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Bedlam (RKO 1946)
Bedlam, the last in the series of Val Lewton’s stylish horror films for RKO, and the producer’s last collaboration with Boris Karloff, was released […]
I Walked with a [...]
The Val Lewton RKO shocker, I Walked with a Zombie, was released on the 30th of April, 1943. Directed by Jacques Tourneur, it was […]
Boris Karloff
The English gentleman of the classic horror film, Boris Karloff, was born William Henry Pratt on the 23rd of November, 1887, at number 36 […]
Val Lewton
Val Lewton, RKO’s master of horror, was born Vladimir Ivanovich Leventon in Yalta on May 7th, 1904. Leaving their father, his mother moved with […]
Body Snatcher, The (RKO [...]
by Nige Burton The Val Lewton RKO psychological horror pictures of the 1940s tend to be universally regarded as some of the finer entries […]
