Tag: RKO Radio Pictures
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The Seventh Victim (1943)
I run to death, and death meets me as fast, and all my pleasures are like yesterday. Holy sonnet VII, Jonne Donne The Seventh Victim (1947) is my least favorite of producer Val Lewton’s early films. In fact, I think I’d rank them in the order they were made: Cat People (1942), I Walked with…
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The Body Snatcher (1945)
Written by Philip MacDonald & Val Lewton, Robert Louis Stevenson (short story) Directed by Robert Wise Starring Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Henry Daniell, Edith Atwater, Russell Wade US Release May 17, 1945 RT 77 min. Home Video Turner Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) Cocky Dr. Wolfe “Toddy” McFarlane (Henry Daniell) and his assistant, Donald…
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I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
Written by Curt Siodmak, Ardel Wray Directed by Jacques Tourneur Starring James Ellison, Frances Dee, Tom Conway, Edith Barrett US Release April 30, 1943 RT 69 min. Home Video Turner Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 8 (out of 10) Betsy Connell (Frances Dee) travels to the Caribbean island of Saint Sebastian to play nurse to Jessica…
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Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947)
Written by Robertson White and Eric Taylor Directed by John Rawlins Starring Boris Karloff, Ralph Byrd, Anne Gwynne US Release Sept. 26, 1947 RT 65 min. Home Video VCI Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. Some of today’s non-superhero comic book movies could learn a lesson from…
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Remake Rewind: Cat People
From time to time, Classic Horrors will feature movies released after 1978 when they have a direct connection to those released before 1978. Beginning in May, 2010, until it expanded its content to include more than just the horror genre as Boom Howdy.com, I wrote a column for Downright Creepy.com called “Remake Rewind.” With permission of Boom Howdy, we present an…
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