, Dr. Genessier, was not a complete monster, but he was an effective villain. He wasn't motivated by sympathy, but by a compulsive need to perfect the world around him.
One minor flaw in this movie that I didn't care for was a subplot involving a shoplifter. I wonder if the authorities would have been so kind to that woman if she was less attractive. But overall, Eyes Without a Face was a well done film. I recommend it to fans of classic horror cinema, particularly of France's contributions. I almost forgot to mention before that this is a French movie, so you might not be interested if you don't like reading subtitles.
8/10
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