Does The Night Visitor end with hope?

No. Less hopeful than 98% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Night Visitor scary?

Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Night Visitor easy watching?

Barely. Less comforting than 86% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Night Visitor violent?

Yes. More violent than 83% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Night Visitor sad?

Somewhat. More sad than 70% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

The Night Visitor

Name: The Night Visitor
Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Horror
Released: 1971
Duration: 106 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Max von Sydow, Trevor Howard, Liv Ullmann, Per Oscarsson, Rupert Davies

Locked in the cold asylum of his mind – a sane man stalks his prey...

Directed by László Benedek

Produced by Glazier, Hemisphere Pictures

1971106 min6.5 / 10

A cold, paranoia-soaked revenge thriller about a disturbed man's methodical stalking of his family, steeped in Nordic bleakness and psychological menace.

An insane Swedish farmer escapes from an asylum to get revenge on his sister, her husband and others.

Clusters

Claustrophobic Paranoid Thrillers Injury And Mental Breakdown Immigrants and Exiles Murder And Assassination Film Genres and Movements

Genres

Thriller Mystery Horror

Keywords

Prison Asylum Parrot Prison Escape Revenge Murder Snow Mental Illness Farmer Murder-of-sister Swedish-giallo

Questions people ask

Does The Night Visitor end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 98% of films.
Is The Night Visitor scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.
Is The Night Visitor easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 86% of films.
Is The Night Visitor violent? Yes. More violent than 83% of films.
Is The Night Visitor sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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