Bedlam
(USA 1946, 79 min)
Creeper set in the famed asylum in 18th-century London. A woman, wrongfully committed, tries to stop the evil doings of the chief (Karloff) of Bedlam, and endangers herself. Fine horror film co-written by producer Lewton.
Ghost Ship, The
(USA 1943, 69 min)
Mark Robson • Richard Dix, Robert Bice, Ben Bard, Edmund Glover, Russell Wade, Lawrence Tierney, Tom Burton, Edith Barrett, Dewey Robinson, Skelton Knaggs, Steve Winston
Tom Merriam signs on the ship Altair as third officer under Captain Stone. At first things look good, Stone sees Merriam as a younger version of himself and Merriam sees Stone as the first adult to ever treat him as a friend. But after a couple strange deaths of crew members, Merriam begins to think Stone is a psychopathic madman obsessed with authority. He tries to tell others, but no one believes him, and it only makes Stone angry.
Isle of the Dead
(USA 1945, 72 min)
Mark Robson • Boris Karloff, Katherine Emery, Helene Thimig, Jason Robards, Marc Cramer, Ellen Drew, Alan Napier
Produsenten Val Lewton skapte på 40-tallet en serie horrorfilmer som har fått en betydelig plass i den amerikanske filmhistorien. Ut av minimale budsjetter laget han atmosfæriske og suggestive grøssere med kompleks tematikk. Uten sjokkeffekter, men med bevisst bruk av lyd, lys og skygger malte han frem angstfylte stemninger. Isle Of Dead inneholder Lewtons favorittemne; forholdet mellom fornuft og overtro når mennesket konfontreres med myter. (filmweb.no)
Seventh Victim, The
(USA 1943, 71 min)
A woman in search of her missing sister uncovers a Satanic cult in New York's Greenwich Village, and finds that they may have something to do with her sibling's random disappearance.
