Hour of the Wolf

Duncan Gray

In which Ingmar Bergman, who for better or worse popularized the idea of the "art film", tries his hand at a horror film. Which means that amazing imagery, acting, atmosphere, and statements about obsessive artists end up side by side with Hammer-isms like spooky castles and fake eyeballs. It makes you realize that some of the most artistically satisfying horror films are the ones that pretend not to be art at all.

Rafael Zen

This is just too beautiful to exist. Bergman builds an imagery overflow with this horror: there are so many great scenes put together in here: heart-cutting loneliness, desperation & emotion. Liv is so beautiful to watch - she puts together a very soulful individual, lost in the ashes of what remained: dark shadows and silence. Be prepared to transcend.

postblueink

9.5/10 (19.11.2015) all my life i wanted to have a woman/wife like a heroine of Liv Ullmann (not just an actress, but she). Her self-sacrifice, love, help, it's just amazing. Her view of life so similar to mine, when she talks about similarity of lovers who spent a lot of time together. It is a difficult film, a scary film. ... 10/10 (28. 07. 2018).

kartina obskura

i´ve seen 20 horrors in past 7 days but THIS is essentially disturbing

Catarina C Gomes

Bergman always makes you think and it's a welcome challenge to everyone who seeks a deeper meaning in things. This makes you think inescapably about love and how it's intensity or lack of it can arm. Loving less someone can protect him and you, but not loving enough may let us to live in constant dissatisfaction. In the end, one of them must be? Anywho, always a good cinematic experience if you enjoy to be confused.

Tara Violet

a bizarre and twisted psychological nightmare and a feast of the eyes. what a sense of dread bergman captures, as well as mental disintegration. I found this film fascinating and after seeing persona and hour of the wolf I am compelled by liv ullmann and her ability to portray such vivid emotion in facial expressions.

Paula

Deep and hauntingly beautiful. This film blurs the thin dividing line between nightmares and reality and still leaves some questions unanswered.

kvyrv

I wish this wasn't Bergman's only horror film, because, although with its slight flaws, I truly love it , and I always thought his cinematic style would work greatly with the genre.