You can't TREAT AUDREY HEPBURN THAT WAY!! First Time Watching Wait Until Dark (1967) Movie Reaction

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My first time watching Wait Until Dark (1967). I went in as blind as possible! Suzy DEFINED COURAGE as she slowly unraveled the clues and the very real danger she was in. Such a great watch. I hope you enjoyed my Wait Until Dark movie reaction & commentary
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Original Movie: Wait Until Dark (1967)
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[@CasualNerdReactions]

Rest in peace, Alan Arkin. 💙

[@kathyastrom1315]

When I was in high school, my sister rented this and said I had to watch it with her. She then proceeded to turn off all of the lights in our basement tv room for the showing. When the film reached that big climactic showdown with all of the lights out, OMG, did my heart rate skyrocket! Then, when Harry just LEAPT out of nowhere, I think I jumped about five feet off of the couch. Four years later, I was at the video store with a college friend who had never seen this film, and I recreated my sister’s tactics, with the satisfaction of watching my friend just elevate off of her couch! So much fun. Stephen King called Harry Roat, Jr., one of the best villains in screen history.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Oh my gosh! That’s the best way to watch the film for sure. Haha

[@raputathebuta]

Even knowing it's coming, I still jump every time.

[@shainewhite2781]

This is a crazy psychological thriller from start to finish! The scene where Alan Arkin jumps out of the darkness and tries to attack Hepburn was #10 on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Yes! It definitely made me JUMP!!!

[@torontomame]

I have watched this movie several times over the years, and I STILL jump at that! 🤣

[@zzzzzzzzzzzk]

Stephen King said he found the scene where Alan Arkin jumps at Audrey Hepburn in the dark to be the scariest thing he has seen. He also said he found Alan Arkin's performance "the greatest evocation of screen villainy ever."

[@photo161]

A scene I will never forget as it was the first and last time I ever heard an entire audience scream loudly as one, followed by nervous laughter and hushed whispers. So superbly well directed to achieve maximum heart-stopping surprise.

[@subversivelysurreal3645]

@@photo161 that must’ve been amazing to see this film in the theater.

[@jimmygallant4778]

Any movie featuring Audrey Hepburn is worth watching. Such a wonderful person on or off the screen. RIP 🙏🙏🙏

[@subversivelysurreal3645]

Yes, but one of her very best of performances is in fantastic film so terribly titled that it’s no wonder young people won’t see it. Fred Zinnemann directed her and Peter Finch in ‘The Nun’s Story’. It’s fascinating, actually, how Hepburn’s character simply isn’t cut out to be a nun, and what she puts herself through as she’s unwilling to accept that. Oh, and she bought all of her OWN clothes from Paris for this movie. 🍿

[@caspence56]

Richard Crenna did such a great job in a rare role as a villain in this film. He always was the nice guy, such as geeky Walter Denton in the old "Our Miss Brooks" radio show and as Luke McCoy in "The Real McCoys". BTW, the first time I watched this movie I was eating popcorn and when Alan Arkin jumps out at Audrey Hepburn, the bowl of popcorn went flying all over the living room. One of the best scares I ever had!

[@CasualNerdReactions]

That’s so classic! I love it when the popcorn flies.

[@mckeldin1961]

One of Hepburn's very best roles... LOVE HER! I've seen it many times and it always grabs me! Your reaction was absolutely fantastic. Thank you so much!!

[@CasualNerdReactions]

She really was amazing here! 😊

[@Jeff_Lichtman]

When this movie came out in 1967, the entire theater would go black when Susy (Audrey Hepburn) turned out all the lights in her apartment. The audiences weren't able to see, putting them in the same position as the characters. Since then, safety regulations have been passed requiring a minimum level of lighting in screening rooms, even when the movie is running. So if you see this movie in a theater today, you won't have the same experience they had 55 years ago. If you watch it at home, it might be possible to block any light from coming into the room.

[@reesebn38]

Thats cool.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Oh this would be so fun in a pitch black room! What a moment!

