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2 | * BrokenBase: Opinions are split on whether showing the demon in closeup (or showing it at all) adds to or detracts from the film. The closeups were a result of ExecutiveMeddling -- director Creator/JacquesTourneur wanted the demon to be barely glimpsed. |
3 | * RetroactiveRecognition: Rand Hobart is played by Creator/BrianWilde, who would later be best known for playing Mr. Barrowclough in ''Series/{{Porridge}}'' and Foggy Dewhirst in ''Series/LastOfTheSummerWine''. |
4 | * SpecialEffectFailure: |
5 | ** From a modern perspective, the closeups of the demon are more likely to inspire laughter than terror. The demon's smoky long shots, however, hold up pretty well. |
6 | ** In the scene where Karswell's cat Graymalkin turns into a leopard and attacks Holden, Dana Andrews is pretty obviously wrestling with a taxidermy model. |
7 | ** When Karswell leaves the train to chase the parchment with the runes, you can clearly see the wire on which it's hanging. |
8 | * SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: |
9 | ** Although the closeups of the demon's face haven't aged particularly well, the puppet looks quite impressive for the 50s, especially when it's shown from afar and wreathed in smoke. |
10 | ** The scenes where we don't see the demon itself but rather the effect it's having on the world, like the smoking hoofprints in the forest being left by [[NothingIsScarier something we can't even see]], are very effective. |
11 | * WatchItForTheMeme: A lot of Music/KateBush fans found out about this film through her song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VerK4zwMRQw "Hounds of Love"]] from the [[Music/HoundsOfLove album of the same name]], which opens with the sampled line "It's in the trees, it's coming!" |
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