National Film Registry website The Night of the Hunter (1955) analysis of film by Tim Dirks at Filmsite.org "Text and Texture: A comparative analysis of The Night of the Hunter, Cape Fear (1962) and Cape Fear (1991)" analysis of film by Harvey O'Brien The Night of the Hunter at Film Noir of the Week by Bruce Crowther "Why I love Night Of The Hunter" article by Margaret Atwood: "Why I Love Night Of The Hunter" at The Guardian (UK) "The Hidden Hunter" article by Robert Gitt at The Guardian (UK) "DVD review: Discovery: The Night of the Hunter - 2002" essay by Leonard Maltin on Gitt's presentation of extremely rare footage "Charles Laughton Directed A Masterpiece" article by Amber Grey at BellaOnline "The Night of the Hunter: Holy Terror" an essay by Terrence Rafferty at the Criterion Collection The Night of the Hunter essay by Daniel Eagan in America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry, A&C Black, 2010 , pages 502-503 1955 films 1955 directorial debut films 1955 horror films 1950s Christmas films 1950s crime thriller films 1950s serial killer films American black-and-white films American crime thriller films American serial killer films 1950s English-language films Expressionist films Films about capital punishment Films about siblings Films based on American novels Films based on thriller novels Films directed by Charles Laughton Films scored by Walter Schumann Films set in the 1930s Films set in West Virginia Films shot in Los Angeles County, California Films shot in West Virginia Films with screenplays by James Agee Films with screenplays by Charles Laughton Southern Gothic films United Artists films United States National Film Registry films Uxoricide in fiction 1950s American films