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* SexualRepression: It's abundant in this film, and a common theme in the work of CurtisHarrington.



* TentacledTerror: [[spoiler: The octopus/squid creature that Johnny dreams about Mora turning into while they make love.]]

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* TentacledTerror: [[spoiler: The octopus/squid creature that Johnny dreams about Mora turning into while they make love.]]]]
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* EnthrallingSiren: [[spoiler:Our main character is potentially one.]]
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''Night Tide'' is a 1961 romantic-horror film directed by Creator/CurtisHarrington, a pioneer of NewQueerCinema, starring Creator/DennisHopper, Linda Lawson and Gavin Muir. It features black and white cinematography by VilisLapenieks and an uncredited FloydCrosby (''High Noon''). A jazz music score by was provided by DavidRaksin (''Laura'').

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''Night Tide'' is a 1961 romantic-horror film written and directed by Creator/CurtisHarrington, a pioneer of NewQueerCinema, starring Creator/DennisHopper, Linda Lawson and Gavin Muir. It features black and white cinematography by VilisLapenieks and an uncredited FloydCrosby (''High Noon''). A jazz music score by was provided by DavidRaksin (''Laura'').
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* CuteAndPsycho: [[spoiler:Potentially Mora.]]

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* CuteAndPsycho: [[spoiler:Potentially Potentially Mora.]]



* MenstrualMenace: [[spoiler:The film's marketing material and some mentions within the film itself seem to intimate that Mora kills with the cycle of the moon, an almost certain reference to a woman's menstrual cycle.]]

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* MenstrualMenace: [[spoiler:The The film's marketing material and some mentions within the film itself seem to intimate that Mora kills with the cycle of the moon, an almost certain reference to a woman's menstrual cycle.]]
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* Homage: In terms of plot and mood, the film is an homage to ''Film/Cat People'' produced by Creator/ValLewton.

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* Homage: In terms of plot and mood, the film is an homage to ''Film/Cat People'' ''Film/CatPeople'' produced by Creator/ValLewton.
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* Homage: In terms of plot and mood, the film is an homage to ''Cat People'' produced by Creator/ValLewton.

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* Homage: In terms of plot and mood, the film is an homage to ''Cat ''Film/Cat People'' produced by Creator/ValLewton.
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* HomoeroticSubtext: A potential reading of the repressed sexuality our characters grapple with in the film, especially knowing that CurtisHarrington was an openly gay director.

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* HomoeroticSubtext: A potential reading of the repressed sexuality our characters grapple with in the film, especially knowing that CurtisHarrington Creator/CurtisHarrington was an openly gay director.
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* LitearyAllusionTitle: The film's title is a allusion to a line from the Creator/EdgarAllanPoe poem "Annabelle Lee."

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* LitearyAllusionTitle: LiteraryAllusionTitle: The film's title is a allusion to a line from the Creator/EdgarAllanPoe poem "Annabelle Lee."
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* LitearyAllusionTitle: The film's title is a allusion to a line from the Creator/EdgarAllanPoe poem "Annabelle Lee."
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* The60s: The film is a bonafide piece of 60s counter-culture, and is set in the Venice Beach area of California, known for its hippies.

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* The60s: TheSixties: The film is a bonafide piece of 60s counter-culture, and is set in the Venice Beach area of California, known for its hippies.
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* The60s: The film is a bonafide piece of 60s counter-culture, and is set in the Venice Beach area of California, known for its hippies.
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** [[spoiler:A fan translation of what the old woman, identified in the screenplay as the Water Witch, reveals that she said ""Soon you will meet your people, my love! Oh yes, very soon we will meet again!"]]

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** [[spoiler:A fan translation of what the old woman, identified in the screenplay as the Water Witch, woman said reveals that she said ""Soon it was "Soon you will meet your people, my love! Oh yes, very soon we will meet again!"]]
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''Night Tide'' is a 1961 romantic-horror film directed by Creator/CurtisHarrington, a pioneer of NewQueerCinema, starring Creator/DennisHopper, Linda Lawson and Gavin Muir. It features black and white cinematography by VilisLapenieks and an uncredited FloydCrosby (''Film/High Noon'') . A jazz music score by was provided by DavidRaksin (''Film/Laura'').

