Val Lewton

Cat People (1942)

Cat People (1942)
Rating: ★★★★½
May 3, 2001Human-Feline Transformation/Psychological Ambiguity
Val Lewton’s classic work of psychological ambiguity about a woman who believes she is turning into a panther. Lewton's ingenuity was to leave the actuality of the monster one that was merely suggested
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I Walked with a Zombie (1943)

I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
Rating: ★★★★
Aug 30, 2001Voodoo/Psychological Ambiguity
One of the key films from the legendary Val Lewton, this exploits a topical interest in voodoo. As with Lewton's films, this sits in an ambiguous place that leaves the actuality of the supernatural uncertain
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The Seventh Victim (1943)

The Seventh Victim (1943)
Rating: ★★★★
Nov 20, 2000Satanist Cult/Psychological Horror
One of the classic films from producer Val Lewton concerning a secret society of Satanists. An oppressive atmosphere of gloom and morbidity hangs over the film and, as always with Lewton, it comes with striking directorial effects that play on the imagination
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The Curse of the Cat People (1944)

The Curse of the Cat People (1944)
Rating: ★★★★
Mar 2, 2001Invisible Friend
One of the classic horror films from producer Val Lewton. The studio gave Lewton orders to make a sequel to his first hit Cat People but he confounded this by making an entirely different film about invisible playmates that has no cat people
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Isle of the Dead (1945)

Isle of the Dead (1945)
Rating: ★★★½
Sep 2, 2003Plague Outbreak/Possible Vampire Creature
One of the classic psychological horror films from producer Val Lewton. This is a slightly less effective Lewton work featuring Boris Karloff on a plague-ridden island unsure if a vampire creature is responsible
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