Val Lewton Horror
List by williamVal Lewton was a horror producer/writer in 1940s Hollywood who knew something important. If you fill the screen with dark shadows, people will scare themselves using their own imaginations. Do not show the monster. The monster in our mind is far more scarier than anything from a prop department. These gems paved the way for the psychological horror experiences where the real nightmare comes from inside our heads.
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Cat People (1942)
- Classic, Classic Creature, Creatures, Love Sick, Supernatural, Thriller, Twisted Mystery | Cult Classic, Cursed, Featured Wildlife, Folk Horror, Wildlife
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93%
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7.4
Sketch artist Irena Dubrovna (Simone Simon) and American architect Oliver Reed (Kent Smith) fall in love and marry after a brief courtship. But Irena believes that she suffers from an ancient curse an...
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The Curse of the Cat People (1944)
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90%
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6.9
The young, friendless daughter of Oliver and Alice Reed befriends her father's dead first wife and an aging, reclusive actress....
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The Seventh Victim (1943)
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92%
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6.9
A young woman searches for her missing sister who, unknown to her, has become involved with a group of Satan worshippers in Greenwich Village. ...
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I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
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92%
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7.2
A nurse in the Caribbean turns to voodoo in hopes of curing her patient, an unusual woman who's husband she's fallen in love with. ...
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The Leopard Man (1943)
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88%
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6.9
When a leopard escapes during a publicity stunt, it triggers a series of murders....
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The Body Snatcher (1945)
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81%
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7.4
Edinburgh, 1831. Among those who undertake the illegal trade of grave robbery is Gray, ostensibly a cab driver. Formerly a medical student convicted of grave robbery, Gray holds a grudge against Dr. M...
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Isle of the Dead (1945)
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86%
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6.6
On a Greek island during the 1912 war, several people are trapped by quarantine for the plague. If that isn't enough worry, one of the people, a superstitious old peasant woman, suspects one young gir...
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