The Night Visitor

1971

Action / Crime / Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 13% · 8 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 51% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 2344 2.3K

prison asylum parrot prison escape revenge murder

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Plot summary

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

Director

Laslo Benedek Photo
Laslo Benedek

Top cast

Liv Ullmann Photo
Liv Ullmann as Ester Jenks
Max von Sydow Photo
Max von Sydow as Salem
Per Oscarsson Photo
Per Oscarsson as Dr. Anton Jenks
Trevor Howard Photo
Trevor Howard as Inspector
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
844.8 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
PG
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 46 min
Seeds 2
1.61 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
PG
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 46 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by delysid d 8 / 10

A creepy as hell murderer sneaks out of

a creepy as hell murderer sneaks out of prison to commit the perfect crime!
Reviewed by R T 8 / 10

This Swedish thriller was long thought to be

This Swedish thriller was long thought to be lost. I'm glad it's now newly discovered and released on Blu ray. It tells the tale of a mental institution resident who is thought to have escaped to take revenge on the people involved in his case who forced him to plead insanity. But if he escaped, how did he do it as it seems impossible? Also, doesn't returning back to the asylum after he has committed the crime just as impossible? Max Von Sydow plays Salem, the criminal in question and is (predictably) brilliant in the lead. In fact, all of the actors are fantastic with great support from acting heavyweights such as Liv Ullman and Trevor Howard. Theres even a small supporting role by Gretchen Franklin- Ethel Skinner (from 1980's episodes of EastEnders) herself! No sign of her Willie though (but there is a parrot).  The locales are gorgeous and provide a very picturesque backdrop to the film's events whether it be the large imposing monolith of the institution or the gorgeous snow-laden villages that Salem escapes to. The ending is unexpected and completely from left-field. No wonder the film ends with Salem laughing at the absurdity of it.  A low key delight.
Reviewed by R T 4 / 10

Salem (Max Von Sydow) has escaped a near-inescapable

Salem (Max Von Sydow) has escaped a near-inescapable insane asylum, a place where he's been trapped since being wrongly charged with killing a farmhand. Now he truly is deranged and is out for revenge on those he believes are guilty: his younger sisters Emma (Hanne Bork) and Ester (Liv Ullmann) and her husband Dr. Anton Jenks (Per Oscarsson), the man who accused Salem of the murder. Beyond the fact that the villain is actually the hero of this, it has an incredible score by Henry Mancini that was made for synthesizer, 12 woodwinds, organ, two pianos and two harpsichords — with one tuned to be flat and add dissonance. Originally entitled Salem Came to Supper and released again ten years later by 21st Century Film Corporation as Lunatic (before that company was bought and rebranded by Menahem Golan after the breakup of Cannon), this was directed by Laslo Benedek (who made the 1951 Death of a Salesman) and written by Guy Elmes, who adapted several Italian films for Western audiences.
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