[@subversivelysurreal3645]

That sounds so SO scary and wonderful!

[@islandgreenstrong]

Just one of Audrey Hepburn's many AMAZING movies. As a teenager watching this the first time, this really scared me. Great reaction, glad you liked it!! Have a good one!! ~Dawne

[@paulhelberg5269]

I saw this movie on TV when I was a kid. It was my "Home Alone" film. It inspired me in many ways, and I have been a big fan of Audrey Hepburn ever since. What a brilliantly written and acted film. Truely timeless. Good reaction my nerdy friend.

[@geraldmcboingboing7401]

Another great reaction. Thanks, Chris. In the documentary, "A Look in the Dark," about the making of this film, Alan Arkin said that at one of the early screenings of the film, which he hadn't seen yet, he was giving an interview in the lobby, while the picture was being shown. He heard the screams of about a thousand people and it scared the hell out of him. He said, "What's that?" The interviewer said, "It's you!"

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Thanks so much, Gerald!

[@michaelsimpson6970]

LOL.

[@dylanschoon9371]

I never knew that! That's honestly amazing!

[@Rmlohner]

Roat was a tremendously difficult role to cast, as just about every actor who'd be appropriate for the part knew full well they'd have a very hard time shaking the image of tormenting a blind Audrey Hepburn. Luckily, Alan Arkin did indeed do very well for himself afterward.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

I can only imagine! Who would wanna take that on. So glad he did.

[@BroadwayGuy]

@@CasualNerdReactions : Alan Arkin said he HATED "tormenting" Audrey Hepburn on screen. Years later, he remarked at a Lifetime Achievement Award ceremony in Audrey's honor, "But I've tried to make up for it by giving several earnest performances on Public Television."

[@raputathebuta]

He is SOOOO fantastic in this! It took me a long time to see him as anyone other than Roat. In later years, he played some fabulously wonderful characters (Edward Scissorhands, So I Married an Axe Murderer, Indian Summer).

[@Rmlohner]

@@raputathebuta Argo.

[@inkfishpete8695]

@@raputathebuta if you like Alan Arkin, check out Popi, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, and The In-Laws (original with Peter Falk, not the remake).

[@rs-ye7kw]

Thank you! I've been trying to get someone to react to this movie for years. Same goes for Charade, so I'm very glad you indicate it's on your radar.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Hopefully this does well, so someone else will do it too 😆

[@shirw]

Ooh, Charade is so good! I mean, Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant 😍... you just can't go wrong!

[@rustincohle2135]

Well, geez, THIS is a nice surprise! Never expected anyone to react to this classic. Alan Arkin was notably snubbed for an Oscar nomination for portraying such a brilliant villain-- Audrey instead got a very deserved nomination. Arkin commented "you don't get nominated for torturing Audrey Hepburn."

[@CasualNerdReactions]

I love that quote!

[@rustincohle2135]

​@@CasualNerdReactions "Wait Until Dark" is a superior example of a "high concept" film, a movie with a simple but intriguing premise with lots of entertainment potential. Also, if you're unsure if you've seen Arkin before, he won an Oscar for playing the grandpa in "Little Miss Sunshine". He was also the film producer in "Argo" who always says "Argo fff yourself", and he was the dad in "Edward Scissorhands". Also, the year after "Wait Until Dark", he gave his best and most powerful performance as a deaf-mute in the criminally underseen gem "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter".

[@davidfox5383]

I jumped watching you jump... Haha! It's funny, the first time I saw this movie was in class in elementary school. Some teacher had a warped sense of humor and while the other classes were watching Romeo and Juliet or The Wizard of Oz we were all jumping and screaming at this one. Let's just say I loved that teacher for giving us that gift!!! It's been years since I've seen this, but even watching the truncated version here, it brings me back to the late 60s... The movie is quite a little time capsule. Thanks for YOUR gift ...of this fun reaction!

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Thanks so much, David! This movie definitely had me hooked, it took a little bit for me to fully click in, but once it had me it never let up. Great film.

