Cape Fear
Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his… From TMDB
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60 of 209 · most liked firstRewatched CAPE FEAR (1991). More zooms than a Jess Franco movie. Joe Don Baker drinking Jim Beam with Pepto. What a picture! #filmsky #noirvember
unlabelledView post →feels like the worm has really turned, at least for the moment, on desaturated, colorless film and tv. Cape Fear, The Vampire Lestat, Sugar, House of the Dragon, all vibrantly colorful
unlabelledView post →RIP Joe Don Baker. A great actor in so many great movies. Walking Tall. Charley Varrick. Junior Bonner. Cape Fear. The Outfit. He's even great in Mitchell if you watch it without the robots talking in your ear. Should be a Clint-level American icon. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
unlabelledView post →My reaction to the episodes of the Apple CAPE FEAR that I watched (which isn’t all of them, because I got kinda bored) is that when you do maximalist menace and violence for the length of a movie, that can work. Staring down the barrel of ten hours or whatever it is? No thank you. Not for me.
unlabelledView post →OMG this movie — I was worried about bringing my almost 13 to a revival screening of 1994’s The Crow but watching 1962 Cape Fear w/ my sophisticated 17-yr-old I’m more worried, more scared & unsettled myself. Mitchum goddamn.
unlabelledView post →Rewatched A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE which is such a curiously intimate movie. Following it up with CAPE FEAR (1991)
unlabelledView post →A stroll on the Wilmington Riverwalk along Cape Fear...the movie was so much scarier. #BlueSkyMon #BlueSkyMonday
unlabelledView post →I swear, I’d fuckin’ sit there with a big cigar, laughing like DeNiro in the movie theater in Cape Fear. And walk out backwards flipping Hegseth off.
unlabelledView post →Cape Fear |1991 www.imdb.com/title/tt0101540 #NowWatching #filmsky #horrormovies ·a convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a fourteen-year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him·
unlabelledView post →Happy #LetterboxdFriday 📽️! I only watched three this week but all were good (Heart Eyes is from the previous week). The standout being a Scorsese film (shocking, right? lol). What are your #LastFourWatched? Superman (2025) The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) Cape Fear (1991) Heart Eyes (2025)
unlabelledView post →Reposting my only tweet I would’ve missed: ‘The Fury’ is my favorite Cronenberg film directed by DePalma. ‘Cape Fear’ is my favorite DePalma film directed by Scorsese. ‘Eastern Promises’ is my favorite Scorsese film directed by Cronenberg.
unlabelledView post →We are stoked. We’re getting to see a Frank Miller adaptation early, exclusively?! Problem is, we cannot stop laughing. We’re laughing like Robert DeNiro in Cape Fear. The movie is hilarious & ridiculous to us & no one else which makes it worse. My producer is annoyed by us but we can’t HELP IT…
unlabelledView post →When we talk about horror movie villains I am almost always astounded that DeNiro's Cape Fear performance and Goodman's 10 Cloverfield Lane performance aren't given more props.
unlabelledView post →Daaaaamn. We’ve had a lot of fun with Joe Don over the years, on eps like Congo, The Pack, and Joysticks, but he was also great in GoldenEye, Cape Fear, The Living Daylights, Charley Varrick, Fletch, Walking Tall… it goes on. What a life! www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
unlabelledView post →I'm a fan of MST3K, but I will never forgive them for turning Joe Don Baker into a joke. He was a genuinely terrific actor. Lots of big roles will be mentioned today, but he's very underrated in Scorsese's CAPE FEAR (what great presence he brings to that part) and MUD, his last film. RIP.
unlabelledView post →John D. MacDonald (with scenes from the J. Lee Thompson film "Cape Fear". adapted from the MacDonald novel "The Executioners") - BOTD
unlabelledView post →The implausible moment in the 1991 Cape Fear was when someone sat in a cinema and found the film Problem Child really funny.
unlabelledView post →Cape Fear (1962): utterly chilling and clear-sighted about violence against women and girls letterboxd.com/marie_philli...
unlabelledView post →John D. MacDonald (with scenes from the J. Lee Thompson film "Cape Fear". adapted from the MacDonald novel "The Executioners") - BOTD
unlabelledView post →SILENCE, THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST, THE AGE OF INNOCENCE, AFTER HOURS, NEW YORK NEW YORK, ALICE, BOXCAR BERTHA... I mean, you can count on one hand the number of obvious auteurs who have a more genre-diverse filmography. TAXI DRIVER isn't even a gangster movie. WHO'S THAT KNOCKIN', CAPE FEAR?
