'The Night of the Hunter'

This film is CREEEEEEEEEEPPPPPPPPPPY. There isn't a creepier cast of characters and yet at times it's so corny, cartoonish and almost whimsical that it's hard to remember who stinking dark it is.

Like all the animals that make appearances and the really outdated acting and action scenes -- often, the villian (played gloriously by Robert Mitchum) isn't much more than the ghost or gobllin in a Scooby Doo cartoon.

However, there's tons of dead-end storylines and characters. Like the lovable uncle, who turns out to be no help because he's a lush.

It deserves tons of criticism despite it being 50 years old (there are probably a hundred movies made before "The Night of the Hunter" that don't fell so dated), but it has some good suspense, some excellent performances and more than a few great shots.