Val Lewton, Horror Noir & The Seventh Victim

Val Lewton’s B horror classic 1943’s THE SEVENTH VICTIM is a beautifully dark and melancholic film that gives the viewer horror with an existential bent. Born in Ukraine and the nephew of the great theater and silent film star Alla Nazimoa, Val Lewton had tastes that leaned more towards the artistic than the commercial and those tastes were on display with his artful and beautiful horror films that examined the dark side of life. RKO studio, looking to find success with cheap horror thrills, hired Lewton to lead its newly formed B horror unit and to produce a series of short, cheap films and ended up inadvertently making legitimate classics. If you want to watch some of the films in this video, the internet archive has them available for free to WATCH HERE: Cat People (1942) The Leopard Man (1943) I Walked With A Zombie (1943)