Started to watch Satan's Slaves last night on Shudder but then a freak storm came through & we lost WiFi.
Thank the Dark Lord for physical media, we watched Cat People instead and will finish Slaves tonight.

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...employing an eclectic range of actors including Simone Simon, Kim Hunter, Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. Among the highlights: Robson's brilliant, influential Greenwich Village Satanic cult chiller #TheSeventhVictim (1943) - still among Hollywood's bleakest hours.

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"We do have a message, and our message is that death is good". Remembering the innovative Vladimir Ivanovich Leventon, a.k.a. #ValLewton (1904-51), the Russian-American film producer, screenwriter and novelist, born in Yalta on this day. Overseeing RKO's wartime horror unit, and working with directors Jacques Tourneur, Robert Wise and Mark Robson, he produced nine evocative, understated genre films in four years,...

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The Ghost Ship (1943) directed by Mark Robson is seen as one of the lesser of the 1940s Val Lewton-produced RKO horror films. That may be true but it's still a very fine visually impressive shipboard horror film.

My review: https://princeplanetmovies.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-ghost-ship-1943.html

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I just watched Cat People (1942, Jacques Tourneur) and rated it 7/10 ~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_People_%281942_film%29?wprov=sfla1 #films #cinema #cinemastadon #CatPeople #JacquesTourneur #SimoneSimon #ValLewton

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Fans of classic horror take note! Movies TV is showing Val Lewton flicks all day today. Famous shot from Jacques Tourneur's "The Leopard Man" (now playing) below.

"The Seventh Victim" and "Eye of the Devil" up next.

Producer Val Lewton is one of the most important figures in horror film history, but is, unfortunately, only really discussed today by filmmakers and cinephiles. This sequence from CAT PEOPLE is a MasterClass in how to create tension and terror onscreen, a carefully orchestrated attack on the senses common in his films.

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz98akbX_NE

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I Walked With a Zombie (1943), the best voodoo movie ever made and the best zombie movie ever made. A superb example of subtle intelligent character-driven horror.

Directed by Jacques Tourneur for Val Lewton's RKO B unit.

Inspired by Charlotte Brontë’s great gothic novel Jane Eyre.

It treats voodoo quite seriously and without sensationalism.

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Tasked with overseeing a low budget horror cycle to compete with Universal's comparatively lavish series, former Selznick right hand man #ValLewton produced a disarmingly adult chiller about an elegaic, empathetic, doomed immigrant (#SimoneSimon) who transforms when aroused. Mundane workplaces, stylish brownstone apartments and Central Park serve as backdrops for scenes of suggested terror, and #JaneRandolph is stalked in two of the most influential (and understated) horror sequences of...

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It’s little wonder that Val Lewton insisted on the cinematic skills of Nicholas Musuraca when it came to his brand of cinema. This was a man who could paint with shadows…
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The Body Snatcher (1945) was the first of the three Val Lewton RKO horror films to star Boris Karloff.

Based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s story which was based on the infamous West Port Murders (for which Burke and Hare were believed responsible).

It's not in the top rank of Lewton movies but it's very enjoyable and it does have Karloff.

My review: https://princeplanetmovies.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-body-snatcher-1945.html

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The Seventh Victim (AKA The 7th Victim, 1943), one of the RKO horror B-movies produced by Val Lewton. This is possibly the bleakest movie made in Hollywood in the 40s. It's a mystery story, but with devil-worshippers and a distinct film noir vibe. Great movie.

My review: https://princeplanetmovies.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-seventh-victim-1943.html

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