Robert Mitchum plays Harry Powell, a nefarious murderer posing as a preacher, in The Night of the Hunter. United Artists/Kobal/ShutterstockYou don’t really watch The Night of the Hunter; it’s more of an experience. Mitchum’s Harry Powell is quietly horrific, an evil stepfather for the ages who feels no remorse about preaching alongside a woman only to murder her and send her body to the bottom of a lake. There’s definitely no replicating the eerie tone of the original movie — a 1991 TV movie tried and failed — but its source material is getting adapted again, breathing new life into what was once just a cult classic. Sometimes, putting your art out there, even if it’s deemed a failure, can secure your legacy forever.