[@Adeodatus100]

I once played Carlino in an amateur theatre production of Wait Until Dark (though the character is called Croker in the stage version). I'd only ever done straight drama or comedy before, and I thought that the best noise in a theatre was an audience laughing. Wrong. The best noise is an audience screaming.

[@carlosyamara]

Remember watching this as a kid when it was on TV, I was TERRIFIED ! The surprise jump almost gave me a heart attack.

[@markalleneaton]

One of the best jump scares ever! So glad you reviewed this film - I never feel like it gets enough love. Great villains, great heroine who turns the tables on her tormentors, turning a sizeable disadvantage into her greatest strength. My only gripe is Sam at the ending, insisting that she walk to him instead of immediately rushing to her arms. I get what they were going for thematically, but WHAT IS WRONG WITH HIM!? Doesn't matter - still a great movie. : )

[@bunpeishiratori5849]

Yeah, that has always bothered me too. He comes across like a jerk at that moment.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

I agree, I feel like Sam’s insistence she be the worlds champion blind lady doesn’t paint him in the best light, despite the fact that may be partly why she was able to survive.

[@subversivelysurreal3645]

I agree! Good grief, hadn’t she been through enough already?! It should never be remade, but as a play, it might be nicer to have her husband be not a photographer, but a musician…so that what (well, for obvious reasons)-the chemicals can still be worked into it. In any case, he really was NOT my favorite character.

[@AtomicAgePictures]

Henry Mancini was known for his pop songs, and his lush romantic scores, but no one wrote a better suspense score!

[@moviemonster2083]

What you are really responding to is the intelligence of the script. This is an outstanding feature of that fabulous movie. It covers the few plot holes very well and bears rewatching and listening. Also deserving of honorable mention is Richard Crenna as Mike Talman, and he definitely had a lot of training as a voice actor in radio and on television.

[@deafheaven99]

Now you are getting to the content I adore; pre 70’s films. I’ll fight the temptation to request 100 films at once. So if I may, just one… Night of the Hunter.

[@Ceractucus]

I think I mentioned this movie as a suggestion when I first discovered your channel (Psycho reaction). Thank you so much for reacting to older movies and not just the newer stuff.

[@tokyorose530]

This was such a great movie, I was nervous the whole time lol. But the whole scene where she turns the lights off was fantastic. Great reaction.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Thanks! This movie was fantastic. It was paced so well!

[@subversivelysurreal3645]

~I’ve seen this movie a few times, and every time that I see it, I can’t believe that I didn’t think of that until she did it. (😳…🤣)

[@StarShipGray]

Great film. I love Alan Arkin as Roat. He usually plays such nice or hapless men in other films so this is such an amazingly refreshing departure. Of course Roat is in a lot of trouble once Rambo learns he killed Col. Trautman.

[@ACinemafanatic]

One of Audrey Hepburn best roles

[@Rmlohner]

Alan Arkin just passed away at 89. After making his mark with this film, he went on to a legendary career including Catch-22, The In-Laws, The Rocketeer, Argo, and of course his Oscar win for Little Miss Sunshine. One of the real greats, and by all accounts a super nice guy too.

[@coreyhendricks9490]

55 years of greatness of a film and this movie ranked at #10 in the 100 scariest movie moments on Bravo

[@custardflan]

Saw this with my girlfriend/wife to be when we were in middle school. The big marketing ploy was that all the lights in the theater would be turned out for th elast 10 minutes and no one would be allowed in or out so light would not enter the theater. OOooooooh. That got this teenager's attention. Great movie.

[@daannzzz7415]

Awesome to see you react to some of these lesser known older films. I hope we get to see more. Your patreons are great!

[@gggooding]

We'll get Chris to watch even more obscure gems, promise. 👍

[@daannzzz7415]

@@gggooding "The Day of the Locust" 1975

[@gggooding]

@@daannzzz7415 Hehe. Homer Simpson...but...oh...oh, no, Homer. Yikes! (Tbc, Sutherland's character in Locust is named Homer Simpson.. coincidentally of course.)

