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‘Fear and fright stalk the night!’
The Night Walker is a 1964 mystery horror thriller about a woman haunted by recurring nightmares that seem to be instigated by her late husband, who supposedly was killed in a fire.
Directed by William Castle (Strait-Jacket; House on Haunted Hill; Macabre) from a screenplay by Robert Bloch.
The movie stars Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Taylor, Judith Meredith, Hayden Rorke, Rochelle Hudson, Jess Barker, Marjorie Bennett, Tetsu Komai, Paul Frees and Lloyd Bochner.
The film’s distinctive soundtrack score was composed by Vic Mizzy, who also wrote The Addams Family theme tune.
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Plot:
Irene Trent (Barbara Stanwyck) is unhappily married to a blind, pathologically possessive millionaire inventor, Howard Trent (Hayden Rorke). Howard and Irene’s palatial mansion is packed with an endless assortment of cuckoo clocks, all in perfect synchronisation, and Howard tape records all conversations in the house for later reference, hoping to catch Irene plotting an illicit liaison.
Irene thus lives in a constant state of dread, wondering how far Howard’s jealousy will go. Yet, despite Howard’s continual accusations of infidelity, Irene remains faithful to Howard, despite nightly recurrent dreams of a fantasy lover and an attraction to Howard’s attorney, Barry Moreland (Robert Taylor), the only visitor allowed in the house.
As tensions mount, Irene feels trapped in a loveless, lonely relationship. But suddenly, everything changes: Howard is killed by an explosion in his laboratory, and Irene inherits the house and Howard’s entire fortune…
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Blu-ray releases:
The Night Walker was released on Blu-ray by Scream Factory on February 20, 2018.
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Final Cut Entertainment released The Night Walker on Blu-ray in the UK on 25 June 2018.
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Imagery from the Night Walker poster was copied for the Mexican horror film Atacan las brujas (1968)
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