unlabelledView post →Favorite horror film from each year of the 1990’s: 1990: IT 1991: Cape Fear 1992: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me 1993: Leprechan 1994: New Nightmare 1995: Tales from the Hood 1996: The Craft 1997: I Know What You Did Last Summer 1998: Urban Legend 1999: Sixth Sense #Filmsky #Moviesky #Horrorsky
unlabelledView post →I'm really enjoying this episode of Rogue Commentary with "Cape Fear" (1991) screenwriter Wesley Strick. Just a fantastic 2+ hr interview about making a movie. By David Hughes.
unlabelledView post →Mitchum in Night of the Hunter and Cape Fear really created a kind of villain for american film AFAIC. Someone on here already said Bardem as Chigurh and I think there's a common thread there about how those characters are slow moving, soft spoken, a bit jokey and absolutely soulless killers.
unlabelledView post →Share a horror movie title that begins with the letter “C” 🎥 Cape Fear (1991)
unlabelledView post →so I started watching Cape Fear (1991) on a whim yesterday and I have thoughts: Deniro with a Southern accent is something! The simpsons episode captures so much of the movie, down to the musical stings, which is wild The simpsons episode did not prepare me for one specific scene of violence
unlabelledView post →BOTD Telly Savalas!! MCC faves incl Cape Fear, Birdman, The Slender Thread, Bond film OHMSS, Scalphunters, Capricorn One But for us, indelibly, Kojak - Our appreciation, incl T12 Eps: midcenturycinema.org/2024/08/22/n...
unlabelledView post →Scorsese’s De Palma movie is CAPE FEAR and his Spielberg movie is HUGO.
unlabelledView post →#JuneMovieChallenge 6/19: A movie with a movie theater in it "Cape Fear" (1991)
unlabelledView post →PERSON OF THE DAY. 17 November 1942. Martin Scorsese was born in New York City, USA. He’s one of the most significant directors in film history. He made a number of classic films with Robert De Niro, including, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Cape Fear, Mean Streets, Goodfellas, Casino, and The Irishman.
unlabelledView post →This is my first watch of the original Cape Fear. Barely into the film and Robert Mitchum is already completely evil. I can’t look away. #CapeFear #TCMParty
unlabelledView post →With the Apple TV series coming next month, we're currently getting a CAPE FEAR every three decades. Today for The Reveal, I look back on the 1962 and 1991 versions, and how they reflect movie culture and culture-culture ($): thereveal.film/the-sum-of-a...
unlabelledView post →Spielberg: He has two, Duel and Jaws Scorsese: I think you could say Taxi Driver is a horror movie but I understand that's a bit cute. Cape Fear isn't one of his masterpieces. Neither is Shutter Island The Coens: No Country is a Taxi Driver deal Lee: I like Summer of Sam but it's not for everyone
unlabelledView post →Apple TV's reboot of Cape Fear as a 10 episode tv show has quite the cast; Amy Adams and Patrick Wilson are lawyers who broke rules when they put away Max Cady (Javier Bardem); now he wants revenge. The new upgrades add depth, and Adams and Bardem excel. 4 out of 5 film-authority.com/2026/06/10/c...
unlabelledView post →Post a scene with some fireworks? 🎆 🖤 (From TV or Film) 📺🎥 Cape Fear
unlabelledView post →#MovieMadness #MovieChallenge Day 17 - movie with the greatest villain Robert Mitchum as Max Cady in Cape Fear (1962). Terrifying!
unlabelledView post →Me watching "Cape Fear":
unlabelledView post →Apple TV's adaptation of "Cape Fear" fails to justify turning a lean-and-mean revenge story into a bloated 10-hour series, BUT it's never boring and the top tier cast is exceptional. My review:
unlabelledView post →I think the only way that an 8 hour "Cape Fear" series is justifiable is if the movie theater scene includes an entire double feature in real time.
unlabelledView post →I love when Marty does horror as a cooldown (Cape Fear after Goodfellas, Shutter Island after The Departed, this after KotFM) variety.com/2026/film/ne...
unlabelledView post →#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched Halloween 3 (🎶 358 days to Halloween, Halloween, Halloween. Silver Shamrock 🎶) Cape Fear (Anxiety :The Movie) The Jackal (**Spoiler** remember when Jack Black's character dies in the film. Ah, good times) A Hatchet for the Honeymoon (Super Mario Bava)
unlabelledView post →Me making plans: “Over the New Year break, I *will* find 3½ hours when I’m rested and focused enough to watch Scorsese’s ‘The Irishman’ in one sitting.” Me in reality: “Ooh, a new ‘Wallace and Gromit’ movie from Nick Park! With ‘Cape Fear’ [and ‘Aliens’] references! Cracking!”