[@daannzzz7415]

@@gggooding LOL yes. Donald will always be the first Homer Simpson for me.

[@renee7407]

Love this movie 👏👏👏

[@Ididnotwanttojoin]

I LOVE this movie! As soon as I saw this video existed, I thought, "Ooh, I bet Roat's leap really gets him!" Alan Arkin is mostly known for comedy, but if anyone thinks that it's all he can do, they need to see this movie! He does creepy VERY WELL!!

[@MrGpschmidt]

Deep cut Chris. One of the best thrillers ever. Based on a Broadway play (was lucky enough to see a revival yrs ago with Marisa Tomei and Quentin Tarantino which was excellent). Audrey Hepburn was such a great star and actress and this was so out of her comfort zone - I think this also is one of the first films to have a handicapped heroine in peril fighting back. Arkin's startling leap set the tone for slasher films yet to come -he's not really dead! (Jason/Michael/Freddy). Great reactions as always sir.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Oh this would be a fantastic play. Locking that in my brain in case there’s another revival.

[@goodowner5000]

Thanks for doing this reaction. It doesn't seem to be on many reactors radar and it SO DESERVES to be 'discovered' ! If memory serves, the stage play is by Frederick Knott, whose other great play, "Dial M for Murder" was made into a fantastic film by Hitchcock in 1954, starring the equally talented and elegant contemporary of Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly- definitely worthy of reaction consideration.

[@subversivelysurreal3645]

‘Dial M for Murder’ is another one that was probably a play-that I would LOVE to see without ever having seen it. Whenever ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’ comes up in conversation, I always think that I would partake. I would have SO many movies erased from my memory-then, of course, I would have a feast awaiting me.

[@WUStLBear82]

In the '60s there was a whole genre of thrillers featuring actresses from the classic era, usually even older than Audrey Hepburn, being put in some kind of jeopardy. 'Lady in a Cage' had Olivia de Havilland as a wealthy invalid trapped inside her home elevator while her house is invaded by a gang led by James Caan. 'Eye of the Cat' had Eleanor Parker as a wealthy invalid (see a pattern?) whose nephew/heir (Michael Sarrazin) and his girlfriend are plotting to murder to get her money--except he's terrified of her numerous pet cats (has a classic scene involving a wheelchair and one of San Francisco's very steep streets).

[@iinmediasres4938]

Omg yaaaaaas! I love this movie, and no one ever talks about it! Can't wait to see what you think of it

[@LadyAneh]

So glad you’re watching this! I don’t think anyone (at least as of last October) has reacted to “Wait Until Dark”- one of my favorite horror movies! 😀

[@CasualNerdReactions]

I think I’m still the first! 😅 hopefully not the last. I need to see someone else react to the ultimate JUMP scare.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Thank you so much for watching! Keep an eye out later this week for Death Becomes Her and only the two weeks I will be releasing 3 movies a week (before starting my next limited series) including: The Talented Mr Ripley, Firestarter, Rope (HITCHCOCK!!), and Alien: Resurrection.

[@gggooding]

*cough* Charade. cough, cough 😷.

[@ThreadBomb]

Looking forward to Mr Ripley and Rope!

[@DelGuy03]

This same year, Audrey Hepburn made another movie, Two for the Road, in which she's even better, maybe her all-time best. It's a wryly comedic look at a marriage, told not in chronological order but geographical order, intercutting a couple's 5 trips north to south through France.

[@subversivelysurreal3645]

My only disappointment was that you didn’t highlight the line that made me really like Gloria, ‘I only throw unbreakables.’ It was really fun watching you see this old movie-I don’t know how to convince young people that they’re going to like it. It’s so engrossing, and that’s what I like in a film. So I am so glad that your wonderful audience picked it~~it was fun watching you watch it.💕

[@subversivelysurreal3645]

@@ThreadBomb i love both of those movies. Ripely has so MUCH glass/mirrors/water reflection that I see more every time that I watch it-we lost so much losing that director. ‘Rope’ is simply unique, although i do like to pair ‘Rope’ with ‘Compulsion’, a film more directly about Leopold and Leob, starring Orson Wells.

