

I was delighted then to see that screenwriter Tyler Hisee cleverly incorporated that chilling tale in his story of a mysterious creature stalking a remote town.Īs the film opens, we see the death of some logging crew members and then are taken 90 miles south to the remote town of Maiden Woods, whose population is well below 300. We are introduced to emotionally troubled sheriff, Paul Shields (Kevin Duran) who is suffering the effects of the accidental death of one of his young sons. As a kid, the story spooked me and stayed with me. I remember reading a supposedly true story when I was a little kid called The Devil Walked In Devon about the citizens of a snow covered English town in 1855 awaking to find a trail of cloven hoof footprints leading all through the village and neighboring towns, then stopping suddenly as if the maker vanished into thin air. The best quotes are often the most subtle, with terrifying implications revealed once the surface is scratched away." 20 “I Believe That Whatever Doesn’t Kill You, Simply Makes You.(Clicking the highlighted links brings you to corresponding reviews and articles here at The Movie Madhouse!) Some have become pop culture memes all by themselves, while others tend to get overlooked in the script. There are plenty more quotes to take a look at that help explore the character better. Throughout The Dark Knight, the Joker drops exposition about himself, his view of the world, and his role in it. Updated on October 28th, 2021 by Derek Draven: There's no way to call the Joker's quotes nuggets of wisdom, given how horrendous most of them are, but plenty have a grain of truth to them. Each one helped chip away a bit of the mystery behind the Joker, revealing the true horror of a man who wasn't interested in anything except causing as much chaos as humanly possible on a day by day basis. These were quite different to the kind of likeably funny Joker quotes from the animated Batman show. Part of the Joker's longevity comes courtesy of a series of quotes that summed up the character to a T. RELATED: 10 Most Memorable Quotes From The Dark Knight Trilogy

For the first time, the supervillain was brought out of the comic book world, and into a far more realistic one, which meant the character himself would need to be grounded in the same manner. Heath Ledger broke all the rules when he portrayed the Joker in Christopher Nolan's gritty second act of the Dark Knight trilogy.