unlabelledView post →How in TF do you pick a best movie out of this list of monster films: Thelma & Louise Terminator 2 What about Bob Backdraft The Rocketeer Point Break Boyz n the Hood Ski School Cape Fear My Girl Fried Green Tomatoes 1991
unlabelledView post →scratching the itch to rewatch Scorsese's CAPE FEAR. forgot this has Joe Don Baker **and** Fred Dalton Thompson in support. That's too much fella! No film can possibly expect to support that amount of fella.
unlabelledView post →Tonight's film What everyone else* thinks about Night of the Hunter, I think about Cape Fear. *I also think it about Night of the Hunter.
unlabelledView post →I’ve started watching Cape Fear. This mini-series adaptation starring J. Bardem really brings that raw, unpredictable threat and psychological dread from Scorsese’s 1991 film into a modern light. The tension is incredibly high, and the whole story is built right around the invasion of safe spaces.
unlabelledView post →Available now from Quartet Records, the score to "Cape Fear" by Bernard Herrmann, adapted by Elmer Bernstein. This features the score to the film as well as the original soundtrack album. All of it newly edited, mixed and mastered from new high-res transfers. quartetrecords.com/product/cape...
unlabelledView post →BOTD Telly Savalas!! MCC faves incl Cape Fear, Birdman, Sydney Pollack's 1st, The Slender Thread, Bond film OHMSS, Scalphunters, Capricorn One But indelibly, Kojak - Our appreciation, incl T12 Eps: midcenturycinema.org/2024/08/22/n... NYT '73 feature: www.nytimes.com/1973/10/07/a...
unlabelledView post →On our new episode, we finally watch a film that's directly referenced (and clips are even shown) in the first season of Chucky: the 1991 Martin Scorsese remake of Cape Fear!
unlabelledView post →Come out, come out, wherever you are: Christy @christylemire.bsky.social and Alonso @aduralde.bsky.social review Cape Fear (1991) - join our Patreon for our recaps of the new Apple TV series. #filmsky 📽 patreon.com/bfastallday
unlabelledView post →Matin Scorsese's version of CAPE FEAR. For someone so passionate about genre movies, Scorsese's not very good at making pulpy trash. The Simpsons parody of CF is sooo much better than the actual film.
unlabelledView post →Christy @christylemire.bsky.social and Alonso @aduralde.bsky.social pro are to recap Apple TV’s Cape Fear (for the Patreon) by catching up to the 1962 original. (Review of ‘91 coming Tuesday.) #filmsky 📽 patreon.com/bfastallday
unlabelledView post →Just seen an ad from Apple for the upcoming Cape Fear TV series. It calls it a 'reimagining of the iconic Martin Scorsese film' Okay....
unlabelledView post →A great film from each year of the 60s: 1960: Psycho 1961: Yojimbo 1962: Cape Fear 1963: Billy Liar 1964: Onibaba 1965: The Hill 1966: Cul-de-sac 1967: Bonnie and Clyde 1968: Rosemary's Baby 1969: The Wild Bunch
unlabelledView post →Behind the scenes of Martin Scorsese’s CAPE FEAR (1991). Elmer Bernstein was hired to arrange, adapt & conduct Bernard Herrmann’s original score from the 1962 film for the remake. Bernstein also integrated unused cues that Herrmann had originally composed for Alfred Hitchcock’s film TORN CURTAIN.
unlabelledView post →James Somerton in his bedroom doing pull ups, staring at a dartboard with Hbomberguy's face on it, while the theme from the film Cape Fear plays
unlabelledView post →Fave film for each year of the 1960s: 60: The Time Machine 61: Blast if Silence 62: Cape Fear 63: The Haunted Palace 64: Dr. Strangelove 65: Dr. Terror's House of Horror 66: The Sword of Doom 67: Point Blank 68: Targets 69: The Wild Bunch
unlabelledView post →« Cape Fear », sur Apple TV : un remake efficace d’un film mal-aimé de Scorsese, « Les Nerfs à vif »
unlabelledView post →Amy Adams's Southern accent in the Cape Fear trailer is incredible. Like someone simultaneously doubling down on those Sandra Bullock Christian movie accents while only giving half the effort.
unlabelledView post →Caught a 35mm print of Scorsese’s CAPE FEAR tonight at the Paris in NYC. This film is just as powerful now as it was in 1991. Maybe more so. The talent in front of & behind the camera remains top-notch. Horror director Freddie Francis’s cinematography still impresses, as does Schoonmaker’s editing.
unlabelledView post →we watched Scorsese’s Cape Fear last night after watching the original two weeks ago. i LOVED both!! and i am positive the Cape Fear theme is the greatest movie theme of all time boxd.it/g442sN #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
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