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Showing posts with label Val Lewton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Val Lewton. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 14, 2020

#WomanEmpowermentWednesday Anna Lee as Nell Bowen in "Bedlam" (1946)

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As a protege of Lord Mortimer, Nell Bowen has fallen into being concerned with the human relations and treatment at St. Mary's of Be...
Tuesday, October 1, 2019

TCM Movie: The Seventh Victim (1943)

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Screenwriter Dewitt Bodeen believed he had a hit in his first draft of "The Seventh Victim." It was going to be about an orpha...
Tuesday, October 16, 2018

#TCMMovie: Isle of the Dead (1945)

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"Isle of the Dead" nailed everything RKO requested of Val Lewton's B-horror unit. Production came out costing $246,000 out ...
Monday, October 8, 2018

#ManCrushMonday 6 of Val Lewton's Finest Moments

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Cat People (1942) I Walked With a Zombie (1943) The Body Snatcher (1945)
Sunday, July 22, 2018

TCM Movie: I Walked With a Zombie (1943)

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Lewton always considered "I Walked With a Zombie" his favorite film despite the fact he hated the title. While "Cat Peopl...
Tuesday, October 27, 2015

My Top 10 Favorite Scary Movies: "The Curse of the Cat People" (1944)

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Compared to its origin story, "The Curse of the Cat People" is more of a companion piece than a sequel RKO intended. But some...
Saturday, October 24, 2015

Turner Classic Movies. Halloween Schedule October 26-31, 2015

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Thursday, October 29 6:45 am  Freaks  (1932)  8:15  The Devil Doll  (1936)  9:45  House on Haunted Hill  (1958)  ...

My Top 10 Favorite Scary Movies: The Body Snatcher (1945)

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"[Val] Lewton contributed a great deal to the screenplays of his films, from the original story-lines , which were often his, throu...
Tuesday, October 20, 2015

My Top 10 Favorite Scary Movies: "Cat People" (1942)

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"But take a sweet love story, or a story of sexual antagonisms, about people like us, not freaks, and cut in your horror and there...