It could just be me...

I just finished watching Bunny Lake is Missing (which was great) but I noticed something very odd about the score. It was very drum/bongo heavy. And I was thinking of what other movies from the 60s with really drum heavy scores. The main one I thought of was In the Heat of the Night (especially in chase scene in the first 30 minutes of the movie) but I think the more suspenseful portions of Charade feature some really weird drumming (and I am sure there are plenty more!). The plot of Bunny Lake is Missing is that a single mother (who has just moved to London to be with her brother) drops off her daughter as a daycare and then when she comes to pick up Bunny, she is nowhere to be found. The police are called in and then begin to suspect the Bunny never existed. This type of psychological thriller is one that I love and I have seen 5 movies with this same plot device: Flightplan, Bunny Lake is Missing, Dangerous Crossing, So Long at the Fair, and The Lady Vanishes. I have to say, giving into my preference for all things Hitchcock, The Lady Vanishes is my favorite. But, I did see some influence of Hitchcock on Bunny Lake is Missing. I recommend all of the movies above (all are DVD except for So Long At The Fair, but it will be on TCM on August 10th at 6:30pm EST), even though Flight Plan is probably weakest of the 5. On the negative side, I read that Bunny Lake is Missing is going to be remade, yikes!