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Jon Dieringer recommended The Night of the Hunter (1955) in Movies (curated)

 
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
1955 | Drama, Mystery
9.0 (5 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"This is my favorite movie of all time, and the only one that I watch on an annual schedule (Thanksgiving) other than A Muppet Christmas Carol (Christmas). I first saw it on that holiday, and the experience was so meaningful that I suppose I’m always trying to recapture it. Coincidentally, on Thanksgiving my family used to travel to West Virginia, where the novel’s author, Davis Grubb, was from, and where the book is set. Grubb arguably doesn’t get enough credit for the look and feel of the film: I can’t really think of a movie that is more faithful to the tone and even letter of its source, and Grubb also essentially storyboarded the film. It’s such a rich parable of good and evil, and a boundlessly profound exploration of intangibles like innocence, loss, deceit, and the yearning to be loved. Although terror is a central theme, it’s ultimately a very comforting film."

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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2059 KP) rated Hell for the Holidays (Christopher Miller Holiday Thriller, #2) in Books

Mar 9, 2018  
HF
Hell for the Holidays (Christopher Miller Holiday Thriller, #2)
Chris Grabenstein | 2007
10
9.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
When a neighbor's child is kidnapped on Halloween, it starts FBI agent Chris Miller on the trail of a terrorist attack planned for Thanksgiving. I got really caught up in this excellent thriller and had a hard time putting it down. The only warning here is the epithets used by the villains.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/04/book-review-hell-for-holidays-by-chris.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
  
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David McK (3180 KP) rated Addams Family Values (1993) in Movies

Nov 1, 2020 (Updated Oct 29, 2023)  
Addams Family Values (1993)
Addams Family Values (1993)
1993 | Comedy, Horror
7
7.1 (11 Ratings)
Movie Rating Watch
Wednesday Addams smiles!!
The second (and better) of the two 1990 big screen adaptations of The Addams Family, this is the one also starring Joan Cusack, and with Uncle Fester falling in love with her 'Black Widow' serial killer as Morticia and Gomez welcome a new addition to the family, much to the jealousy of Wednesday and Pugsley, who end up off to a summer camp.

Wednesday Addams. Smiling.

That's probably the best scene of the film: either that, or the Thanksgiving Dinner stage play.
  
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2059 KP) rated Ghost in the Polka Dot Bikini (A Ghost of Granny Apples Mystery, #2) in Books

Mar 9, 2018  
GI
Ghost in the Polka Dot Bikini (A Ghost of Granny Apples Mystery, #2)
Sue Ann Jaffarian | 2011
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Emma Whitecastle is trying to enjoy a romantic Thanksgiving weekend with her boyfriend on Catalina, but the trip is interrupted when she keeps seeing the ghost of a woman who disappeared in the 60's. Can Emma find out what really happened to the woman? It was great to see these characters again, and I enjoyed the humor in the book. Yet it reaches a more serious ending, which I found appropriate.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/03/book-review-ghost-in-polka-dot-bikini.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.