The Nightcomers (DVD)

Description: Genre: Horror / Theatrical Release: 1972 / Suitable for 18 years and over / Director: Michael Winner / Actors: Marlon ... more

The Nightcomers (DVD) ... Brando, Stephanie Beacham, Thora Hird, Harry Andrews, Verna Harvey ... / DVD released 2002-10-21 at Momentum Pictures / Features of the DVD: Anamorphic, Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen

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... who has either read the Turn of the Screw or seen The Innocents will know what happens, but even if you haven't you'll almost certainly guess quite early on - this is a film that lets you know what's coming. The film's biggest problem is its star. Quint is played by Marlon Brando. A self-indulgent actor at the best of times, this is just before Brando's brief 70s renaissance. There's a very good reason that no one can name any Marlon Brando films between Guys and Dolls and The Godfather. He gives Quint a preposterous...more

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	The Nightcomers [DVD] [1972] Release Date: 2002 - 10 - 21, Rating Suitable for 18 years and over, Last Update 06.01.2010 06:23	£ 33.00

The Nightcomers [DVD] [1972]
Release Date: 2002 - 10 - 21, Rating Suitable for 18 years and over,

Last Update 06.01.2010 06:23

£ 33.00

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The Nightcomers (DVD): Thora Hird vs Marlon Brando (845 words)
by - written on 11/06/08 (Very useful, 254 readings)
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A review of the Momentum Pictures DVD. This is a kind-of horror film from 1972. It's intended to serve as a prequel to Henry James' classic kind-of ghost story The Turn of the Screw. That story was very successfully filmed in the early 60s as The Innocents. A prequel is completely unnecessary of course, as the original relies for its effect on ambiguity - to spell out what happened shows a stunning lack of appreciation of the source material. Henry James is the master of subtlety and understatement, so who better to direct a film based on his work than Michael Winner, the master of... um... Charles Bronson shooting people? I'd always been curious ... Read the complete review

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