Night Tide
– Writer/director Curtis Harrington does an admirable job working around the severe budget limitations..
Writer/director Curtis Harrington does an admirable job working around the severe budget limitations of the 1961 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 deaths of two previous suitors.
17 Sep 1965
English, Greek
Curtis Harrington
Curtis Harrington (screenplay), Curtis Harrington (short story)
Dennis Hopper, Linda Lawson, Gavin Muir, Luana Anders
On leave in a shore side town, Johnny becomes interested in a young dark haired woman. They meet and he learns that she plays a mermaid in the local carnival. After strange occurrences, Johnny begins to believe that she may actually be a real mermaid that habitually kills during the cycle of the full moon.
Universal