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''Night Tide'' is a 1961 romantic-horror film directed by Creator/CurtisHarrington, a pioneer of NewQueerCinema, starring Creator/DennisHopper, Linda Lawson and Gavin Muir. It features black and white cinematography by VilisLapenieks and an uncredited FloydCrosby (''Film/High Noon'') . (''High Noon''). A jazz music score by was provided by DavidRaksin (''Film/Laura'').
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''Night Tide'' is a 1961 romantic-horror film directed by Creator/CurtisHarrington, a pioneer of NewQueerCinema, starring Creator/DennisHopper, Linda Lawson and Gavin Muir. It features cinematography by VilisLapenieks and an uncredited FloydCrosby (''High Noon'') . A jazz music score by was provided by DavidRaksin (''Laura'').

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''Night Tide'' is a 1961 romantic-horror film directed by Creator/CurtisHarrington, a pioneer of NewQueerCinema, starring Creator/DennisHopper, Linda Lawson and Gavin Muir. It features black and white cinematography by VilisLapenieks and an uncredited FloydCrosby (''High (''Film/High Noon'') . A jazz music score by was provided by DavidRaksin (''Laura'').
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''Night Tide'' is a 1961 romantic-horror film directed by CurtisHarrington, a pioneer of NewQueerCinema, starring Creator/DennisHopper, Linda Lawson and Gavin Muir. It features cinematography by VilisLapenieks and an uncredited FloydCrosby (''High Noon'') . A jazz music score by was provided by DavidRaksin (''Laura'').

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''Night Tide'' is a 1961 romantic-horror film directed by CurtisHarrington, Creator/CurtisHarrington, a pioneer of NewQueerCinema, starring Creator/DennisHopper, Linda Lawson and Gavin Muir. It features cinematography by VilisLapenieks and an uncredited FloydCrosby (''High Noon'') . A jazz music score by was provided by DavidRaksin (''Laura'').

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* TheOphelia: Mora fits the mold.
* ParalyzingFearOfSexuality:

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* TheOphelia: Mora fits the mold.
* ParalyzingFearOfSexuality: Both of our main characters seem to have this fear.
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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: The film is left ambiguous.
* MaskOfSanity:

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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: The film is left ambiguous.ambiguous, since [[spoiler:Captain Murdock denies working with the mysterious, Greek speaking old woman who served as a HarbingerOfImpendingDoom to Mora at the jazz club.]]
** [[spoiler:A fan translation of what the old woman, identified in the screenplay as the Water Witch, reveals that she said ""Soon you will meet your people, my love! Oh yes, very soon we will meet again!"]]
* MaskOfSanity: Mora wears one early in her relationship with Johnny, which begins to slip as their romance intensifies.

* MaskOfSanity: MenstrualMenace: [[spoiler:The film's marketing material and some mentions within the film itself seem to intimate that Mora kills with the cycle of the moon, an almost certain reference to a woman's menstrual cycle.]]


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* SerialKiller: [[spoiler:Captain Murdock is revealed to be a serial killer at the end, having killed all of Mora's previous boyfriends to keep her for himself.]]
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* Homage: In terms of plot and mood, the film is an homage to ''Cat People'' directed by Creator/ValLewton.

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* Homage: In terms of plot and mood, the film is an homage to ''Cat People'' directed produced by Creator/ValLewton.
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* Homage: In terms of plot and mood, the film is an homage to ''Film/Cat People'' directed by Creator/ValLewton.

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* Homage: In terms of plot and mood, the film is an homage to ''Film/Cat ''Cat People'' directed by Creator/ValLewton.
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* Homage: In terms of plot and mood, the film is an homage to ''Film/Cat People'' directed by Creator/ValLewton.
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* BehavioralConditioning: [[spoiler: What Mora has been subjected to by Captain Murdock, her adoptive father who found her on an island in Greece.]]
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* HomoeroticSubtext: A potential reading of the film, especially knowing that CurtisHarrington was an openly gay director.

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* HomoeroticSubtext: A potential reading of the repressed sexuality our characters grapple with in the film, especially knowing that CurtisHarrington was an openly gay director.
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* HomoeroticSubtext: A potential reading of the view, especially knowing that CurtisHarrington was an openly gay director.

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* HomoeroticSubtext: A potential reading of the view, film, especially knowing that CurtisHarrington was an openly gay director.
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* HomoeroticSubtext: A potential reading of the view, especially knowing that CurtisHarrington was an openly gay director.

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