If Flannery O’Connor wrote screenplays, she would have written something like the 1955 Southern Gothic tale Night of the Hunter. Modern viewers of this film can go on a scary sojourn of discovery.

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — West Virginia Writer Davis Alexander Grubb is most remembered for his 1953 novel “The Night of the Hunter,” which was adapted into a now-classic movie in 1955 ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook This is an image from the official trailer for “The Night of the Hunter” distributed by the ...

A world premiere stage adaptation of the thriller novel THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER by Davis Grubb. Inspired by the crimes of West Virginia serial killer Harry Powers, who was executed in Grubb’s ...

Reputationwise, The Night of the Hunter has belatedly gotten its due these past 70 years. Martin Scorsese and Roger Ebert are among those who lifted this cinematic dread-feast from commercial ...