Night Tide

Night Tide (1961)

  • 54% of users liked it
    (684 ratings)

Writer/director Curtis Harrington does an admirable job working around the severe budget limitations of the 1963 psychological chiller Night Tide. Sailor Johnny (Dennis Hopper) falls in love with carnival-girl Mora (Linda Lawson), despite warnings that Mora is a "jinx" who has brought about the… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 24 min.
Directed By
Curtis Harrington
Written By
Curtis Harrington
Genres
Drama, Horror, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
In Theaters
Jun 6, 1963 Limited
On DVD
Jan 4, 2000

Critic Reviews

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    As a chiller, it's top-notch.

  • Bob Bloom, Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

    Strange, moody, but effective.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Michael G


    Dennis Hopper plays a combination of the world's biggest rube and possibly the world's most annoyingly desperate sailor who falls for a girl who may or may not be a psychopathic mermaid. The cinematography has a certain charm and I like Night Tide for that reason alone, but… More

  • Tim S


    The B movie fest continues for me as I take a look at one of Dennis Hopper's early leading roles in Night Tide, a movie about a sailor falling in love with a beautiful but mysterious young woman who's past may come back to haunt him. That's a pretty goofy description, I… More

  • Eric B


    A modest little film noir about a sailor falling for a sideshow mermaid who may or may not be the real item. It's easy to have affection for "Night Tide" (which achieves quite a bit with obviously limited resources) but, unfortunately, it has a humdrum ending which… More

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