[@classiclife7204]

One year fresh after the end of the Production Code, and it's amazing how modern the movies suddenly became. The added realism (and violence, as here), and the more natural performances even from the great old stars like Audrey. This is a genuine classic that's often overlooked. I think it was the last time Alan Arkin played a heavy, as far as I recall.

[@HuntingViolets]

I saw this at a local community theatre. When the lights go out . . . They did "Sabrina Fair" the same season and used the same actress.

[@teddiberes1688]

Love that you're embracing the old films. It was great that they were such good conmen that you sometimes forgot it was a con. That's good writing and great acting. Fun watching with you.

[@thebluemorpho6640]

22:00 Sweetie, that jump scare gets EVERYONE, and has been since 1967. 🤣 My mom told me she wet herself when she saw it in the theater.

[@brentwebster6164]

This is among my very favorite non-Hitchcock suspense films. Brilliant! The immediate tension of a blind woman dealing with a home invasion is irresistible. Audrey is terrific as always. Fun seeing Alan Arkin in an early role.

[@chris...9497]

Prior to this film, Richard Crenna was portraying Luke McCoy on the tv series "The Real McCoys" (think of it as the 1957-63 Waltons), so his 'brand' was young man of good character; this was a huge departure from that image. This was also a big departure for Alan Arkin, who 1957-66 had mainly played parts on tv series and mostly comedic roles. Jack Weston had already had an extremely varied and full career in film and tv by 1967, mostly character work but the full gamut from dark drama to ludicrous comedy. Still, Weston was not a name that sprang to mind when you needed an actor to portray a murderous minion. A departure, too, for the blind woman to be played by Audrey Hepburn. In all, an oddly-cast production. But DAMN! how well it worked. Such a GREAT MOVIE. I actually saw this film in first-run in the theater, and that last leap from a stabbed murderer made me scream and jump! But the slow movement of the fridge door, revealing Hepburn had survived the event...

[@custardflan]

I forgot what a great cast. Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna, Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (whom I once ran into at LAX) and of course Hepburn.

[@DylansPen]

I remember they showed this in the auditorium to the 7th and 8th graders who did well on some test. It scared the hell out of most of us but it is a good movie. Some great jump scares.

[@jeffreyfuka2594]

Great movie, thanks for the review. Scary situation for the blind woman, I could feel the tension of what was unknown to her.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

It was incredibly tense!

[@ramonacosta2647]

This was written by the same guy who wrote Dial M for Murder. Brilliant writer.

[@stevenstevenson5303]

This was my first Audrey movie. I fell in love with her. She was so sophisticated and beautiful 😢❤

[@mchllwoods]

So glad someone saw this ultimate classic thriller. U should see Mike Flannigan's Hush. It's like a modern-day version of this movie but the main character is deaf and mute.

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

I saw this performed at a dinner theater once. The drama, seeing live performers, and the theater going pitch black, it was SO great.

[@dennisdman11]

My favorite jump lurch in the movies at the end there . Can't go wrong with Audrey Hepburn .

[@michaelsimpson6970]

One of the reasons this film stands up is the characters make realistic, "smart" mistakes.

[@benrositas8068]

I know he didn't write or direct this film, but I swear this feels so much like an Alfred Hitchcock movie!

[@CasualNerdReactions]

I agree!

[@dawnburris6412]

Oh my goodness!!! I haven’t seen this movie in ages!! Thank you so much for reacting to it!! I’m commenting before watching because I know it’s going to be amazing!!!

[@Huntress59]

Great Reaction ! You can’t miss with Audrey Hepburn . Roman Holiday is the first and she won an Oscar for Best Actress , Sabrina is wonderful as is Charade. Thos are my top 3 but all are great

[@leslie2149]

This is a great movie and a wonderful reaction! The first time I saw this movie was at my high school. An all girl high school. Imagine a school auditorium filled with teenage girls watching this story unfold (and we were all into it just as much as you were). When "Mr.Roat" jumps out of the dark as Suzie, everybody in that auditorium screamed! Thanks for watching and enjoying this older movie.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

That must have been a ton of fun!

