Dennis Hopper Movie:

		List Price: $7.98		Label: Alpha Video Salesrank: 115513 Released: January 21, 2003
		Our Price: $2.00
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		MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated) Media: DVD

Night Tide Reviews:
A suggestion for those responsible for this bomb
2007-04-25 - If you are going to make a horror movie, here is an idea. How about a monster? Wouldn't that be something? Yes Dennis Hopper is in this and it is probably the only reason anyone would watch this. For those who like old horror movies with hoaky monsters, all you get out of this is a giant rubber octopus that comes in a dream.

Dennis Hopper is a sailer in the Navy spending some time on the Santa Monica boardwalk. He meets and pursues a beautiful woman named Mora. Turns out she works with her guardian in a boardwalk sideshow as a mermaid.

There is a lot in this movie that has nothing or little to do with the plot. If I wanted to see a lonely military service member spending time on leave doing nothing interesting at all, I would just videotape myself.

Dennis is warned that his life is in danger when the full moon arrives. Mora has already had two boyfriends die in mysterious drowning accidents. He pays no attention to his tarot card reading and decides to go scuba diving with Mora. This is where I get lost.

They dive together and Mora takes Dennis' knife and cuts his air hose. He makes it back to the service. Then he sits on the dingy for hours, Mora never comes back up. Then he spends the night by himself in a hotel.

OK, then he goes back to the boardwalk to see Mora as the mermaid. HE goes in to see her and SHE'S dead! How did this happen. Then her guardian the drunk old retired Royal Navy Captain pulls a gun on him.

At the police station the old man admits that Mora was just an ordinary girl and it was he himself that had been killing boyfriends. So the monster in this movie is an old drunk pervert.

I would not watch this again. There is enough pain in my life.

Fish Tale...
2005-08-25 - Johnny Drake (Dennis Hopper) is a lonely sailor on liberty. He wanders the santa monica boardwalk, looking for entertainment. After stopping into the Blue Grotto lounge for a beer and some jazz, Johnny is instantly smitten by a beautiful girl named Mora (Linda Lawson), who is also sitting alone. A strange old woman comes in and speaks to Mora, causing her to leave in a hurry. Johnny follows her, drawn to her. This begins an odd relationship between the young sailor and the mysterious Mora. Soon, Johnny finds out that Mora is a mermaid in a sideshow. Her boss, captain Sam Murdock (Gavin Muir) tells Johnny an unbelievable story about Mora, a tale of ancient myths and their basis in facts. He tells Johnny that Mora is an actual siren! A mermaid! Murdock warns him that she could even be dangerous. Also, Johnny is told by a local gal named Ella (Luana "Dementia 13" Anders) that Mora's last two boyfriends met with untimely deaths! If that's not enough, a tarot-card reader (Marjorie Eaton) shows Johnny a perplexing future! Does Johnny heed any of these warnings / signs? Nah, he's in love! He stays with Mora to the end, and what an end it is! I like this movie. It keeps Mora's true identity / species a secret. I'm still not sure if she's human! Check it out...

Dennis Hopper meets a mysterious woman with long black hair.
2003-10-01 - This is one of those little-known films I watched during late night television in the 1980's. I was so intrigued, I never forgot it. Now I finally own the DVD copy of it. This film is interesting to watch and really has that weird 1960's feel to it. Set during the month of August. This film offers the most relaxed performance I've ever seen Dennis Hopper play in any film and he was the age of 24 at the time. This isn't your normal beach movie and it's in black & white. Dennis Hopper plays a sailor on shore leave. He roams around Santa Monica pier and comes across the Blue Grotto, a nice jazz place. There he meets a woman with long black hair, "Mora" (Linda Lawson). A mysterious old woman comes out and tells "Mora" she must leave quickly. John the sailor is so drawn to her that he follows her into the night on the beach. She lives in a apartment above the Merry Go-Round. The sailor asks her to see her again tomorrow for breakfast. A friendship begins. Mora's job is a pier attraction. She is the mermaid. But there is another side of Mora so mysterious that Johnny doesn't know. Memorable good scenes are those when Johnny follows the old women to Venice and who can forget Marjorie Eaton as the Fortune Teller. Also in the cast is Luana Anders, Tom Dillon and Gavin Muir.
Linda Lawson appeared in "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" tv series, episode: "I Can Take Care Of Myself", May 15, 1960.
Most recently, Linda Lawson appeared in the "ER" tv series, episode "You Are Here", May 5, 2005.
Some of the locations in this film can also be seen in The NBC Mystery Movie: Columbo--Make Me A Perfect Murder (1978-TV).

Noir Tide
2003-08-04 - This otherwise typical low-budgeter probably has its fans for two reasons. One, obviously, is the intriguing presence of young Dennis Hopper. The other--maybe not so obviously--is that the feature is a not-bad little noir, replete with brooding atmosphere, smokey chiaroscuro, and an everyman enthralled with an exotic, enigmatic woman. The movie's main problem is poor pacing, exacerbated by a tinny, monotonous score. There are also plot lapses that have nothing to do with the leading lady's origins. Though reminiscent of Cat People, the film merely flirts with horror, though it smacks enough of the supernatural to pose lingering, disquieting questions. Is she or isn't she--the ultimate femme fatale--a Siren....