By movieMoll on April 20, 2009
This movie is included in the roster of low-budget horror flicks produced by Val Lewton in the 1940s. Unfortunately, “Bedlam” is more of a period drama than a horror film and my least favorite of Lewton’s productions. Set in the late 1700s, Sims (Boris Karloff) is the director of the infamous London asylum. Here he [...]
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By GroovyMovieGuy on April 20, 2009
Val Lewton had some good movies that transcended the B-movie genre. “Cat People,” “I walked with a Zombie” and “The Body Snatcher” come to mind — even “Curse of the Cat People” is worth a watch. Unfortunately “Bedlam” just doesn’t cut it. Boris Karloff is the highlight of this film employing his creepy craft work [...]
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By movieMoll on March 10, 2009
Although atmospheric and nicely shot, “Cat People” won’t strike terror in the minds of present-day viewers the way it undoubtedly did with moviegoers in 1942. Director Jacques Tourneur still manages to weave a few tense and suspenseful moments even for today’s jaded viewers. Oliver (Kent Smith) falls in love with a shy Serbian woman named [...]
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By movieMoll on March 10, 2009
This follow-up to the 1942 “Cat People” doesn’t feature a cat, or as much as a fur ball. “Curse of the Cat People” is a sequel, of sorts, in that it picks up with the lead characters several years later. Oliver (Ken Smith) and Alice (Jane Randolph) are now married and have a six-year-old daughter, [...]
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By movieMoll on March 18, 2009
In “I Walked With a Zombie,” Nurse Betsy Connell (Frances Dee), a Jane Eyre-type character, travels to the fictional island of St. Sebastian. She’s been hired to care for the catatonic wife of sugar plantation owner Paul Holland (Tom Conway), with whom she promptly falls in love. Connell also falls under the spell of the [...]
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By GroovyMovieGuy on April 19, 2009
I think I know why they paired “Isle of the Dead” with “Bedlam” on the same DVD in “The Val Lewton Horror Collection.” It wasn’t because Boris Karloff was in both movies, it’s because they’re both a drag.
In “Isle of the Dead” Karloff plays a Greek army general who is devoted to protecting his country, [...]
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