[@TarTelperienNumenor]

There's an adaptation of this play where the opening scene with the criminals only includes Roat and Carlino. So when Mike first shows up you think he's a good guy and genuinely helping Susy. Then you find out he's in on it right before intermission at the end of Act 1. I think it adds a cool twist!

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Oh yea! I definitely dig that as a twist. It would play pretty naturally.

[@richardzinns5314]

To me, one of the chief reasons this film is so wonderful is the great script by Frederick Knott, with its intricate plotting in which each detail is essential. The same is true (and probably even more so) of his other screenplay (adapted from his stage play) for the 1953 Hitchcock movie Dial M for Murder. I strongly recommend that one to you if you haven't seen it: it sounds like the kind of thing you would love, just as I do.

[@Kori37mm]

Also watch How to steal A Million with Audrey Hepburn. Another great film!

[@jamesharper3933]

Awesome that you did this. You need to check out 1966 Two For the Road with Albert Finney and 1963 Charade with Hepburn, Walter Matthau, Cary Grant, James Coburn and George Kennedy.

[@keithbrown8490]

This was a play on Broadway in the sixties and the play still holds up with a live audience jumping and screaming at all the spots they captured in the film. The film's director was Terence Young who directed the first few James Bond movies. The producer Mel Ferrer was Audrey Hepburn husband at the time. Audrey lost out winning the Oscar that year to Katherine Hepburn(no relations).

[@drewg5637]

I remember seeing this in the theater with my parents. This was a completely different role for Alan Arkin after seeing him a few years earlier in the cold war comedy "The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming" (highly recommend), then later "The In-Laws" with Peter Falk. He was pretty amazing in this and the jump scene made this 10 year old jump.

[@angelagraves865]

Excellent choice!!

[@rama30]

Audiences were warned that at the most terrifying part of the film the theater managers had been instructed to turn ALL lights in the auditorium off or as low a light level as was allowed by state safety standards. Audiences were warned to stay seated for their own safety.

[@justacrystal567]

Definitely one of my favorites! I first watched this in middle school with friends spending the night. Only, we watched it in black and white, and let me tell you we threw the popcorn bowl when Roates jumped out at the end! If you like, Audrey Hepburn movies, I would recommend charade. It also stars, Cary Grant, another amazing Hollywood actor. It is public domain so sometimes it’s difficult to find. It is a bit of a thriller, but not a horror type movie. It is another one of my favorites, it is very comedic and amazing!

[@redviper6805]

You're the first one I know to react to this classic thriller! I hope others do the same soon! That climatic jump scare really got me too! The movie may not have been directed by Alfred Hitchcock, but it may as well.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

I sure hope I’m not the last!

[@tarahoughton1370]

Classic film.... Alan Arkin is super. This film scared me , because of the music... I was 8 and saw it at a drive-in with my mom and brothers... I love that you get these older movies to watch.

[@zvimur]

On a lighter note, a comedy thriller "Charade" starring Carey Grant and.... Audrey Hepburn! It's on YT.

[@tessesmom]

Absolutely love this movie, saw it in the cinema when it first came out, at a much too young age to see it lol scared the bejeebies out of me.

[@MichaelRomeoTalksBooks]

That's one of my favorite movies. It's so suspenseful.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

It really is!!

[@MichaelRomeoTalksBooks]

@@CasualNerdReactions Another Audrey Hepburn movie to try (if you haven't already) is Charade.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Charade will likely happen within a few months. Probably as a full movie reaction instead of an edited film. We’ll see!

