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Hour of the Wolf

The hour of the wolf is the hour between night and dawn. It is the hour when most people die, when sleep is the deepest, when nightmares feel most real.

1968 · 1h 28m · Not Rated Drama, Horror
Directed by Ingmar Bergman

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While vacationing on a remote German island with his younger pregnant wife, an artist has an emotional breakdown while confronting his repressed desires.

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92%
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Fresh

A brilliant Gothic fantasy.

Derek Adams, Time Out
Fresh

Hour of the Wolf is not one of Bergman's great films but it is unthinkable for anyone seriously interested in movies not to see it.

Renata Adler, New York Times
Fresh

If we allow the images to slip past the gates of logic and enter the deeper levels of our mind, and if we accept Bergman's horror story instead of questioning it, Hour of the Wolf works magnificently.

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten

This 1967 effort is one of Bergman's most outlandish, with its pack of ghouls and its heavy suggestions of exhibitionism, necrophilia, and homosexuality -- a magnificent failure.

Don Druker, Chicago Reader

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