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This 1968 Swedish mind-bending thriller tells the story of a tormented artist, Johan (Max von Sydow), and the demons that haunt him. Alma (Liv Ullman) dictates the story of her husband’s disappearance from a picnic table through flashbacks and excerpts from his diary.

Madly in love with the disturbed Johan, Alma has just moved with her husband to a remote and beautiful island in Sweden. Despite this idyllic setting, Johan’s mental state begins to deteriorate as he becomes more and more obsessed with his delusions and past memories.

Throughout the film, Johan is constantly approached by odd people from the island, who he believes are his demons. Johan gives these people names such as the Bird-Man, the Insects, the Meat-Eaters, the Schoolmaster, and The Lady With a Hat. 

Director Ingmar Bergman shows audiences surrealism, expressionism and full-on gothic horror. This film is not for all audiences; it can be slow at times and is a very old foreign film. The film also includes incredibly brutal and disturbing images. Bergman shows horrific images that verge on madness.

Johan’s hallucinations slip back and forth from reality, leaving the audience to continuously question what is real and what is imagined.

“The Hour of the Wolf” is a magnificent film if it is viewed without questions or logic, but instead as a terrible nightmare.

The film has a haunting allure that grabs the viewer and does not let go until the last scene, but is possibly one of Bergman’s most under-appreciated films.