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The Night Walker

The Night Walker

Thriller · Horror · Mystery · 1964

A woman is haunted by recurring nightmares, which seem to be instigated by her late husband who supposedly was killed in a fire.

Movie details

The Night Walker

“Will It Dare You To Dream of Things You're Ashamed to Admit!”

1964 Thriller · Horror · Mystery 1h 26m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.3 / 10

2.6K votes

TMDB

6.6 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

A woman is haunted by recurring nightmares, which seem to be instigated by her late husband who supposedly was killed in a fire.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over The Night Walker?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

William Castle

Written by

Robert Bloch

Barbara Stanwyck

Barbara Stanwyck

Irene Trent

Robert Taylor

Robert Taylor

Barry Moreland

Judi Meredith

Judi Meredith

Joyce Holland

Rochelle Hudson

Rochelle Hudson

Hilda

Hayden Rorke

Hayden Rorke

Howard Trent

Marjorie Bennett

Marjorie Bennett

Apartment Complex Manager

Lloyd Bochner

Lloyd Bochner

The Dream (George Fuller)

Court is in session

Put The Night Walker on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.