Robert Mitchum as Max Cady in the original Cape Fear (a role reprised by Robert De Niro in the remake) kind of embodies well-done malevolence. Also, Mitchum's turn in Night of the Hunter is somewhat malevolence-incarnate. Mitchum's strength is in selling these characters as authentically creepy instead of cartoonish.
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Date: 2012-05-08 05:35 pm (UTC)