Night Tide

Release Date: 1961-07-01

Rating: ⭐ 6.3/10 (94 votes)

Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Romance, Horror

Overview: A young sailor falls in love with a mysterious woman performing as a mermaid on the local pier. As they become entwined, he comes to suspect the woman might be a real mermaid who lures men to a watery death during the full moon. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2007.

Production: Phoenix Films, The Filmgroup, American International Pictures

🎭 Top Cast

Dennis Hopper

as Johnny Drake

Linda Lawson

as Mora

Gavin Muir

as Capt. Samuel Murdock

Luana Anders

as Ellen Sands

Marjorie Eaton

as Madame Romanovitch

Tom Dillon

as Merry-Go-Round Operator

📝 User Reviews

jackpeep

⭐ 10/10

Oct 01, 2019

A stunning, atmospheric, darkly beautiful film (noir). It's a Val Lewton-esque romance tinged with horror, set in a wonderfully spooky seaside town. It's a film about feeling alone, and then falling into anything, no matter how dangerous, that makes you feel like you're wanted. Curtis Harrington deserves to be a household name. "<i>Because I feel the seawater in my veins. Because I listen to the roar of the sea and it speaks to me like a mother's voice. The tide pulls at my heart, and the face of the moon fills my soul with a strange longing.</i>"

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