Mjeteconer Just perfect...

Tacticalin An absolute waste of money

Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Ariella Broughton It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

LeonLouisRicci This Cult Movie has a Rich Pedigree. It is the Debut for Director Curtis Harrington and Despite obvious Talent and a Love for His Art, Never really Managed to Hit Pay-Dirt and the Big Time. But like Many Artist with Creative Abilities that Escape the Attention of Contemporaries, Harrington's Work has found New Respect and AdmirersIt is also the Debut Film for Dennis Hopper who had a Long and Varied Career and managed Virtual Super-Star Status, First as an Iconic Counter Culture Figure, after Directing and Starring in "Easy Rider" (1969), and then Playing Psychos in a Number of Well Received Box Office and Artistic Hits like "Apocalypse Now" (1979), "Blue Velvet" (1986), and "Speed" (1994).But although Hopper is OK as an Atypical Sailor Traveling Alone, it is Harrington's Film. Combining Eerie, Surreal Images with a Tone of a Daydream/Nightmare, the Director Rings His very Low Budget Dry with a Number of Odd Inclusions.The Jazzy Beatnik Score, the Carnival Atmosphere, the Mythic Story, and some very Off Beat Characters, Tell the Story of a Mermaid (Or is she?), who May or may Not be a "Siren" that Lures Men to Their Watery Grave. A Strong Performance from Linda Lawson and all the Cast Help make this much More than just Drive-In Filler.This Ambiguous and Beautiful Film also has Ties to Aleister Crowley, Jack Parsons, L. Ron Hubbard, The Church of Satan, Kenneth Anger, and Roger Corman. Its Influences include Edgar Allan Poe, The French New Wave, and Val Lewton.So You See, this is a Must-See Movie for Fans of the Offbeat, the Occult, B-Movies, Horror and Fantasy Buffs, and Anyone Who Appreciates Film as Art.Note...Stay far away from the Public Domain tapes and DVDs. The Film now has a Blu-ray release and that's the only voyage to take.

lifesoboring As another reviewer stated, one of the great things here is the locations, the apartments, merry-go-round, club, pier; the film would not be the same if filmed elsewhere. The fortune teller, merry-go- round operator and mermaid girl and her ex-seafaring surrogate father are out-of-the-mainstream people who make the off- beatness of the film. Hopper himself seems an unusual character for a young U.S. Navy guy--'cause he's poking around in this rather strange environnment and is open to meeting these unusual people. He wanders into a basement jazz club at the beginning (by himself, not with a navy buddy) sees the intriuging mermaid girl and after a persisitent effort befriends her and she agrees to meet him next day--at her apartment over the merry-go-round place where she makes him breakfast! (fresh mackrel). Hopper is fantastic. Soft-spoken, bright, very natural, kind of innocent yet mature. He is someone who is open to new experiences. He speaks his mind in a very human way, and his responses to whatever is happening are all intelligent. He comes off as very mellow, friendly and likable. His girlfriend is good-looking, with nice eyes, originally from an island in Greece, she's interesting and very natural in her speech as well. Hearing the dialog between them is very sweet.I love her dancing in the nighttime beach party scene. In parts there is an ominous air of mystery which is important to the overall mood (Having to do with the "Sea People" legend and the possible murders of the mermaid girl's previous two boyfriends). The girl is almost like a supernatural being. I'd say that it's a nice love story,rather than it being about loneliness as other reviewers say. Yes, Night Tide is a gem that I was glad to have found.

lastliberal The Academy Film Archive, part of a foundation created by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, was established in 1991 and "dedicated to the preservation, restoration, documentation, exhibition and study of motion pictures." This is one of the films they recently restored.This rare film stars a young Dennis Hopper (Hoosiers, Easy Rider), who died earlier this year, and is the feature film directorial debut by avant-garde filmmaker Curtis Harrington (Killer Bees, Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet, Queen of Blood), who also wrote the script based upon his own short story. Harrington died in 2007.Linda Lawson has the exotic looks for the psychotic siren that captivates Hopper.Hopper was excellent as a naive sailor who fell in love with Lawson.The film was impeccable, and the jazz score really sounded great.The ending is for you to figure out.

funkyfry Well for whatever reason the first time I saw this movie I was extremely impressed with it, but this time around it seemed quite a bit rough around the edges. Still, I have to give this movie a lot of credit for originality in bringing a sort of fantasy sensibility into a "noir" kind of story. Also I think in some of the moments here when Dennis Hopper hits his stride, we're seeing basically "A Star is Born" situation going on and that makes the film precious in a whole other way.The plot owes quite a lot to Jacques Tourneur's "The Cat People" -- this is the aquatic version of that film. There's even a mysterious woman who confronts the heroine in a restaurant in a scene lifted from Tourneur's film directly. What I enjoyed here that wasn't in Tourneur's film is the seedy carnival atmosphere. But in so many areas, particularly Luana Anders performance as the "good girl", the film fails to take advantage of interesting possibilities and instead presents clichés as if they were fully formed ideas.The nightmare sequences are awkward but intriguing, the mood and tone of the film is pleasingly dark and empty. This film may have in turn influenced other films, particularly Herk Harvey's famous "Carnival of Souls" which features a similar scene underneath an amusement boardwalk and a similar quiet mood.