CineRequiem.comMay 7, 2023

"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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...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.

#BornOnThisDay #BOTD #ValLewton #ClassicHorror #1940sHorror #HorrorNoir #GoldenEraHollywood #HorrorMovies

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Show threadColorblind CowboyMay 7, 2023
@CineRequiem I need to see this. I love Simone Simon, and anything produced by Lewton is 💀.
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@colorblindcowboy - The 7th Victim is great and well worth your time. Very downbeat for its time and catches a nice balance between Horror and Noirish elements.
Show threadColorblind CowboyMay 7, 2023
@CineRequiem These are a few of my favorite things. Thank you!