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Excellent, Without a doubt!!

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In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

I interpreted Curtis Harrington's "Night Tide" as a parable of lost love. Dennis Hopper's sailor falls for a woman who may or may not be a murderous mermaid, casting his future into doubt either way. It's usually called a horror movie, but I would say that it's more personal horror than spooky horror. Hopper's role will probably be a surprise to people who recognize his hippies from "Easy Rider" and "Apocalypse Now", and his crazy characters from "Blue Velvet" and "Speed". His navy member is a morose man with not much in his future except a relationship with this woman.I wouldn't go so far as to call this a philosophical movie. It's pretty low-context and has an ending that weakens it. But other than that I was impressed, so I recommend it.

Spoiler near the end -NIGHT TIDE is an intriguing film that seems to contain various subplots. The compelling ending is difficult to perceive, but a certain clue may point to a resolution of the tale.Johnny Drake,(HOPPER) a sailor on leave, falls for a lovely girl (MORA) (LAWSON) who works on the Santa Monica pier in a side-show attraction as a mermaid in a tank that appears to be filled with water.Not long after Johnny meets Mora, a strange woman speaks to her angrily in a foreign language, and Mora flees from her in terror. He tries to find out who the woman is and why she is harassing Mora, but the girl claims not to know her.Johnny walks Mora home to her apartment and finds she is reluctant when he tries to befriend her. However, she does invite him to breakfast for the following morning in her apartment which is located over a quaint old carousel.The following morning on his way to meet Mora for breakfast, Johnny becomes acquainted with the carousel owner and his friendly daughter (Ellen) (ANDERS), who soon warn him of the danger of being too friendly with Mora. It seems that two young men she had befriended were found dead. A friendly nearby fortune-teller defends Mora, saying that the case was never solved and the killer was never found.Johnny and Mora fall in love, but she warns him that she is concerned for his safety. She is obsessed with the sea and says she is one of the sea people. She appears to be conflicted about her innocence in the murders of the two young men. Though Johnny tells her the sea people are only a myth, Mora greatly fears them and now admits that the strange woman who approached her on the night they met is one of the sea people warning her that she must join them soon.Johnny meets Mora's stepfather Captain Murdoch, who also warns him about Mora. He invites Johnny to his home which contains some intriguing and frightening sea-faring curios. He had adopted the four year old orphan whom he discovered on a Greek island in his travels and did not know she would grow up to become a monster. He does not want Johnny to be the next victim.Despite the warnings, Johnny goes diving with Mora and is astounded and greatly dismayed when she tries to drown him. After a dangerous fight for his life, he waits for her in the boat but cannot find her.May contain Spoiler, but could be important in figuring out the end -Early the next morning Johnny heads for the side-show on the pier, intending to have it out with Mora. When he finds her dead in the tank, Captain Murdoch appears and starts shooting at him. He says Johnny is responsible and implies that she committed suicide as she does not know what to do about their relationship.Later Captain Murdoch claims to be the guilty party in the murders and admits to fabricating the yarn about the Sea People. His motive was a fear of one day losing the ward he had grown to love. He denies knowing the strange woman who harassed Mora, though Johnny spotted her near the captain's home just before arriving.. Turning the corner, Johnny finds she had disappeared all too quickly.Key Point - When Johnny approaches the mermaid concession, a distinct scream from Mora can be heard. However, it is simultaneously drowned out by the loud sounds emanating from a nearby ride that was just set in motion. I have not seen this clue in any of the other reviews and wonder if the end of the film can be explained that way.Night Tide is an interesting and compelling film which has you sympathizing with not only Mora and Johnny, but the pathetic Captain Murdoch, a literary old gentleman who is very lonely. Also, I am intrigued by the mysterious woman in black who threatens Mora. All in all, it is an intriguing film with some horrific undertones. The location on the pier is very realistic and charming (invoking a glimpse of its former appearance in the early 60's).

The Academy Film Archive, part of a foundation created by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, was established in 1991 and "dedicated to the preservation, restoration, documentation, exhibition and study of motion pictures." This is one of the films they recently restored.This rare film stars a young Dennis Hopper (Hoosiers, Easy Rider), who died earlier this year, and is the feature film directorial debut by avant-garde filmmaker Curtis Harrington (Killer Bees, Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet, Queen of Blood), who also wrote the script based upon his own short story. Harrington died in 2007.Linda Lawson has the exotic looks for the psychotic siren that captivates Hopper.Hopper was excellent as a naive sailor who fell in love with Lawson.The film was impeccable, and the jazz score really sounded great.The ending is for you to figure out.

I thought this would be another of those dull, pointless things that are part of video collections. I was pleasantly surprised by several things. First of all is Dennis Hopper who was pretty photogenic. He plays a believable young sailor who finds himself in the middle of a weird setting, falling in love with a very attractive, mysterious young woman who apparently has blood on her hands. The characters are interesting and it is all pretty well acted. Hopper underplays his character and it works pretty well. He's not emoting but that's fine. The young woman tries so hard to get acceptance but has no awareness of who she actually is. All in all, the mystery is well handled and when all is said and done, things are pretty satisfying. There's even another mystery to chomp on.