[@leehawkins5795]

I watched this in 1967, with my sister, when I was 12 on an Air Force Base in Japan ......oh my gosh.....at the time, it was the scariest movie I'd ever seen........when he lunged at her and grabbed her foot and when she's trying to close the refrigerator.......Audrey Hepburn is such a talented actress and a very classy lady........I recently heard filming was difficult for her because she was going through a divorce from the films producer .......she said Richard Crenna ( who i watched on the Real McCoys as a young child) was a friend to her while making the movie........Gloria really added to the movie.......she was also in the Broadway version with Lee Remick in 1966.......there's a video of her as an adult in San Francisco on KZbin............I watched the movie lastweek......it's still scary even though i know the ending is good.......I had forgotten that Gloria "borrowed" the doll............my dad worked at the base theater as an extra job.....his family could watch movies free........we probably saw 100 movies during the 3 years we were stationed there

[@susanb2015]

Alan Arkin played a very nice deaf mute in 1968 in the Heart is a Lonely Hunter.

[@MyraJean1951]

Thank you SO much for this reaction! You jumped at the places I did in the theater while seeing this.

[@tomloft2000]

if you're looking for more Audrey Hepburn, I'd suggest Charade,another thriller.it's got a lighter tone and co stars Cary Grant.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Charade is one I’ve been looking at for a while! The best Hitchcock film he never made 😅

[@gggooding]

Grant turned down the role in Roman Holiday because being 25 years older than Hepburn he thought it an undignified role, chasing after such a young "girl". He agreed to do Charade with a rewrite: that *she* was romantically chasing after *him* instead, which the filmmakers realized made the film a helluva lot funnier, and thus...the masterpiece that is Charade.

[@lynng9618]

And what a jump scare in the beginning of that movie! I not only loved the movie but the Henry Mancini music. I even brought the soundtrack album when it came out.

[@jimmyj1969]

@@CasualNerdReactions "Charade" is also copyright-free!

[@AdmiralNuke]

I recommend: How to Steal a Million with Audrey Hepburn, Peter O'Toole, and Eli Wallach.

[@MiBones]

I love when she gave Givenchy the night off.

[@laurenpatriciatv]

Hey, just found your channel, and I love your reactions. This is such a great movie, and it's so underrated. I love the scene where Susy smashes all the light bulbs, especially combined with the soundrack. I'm sure people have mentioned it, but when it came out, during the bulb smashing scene, each light in the cinema went out one by one, even the exit light, so the audience were left in the pitch black.

[@missd9785]

So impressed u reacted to this one! Of course loved hated it as a kid and was slightly freaked out I might end up like Audrey Hepburn someday for whatever reason. Thanks for all the great classics on ur channel.

[@celinhabr1]

I think you're the first one to react to this one. A great movie that i love so much. Thanks!

[@CasualNerdReactions]

It’s definitely a worthy reaction! I hope more will eventually check it out.

[@AbrasiousProductions]

I first watched this last year on Turner Classic Movies and i absolutely loved it❤

[@edwardthorne9875]

Thank you for watching some of these older thrillers. Charade will be soon, I hope.

[@houseofsledge6891]

Liked and shared. As a patron of urs, I LOVE that you watched this.

[@BeeWhistler]

You made my day, man! I can’t get my kids to watch this with me and I know they’d be sucked in by it. There’s so many good movies they just won’t watch.

[@E_l_l_i_e]

Just wait until they're older. 🙂 My dad has a collection of movies from the 50s to the 80s. When I was a kid, he'd ask me to watch An Affair to Remember over and over; and I flamed the heck out of that poor movie. Now that I'm older, I seek out classics (both films and music) on my own. So, don't lose hope- kids' taste change over time.

[@artvankampen8993]

Thanks so much for your reaction. I feel like this movie isn’t known to a lot of people. It’s really, really good. I think this would be a hell of a play. I mean, I don’t know, maybe it is?

[@CasualNerdReactions]

I think it was originally a play and is even still revived from time to time.

[@kevmodee1866]

Can't believe I hadn't seen this before. Great movie, thanks Chris you rock!

