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.
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Night Watch
Mystery · Thriller · Horror · 1973
A woman recovering from a nervous breakdown tries to convince her husband and and the local London police that she has witnessed a murder in the abandoned house next door.
Movie details
Night Watch
“Once her nightmare begins...the terror never ends!”
1973 Mystery · Thriller · Horror 1h 39m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.3 / 10
Community rating
A woman recovering from a nervous breakdown tries to convince her husband and and the local London police that she has witnessed a murder in the abandoned house next door.
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 Night Watch?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
Taste neighbourhood
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Kept Woman
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Deception
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Superhost
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Brian G. Hutton
Written by
Tony Williamson · Evan Jones
Elizabeth Taylor
Ellen Wheeler
Laurence Harvey
John Wheeler
Billie Whitelaw
Sarah Cooke
Robert Lang
Appleby
Tony Britton
Tony
Bill Dean
Inspector Walker
M
Michael Danvers-Walker
Sergeant Norris
Court is in session
Put Night Watch on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
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.