Bertil Anderberg, Erland Josephson, Georg Rydeberg
Troubled artist Johan (Max von Sydow) is haunted by past memories … and those demons are contagious, as Johan's wife, Alma (Liv Ullmann), learns when she begins to experience the same delusions. A loc...( read more
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DVD Release Date: April 27, 2004
Stats: 283 reviews
Although Ingmar Bergman's "Hour of the Wolf" is not often spoken of in the same breath as the beloved "Seventh Seal" or "Wild Strawberries", it's far from "lesser Bergman". Using Max Von Sydow as an alter-ego, Bergman dissects the anxiety of an artist - the inner demons, the self...( read more)
Max Von Sydow is a painter, attacked by demons he created out of existential guilt. Liv Ullman plays his faithful spouse.
An unreal, nightmarish parade of phantasmagorical visions conceived by Sven Nykvist and his expressionistic, tantalizing photography; and Bergman's introspe...( read more)
An unfathomable but fascinating psychological horror movie about an artist's mental disintegration. The line between fantasy and reality is so blurred that it becomes impossible to tell where one ends and the other begins. Though difficult, frustrating even, there are remarkable ...( read more)
This totally strange, and very disturbing, "horror" film by Ingmar Bergman plays out much like an Edgar Allan Poe tale (that's a good thing, by the way). There's just something about a story set on an isolated island that is inherently scary, so that helps - but besides that this...( read more)
Swedish horror isn't that different from American. Boobs, men in drag, the half-naked child was a little odd, but at least they were near water. I am not sure what I just watched.
Hour Of The Wolf is both one of Ingmar Bergman's most underrated films and best films. As usual, the acting is incredible with Max Von Sydow and Liv Ullmann delivering terrific performances. Bergman really captures the fear emotion by throwing you into the film and completely cre...( read more)
Ghosts? Vampires? Cannibals? Mind demons? Madness? Combo? Artist and wife on an island. He's going mad...or is he? She's going mad, too...or is she? Thought provoking and disturbing Bergman film.
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