[@CasualNerdReactions]

It really is a good one! I’m so glad I got to watch it myself 😅

[@thewordkeeper]

If you want to see another great movie with the same theme checkout *_See No Evil_* with Mia Farrow released in 1971. It will have you riveted to your seat just as this one did.

[@nitrateglow2087]

Loved your reaction. I've seen this movie many times, so seeing you react was like getting to see it again for the first time.

[@VolkswagenNut1969]

This was fun, thank you! 😉 I saw this as a kid in the 1970s and I can still see why it freaked me out. Such a simple yet genuinely frightening film! If you get a chance, check out Alan Arkin in Little Miss Sunshine! He’s a joy as the hard-spoken no B.S. grandpa in that movie, and you get to discover what I’ll call “grandpa’s revenge” at the end!

[@lissagrantham3236]

I love this movie. I have never seen anyone react to this one.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

I do believe I’m the first, but I sure hope not the last!

[@DonMachado]

This is another Broadway play adapted for the big screen. Often revived, if you ever get an opportunity to see it performed live, don't miss it. It's awesome on the stage.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

I’d love to see it live!

[@TequilaToothpick]

Fantastic movie. Thanks for reacting to it.

[@ruth2141]

Love, LOVE the classic movies. Suggestiions -- Cool Hand Luke, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Sting, M*A*S*H, All About Eve

[@richardmark9161]

I first saw this as a televised play on HBO in 1982 starring Katherine Ross and Stacy Keach. Truly love that version as well. It was the original play staged and shot with television cameras. Stacy Keach and Katherine Ross were fantastic as well. The Quentin Tarantino, Marisa Tomei and Stephen Lang version was probably videotaped or archived somewhere for posterity. I would love to see that version even though it got very bad reviews. I wish there was some kind of video or filmed version of the original Broadway cast. Lee Remick and Robert Duvall sound like a fantastic pairing 🎭

[@sftrick]

My parents saw this movie in the theater when it came out and my mom jumped so hard at that scene that she chipped my dad's front tooth.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

😅 oh no!!

[@emilyfarfadet9131]

Yay! I thought you'd like this one, such an underrated gem! This together with Rear Window is to me just definitive of this era of suspense cinema, and both are masterclasses in tight script writing for films with a single location.

[@richardb6260]

This must have originally been a stage play. It has that feel.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Based on other comments that’s a definite yes!

[@drzarkov39]

My list of cinema's 25 best villains includes Alan Arkin as Mr. Roat.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Well earned!

[@northsmoket]

watch two for the road with hepburn and albert finney from the same year. a very witty, well photographed ,and poignant film. in retrospect, i believe audrey deserved the oscar in wait until dark, for which she was nominated in 1967, a very competitive year.

[@traceyb9443]

Such a great film! Thanks for another entertaining reaction Chris! Always great fun! 😁

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Thank you for watching! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@Kori37mm]

I love this film. First became aware of it when my high school put on a play based on this film. Don’t know if you’be seen Hush but should probably watch that now 😉

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Oh I’m I tragues. I’ll have to look it up.

[@TTM9691]

So happy you enjoyed this one! (Who wouldn't?) It was originally a play and when the revived it on Broadway, Quentin Tarantino played the Alan Arkin part. Not much to say other than that! Thoroughly enjoyed this reaction!

[@CasualNerdReactions]

I hope they revive it again cause I wanna go!

[@gggooding]

Hehe. I read some of the reviews of Tarantino playing Rote. I won't say *anything* else either, except: oh, well.

[@TTM9691]

@@gggooding Yeah, Tarantino ain't Alan Arkin, that's for sure! LOL! To think he almost played Mr. Pink in "Reservoir Dogs"!

[@woobbryant]

Oh wow. I'm pleasantly surprised to see this movie on your reaction list! I don't think I've come across any other reaction videos for this movie. I hadn't decided what reaction video I was going to watch while I have my late dinner, but you've talked me into this one. Good choice - looking forward to seeing your reaction!

[@woobbryant]

OK, I just finished. I enjoyed your reactions very much. Nice job!