Val Lewton
 

In october a nine movie box set of Lewton's will be released, so in preperation to that I want to hear people's fav Lewton pic. And if you don't know who Lewton is, your at the wrong section of the forum.

My choice is The Body Snatcher, as Lweton's best, of course, you can't knock Cat People.

Val Lewton
 

Was that invasion of the body snatchers?

Re: Val Lewton
 

no

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shame on you

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The Body Snatcher is actually my favorite as well. :)
Oops, forgot about the other thread....lol...

I Walked With a Zombie is my favorite Lewton film, though Cat People is also good.

mictlan, I agree totally. In my opinion, I Walked With a Zombie is a great masterpiece. That film just has such a somber, eerie almost fantasy like look and feel. Ahead of it's time, I think. Awesome stuff. Jacques Tourneur had great style.

I would get this set for that film alone.


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I Walked with a Zombie does have class, but Cat People's just really cool.

I agree, Cat People is very good.

Does anyone have a list of what films will be in the boxed set?

check the link my post above, it takes you to the original thread about this

Oops, thanks for pointing the link out.

Can't wait to get this set - I've always wanted to see Bedlam.

I love the way Boris Karloff played an interesting sadistic doctor full of black humor in Bedlam.
Also notable is his role in Isle of the Dead.

Of the following movies I've seen:
- Ghost Ship
- Seventh Victim
- Leopard Man
- Bedlam
- Isle of the Dead
- I Walked with a Zombie

The last two make for easy favourites.

I think THE CAT PEOPLE is good, but it's a bit overrated (because it was the first Lewton horror). Some of the character stuff is a bit naive, to the point of being funny. I say that not as a critic, but as someone who enjoys the film but cringes at the laughter from other viewers.

I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE is the most atmospheric of the bunch, a beatiful, dream piece of work

THE BODY SNATCHER I find to be the most effectively dramatically, thanks to the tension between Karloff and Henry Daniel.

By the way, Robert Wise, who directed BODY SNATCHER and co-directed CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE, died yesterday.

READ AN OBITUARY HERE: http://hollywoodgothique.bravejournal.com/entry/14578

Robert Wise
 

Wise also directed the Haunting (not the remake, the original)... an amazing horror film.

Yes, THE HAUNTING is my favorite Wise-directed horror film. I just didn't mention it because the thread is about Val Lewton productions.

I watched the commentary on The Wolf Man a few days back...really makes Mr. Lewton out as a jealous, whiney little man....