Movie Description Famed producer Val Lewton has nine films gathered in this collection. The titles included are CAT PEOPLE, THE CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE, I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE, THE BODY SNATCHER, ISLE OF THE DEAD, BEDLAM, THE LEOPARD MAN, THE GHOST SHIP, and THE SEVENTH VICTIM. See individual titles for synopsis information. Lewton fans can also get a look at the life and cinematic impact of the man with the documentary SHADOWS IN THE DARK: THE VAL LEWTON LEGACY.
| Credits | | Producer: | Val Lewton | | Cast: | Boris Karloff |
Editorial Reviews "Lewton's name and the phrase 'atmospheric horror' are still conjoined, making him the rare producer enjoying the auteurist status usually afforded great directors." Entertainment Weekly - Chris Willman (10/07/2005)
"[N]ine imaginative, disturbing, evocative pictures...presented with oodles of extras." Premiere - Glenn Kenny (11/01/2005)
"[Lewton] spent the war years making a long series of subtle, creepy, visually deft thrillers set in contemporary times and reeling with psychocultural delirium." Movieline's Hollywood Life - Michael Atkinson (11/01/2005)
Ranked #12 in Rolling Stone's "Top 25 DVDs Of 2005' -- "[The films] can hold their own against the best of today's imitations." Rolling Stone - Peter Travers (12/01/2005)
"[S]care flicks from the Forties, which can hold their own against the best of today's imitations." Rolling Stone - Peter Travers (12/01/0205)
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