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'The old ones called it "the hour of the wolf." It is the hour when most people die, when most children are born. Now is when nightmares come to us. And if we are awake … we're afraid.' Everyone experiences this phenomenon but it was Ingmar Bergman who brought this bit of Swedish folklore to the mass consciousness and gave it a name. Join this episode's Grue Crew - Joseph Perry, Whitney Collazo, Chad Hunt, and Jeff Mohr - as they do their best to decypher Ingmar Bergman's Hour of the Wolf . Decades of Horror: The Classic Era Episode 52 – Hour of the Wolf (1968) Synopsis: While vacationing on a remote Scandinavian island with his younger pregnant wife, an artist has an emotional breakdown while confronting his repressed desires. IMDb Writer/Director: Ingmar Bergman Featured Cast: Max von Sydow as Johan Borg Liv Ullmann as Alma Borg Gertrud Fridh as Corinne von Merkens Georg Rydeberg as Lindhorst Erland Josephson as Baron von Merkens Naima Wifstrand as Old Lady with Hat Ulf Johansson as Heerbrand Gudrun Brost as Gamla Fru von Merkens Ingrid Thulin as Veronica Vogler Usually considered Bergman's one true horror film, Hour of the Wolf, aka Vargtimmen , had your loyal Grue Crew baffled and befuddled at times. Joseph, the only Bergman non-virgin among them, did his best to guide the others. Jeff is impressed with several set pieces throughout the film giving it more the feel of a disjointed nightmare than a cohesive story and identifies Strange Brew as his favorite Max von Sydow appearance. The lady with the face that came off with her hat piqued Whitney's interest as she found the makeup and effects fascinating. Chad is glad to have had the opportunity to broaden his horizons and to discuss Hour of the Wolf but still isn't able to see it as a horror film. What he calls "surrealist, arthouse, but-is-it-horror?" horror films are a particular love of Joseph's (Surprise, surprise!) so he finds much more to like in Hour of the Wolf than the rest of the Grue Crew. As most Grue
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