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This is one of the "few" Hitchcock films I haven't seen. I need to check it out.

Clift's performance makes it worth seeing but it's a very minor Hitchcock flick.

Yeah, but since I've seen most of the big ones, I want to finish the lesser known ones to close out his filmography.

Certainly. I wouldn't try to talk anyone out of a Hitchcock. Just saying to temper expections. It may be his weakest from that era.

I Montgomery Clift.

I'm pretty sure that, with one exception, the ones I have not seen would all be classified as his "weakest".

As a matter of fact, I might as well ask, since we're talking about the man. I've seen 38 of his 50-something films. These are the ones I haven't seen...

I would say all of these are better than I Confess:

Number Seventeen (1932)
Under Capricorn (1949)
Stage Fright (1950)
The Trouble with Harry (1955)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
Torn Curtain (1966)
Topaz (1969)

Nice! I'll consider it as I go down that road.

Of those, I’m especially fond of the Trouble With Harry. It’s easy to imagine the Coen Bros seeing that one at a young age and finding their sense of dark humor seriously impacted.

Have you seen The Heiress? Is a must!

I have and I agree! I think I’ve seen all of Clift’s films, and frankly he makes them all worth it. He’s also buried less than a mile from where i live, coincidentally.

Sometimes a blind watch can backfire. From the title and the poster (A lot of awesome posters for this), I was hoping/imagining something like After Hours or The Neon Demon. This is one of those movies in which you're constantly wondering what's real and what isn't. Dream? Imagination? Mental health? Supernatural? There are movies that do these things that I like, but it's not my ideal and this movie goes full hog in that direction, especially in the second half. There are positives like London, the 60's, the music, and some nice things visually, but if not for the forum, I would have shit it off an hour in. It just became a chore to sit through. I can understand how others could enjoy it. Not a fan of the director so far and he's had some hits.

Yeah, this is kind of a bummer for me, not the movie, but how little anyone but my friends and I liked it. We all thought it was borderline excellent, all four of us, no dissent. And then every review I read of it here is negative. Just a minor bummer.

That's how plantation owner Paul Holland (Tom Conway) describes the island of Saint Sebastian to nurse Betsy Connell (Frances Dee). He knows because he has seen "death and decay" among the slaves his family has brought there, and now sees it in the state of his wife Jessica, who's been in a catatonic state due to a serious illness, and who Betsy has been hired to take care of.

I Walked with a Zombie follows Betsy's attempts to heal Jessica through various methods, including through voodoo rituals that are common in the island. As she discovers the truth behind these rituals, she also finds herself entangled in the family problems between Paul and his half-brother Wesley (James Ellison), as well as their mother (Edith Barrett).

Although I've seen this film attributed more to producer Val Lewton, with whom I'm not that familiar, my main drive to see it was director Jacques Tourneur, who four years later would direct my favorite film noir, Out of the Past. In that department, the film totally delivered. Tourneur uses some great direction and camera movement to build up dread, whether it is through a tense walk through the woods or in a dark humid basement.

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Hm. I liked this quite a bit more than you, I would say. I couldn't possibly go lower than 4 for it and I actually just consider it a straight-up classic, canon, must-see film for anyone who watches Horror outside of their own generation, even though I probably wouldn't go to 5 for it. But I do think very, very highly of it and like it that much.
Maybe I'm just a sucker for that team and each of them individually. I mean, I think The Leopard Man is one of the most underrated in the Horror genre and I think if you don't like The Body Snatcher you can't come to my birthday party.

Set in a remote Scandinavian village, Seven follows Yohana (Dagny Backer Johnsen), a young woman that has to decide the fate of a kidnapped oil worker (Nicholas Boulton). We are told that oil companies and rigs have been threatening the peace and environment of their village, and apparently a conflict of some kind resulted in the death of Yohana's father and leader of the village.

This is a great short in pretty much every aspect. First of all, it is beautifully shot, with some gorgeous cinematography and skilled editing. Second, all three main performances are pretty good, with Teigen being particularly notable for me. The way he conveys strength in spite of insecurity, with a little bit of shadiness, is perfect.

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Full review on my Movie Loot and the 5th Short HoF thread.