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The Night of the Hunter
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Movie connections for
The Night of the Hunter (1955)

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Version of
Night of the Hunter (1991) (TV)
Edited into
Visions of Light (1992)
"The 100 Scariest Movie Moments" (2004)
References
Cabinet des Dr. Caligari., Das (1920)
Referenced in
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
 -  "Love" and "Hate" tattooed on Eddie's (Meatloaf) knuckles
The Onion Field (1979)
 -  Smith has "L O V E" written on the fingers of his left hand
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
Raising Arizona (1987)
Do the Right Thing (1989)
 -  the source for a character with "love" on one set of knuckles and "hate" on the other.
Wild at Heart (1990)
"The Simpsons: Some Enchanted Evening (#1.13)" (1990)
 -  When the babysitter goes into the basement looking for Bart
Delicatessen (1991)
Mr. Nanny (1993)
 -  In Mr. Nanny, the father hides a computer chip in his daughter's doll. Much like the money in Hunter
"The Simpsons: Cape Feare (#5.2)" (1993)
 -  Like the Robert Mitchum villain from that film, Sideshow Bob has "Luv" (Love) and "Hat" (Hate) tattooed on his knuckles.
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Cité des enfants perdus, La (1995)
Se7en (1995)
Mallrats (1995)
 -  The character in jail with Ben Affleck at the end of the film has "LOVE" written on his hand.
It's My Party (1996)
Love and Rage (1998)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
 -  In "The Night of the Hunter," Ms Cooper remarks several times of children that "they abide," repeating it at the end of the picture. The Coen brothers echo this unique turn of phrase at the end of the Big Lebowski: "The Dude abides."
Amants criminels, Les (1999)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
AFI's 100 Years, 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies (2001) (TV)
Don't Say a Word (2001)
Hable con ella (2002)
Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
Lilo & Stitch (2002)
House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains (2003) (TV)
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)
 -  Dylan's ex boyfriend as a tatoo on the right hand, H.A.T.E. written on his fingers
The 100 Greatest Scary Moments (2003) (TV)
 -  Made the list and was talked about.
The Devil's Rejects (2005)
 -  The 'love/hate' tattoos on each hand is a reference to the same thing on each of Robert Mitchum's hands.
Featured in
The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (1971) (TV)
"Private Screenings: Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell" (1996)
 -  clips
AFI's 100 Years, 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies (2001) (TV)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains (2003) (TV)
The 100 Greatest Scary Moments (2003) (TV)
 -  Clips are shown.
Spoofed in
Blazing Saddles (1974)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
The Blues Brothers (1980)
Mister Smile (1999)
Cecil B. DeMented (2000)
Surge of Power (2004)
 -  LOVE and HATE are written on bad guy's fists but LOVE is scribbled out and HATE is written (so both wrists say HATE)

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