{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"185: The Night of the Hunter (1955) w/ Scott Benson","description":"For this week's special guest Watchcast animator and game developer Scott Benson takes us on a tour of the creeper corners of Depression-era West Virginia in Charles Laughton's singularly strange thriller, The Night of the Hunter!\n\nCHAPTERS:\n\n(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 185: The Night of the Hunter (1955) w/ Scott Benson\n(00:00:21) - Intro.\n(00:12:39) - How we came to this movie initially.\n(00:19:47) - Some history of the film.\n(00:36:23) - Some talk about the cast.\n(00:44:14) - The film's initial lackluster reception, and subsequent reappraisal.\n(00:48:08) - Break!\n(00:48:51) - We're back, and it's time to get into the film proper.\n(01:00:51) - I'm Peter Graves, and this is a felony.\n(01:25:46) - Meeting the other townsfolk, and the preacher comes a callin'.\n(01:41:14) - A consequential picnic, and Willa makes some bad choices.\n(01:46:03) - An all-timer of a bad honeymoon.\n(01:52:53) - Good night, Willa.\n(02:07:00) - The trouble with Harry.\n(02:13:22) - A long, lazy trip down the river.\n(02:23:44) - The introduction of Rachel Cooper.\n(02:29:15) - Everything's going great until a teen girl gets a crush.\n(02:46:53) - Harry's approach is less viable under these circumstances.\n(02:52:29) - Do not mess with Whistler's mother.\n(03:05:14) - The strange epilogue to it all.\n(03:16:36) - Final thoughts.\n(03:23:59) - We might return to Star Trek next week (check the Patreon this week for more info).\n(03:26:38) - Outro.","author_name":"The Nextlander Watchcast","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5117047-the-nextlander-watchcast","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43772812/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}