Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows
Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows
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RKO producer Val Lewton redefined the horror genre by creating taut psychological masterpieces in which inference plays a much bigger role than gore or special effects. This collection includes nine of Lewton's horror classics: Cat People (Jacques Tourneur, 1942, 73 mins.) stars Simone Simon as a frigid young bride who fears that her blood ties to an ancient tribe will turn her into a deadly panther. Curse of the Cat People (Gunther Von Fritsch and Robert Wise, 1944, 70 mins.), the film''s landmark sequel, tells its gothic story from the point-of-view of the Cat Woman''s six-year-old daughter (Ann Carter). Lewton adapted I Walked With a Zombie (Jacques Tourneur, 1943, 69 mins.) and The Body Snatcher (Robert Wise, 1945, 77 mins.) from literary sources. The former reimagines Jane Eyre in the West Indies, and incorporates elements of the occul t. The latter stars Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, and Henry Daniell in a chilli ng version of the Robert Louis Stevenson story. Boris Karloff headlines Is le of the Dead (Mark Robson, 1945, 72 mins.), an atmospheric thriller set on a plague-infested island. Bedlam (Mark Robson, 1945, 79 mins.) stars Karloff as an 18th century mental institution''s doomed overseer. An esca ped leopard wreaks havoc on a small New Mexico town in The Leopard Man (Jacques Tourneur, 1943, 66 mins.), a chilling film about the living de

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