Val Lewton Horror Classics

Val Lewton's BEDLAM 1946 - Directed by Mark Robson & starring Boris Karloff. Nell Bowen, niece of Sir Lord Mortimer, wants to change the conditions of London's notorious Bethlehem Asylum, nicknamed Bedlam. Though she tries to reform Bedlam, the politically adept & cruel Master Sims who runs the place has her committed there. She becomes friendly with the asylum residents & they concoct a plan to help her. Produced at RKO by Val Lewton who was responsible for their low-budget Horror films of the period that deftly combined Film Noir with elements of terror. (Subscribe to this channel as some videos are not monetized and/or not searchable) FULL MOVIE Digitally Enhanced

Val Lewton's ISLE OF THE DEAD 1945 - Directed by Mark Robson & starring Boris Karloff. On a Greek island during the 1912 war, several people are trapped there by quarantine for the plague. If that isn't enough worry, one of the people, a superstitious old peasant woman, suspects one young girl of being a vampire demon called a vorvolaka who is somehow responsible for the plague. Produced at RKO by Val Lewton who was responsible for their low-budget Horror films of the period that deftly combined Film Noir with elements of terror. (Subscribe to this channel as some videos are not monetized and/or not searchable) FULL MOVIE Digitally Enhanced

Val Lewton's THE BODY SNATCHER 1945 - Directed by Robert Wise & starring Boris Karloff with Bela Lugosi. Based upon the famous Robert Louis Stevenson short story, itself based upon the true story of killers Burke & Hare. A ruthless doctor and his young prize student are harassed by their murderous supplier of illegal cadavers. He blackmails them for more money, and the doctors take the law into his own hands, but the results are a horror for them. Produced at RKO by Val Lewton who was responsible for their low-budget Horror films of the period that deftly combined Film Noir with elements of terror. (Subscribe to this channel as some videos are not monetized and/or not searchable) FULL MOVIE Digitally Enhanced

Val Lewton's CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE 1944 - Directed by Robert Wise. The young daughter of Oliver and Alice Reed befriends the spirit of her mother, the father's dead first wife, the Cat Woman from CAT PEOPLE. At the same time, the child becomes friendly with an elderly woman who has a psychotically jealous daughter. Will the curse somehow come into the child? Produced at RKO by Val Lewton who was responsible for their low-budget Horror films of the period that deftly combined Film Noir with elements of terror. (Subscribe to this channel as some videos are not monetized and/or not searchable) FULL MOVIE Digitally Enhanced

Val Lewton's THE GHOST SHIP 1943 - Directed by Mark Robson. A young merchant marine officer begins to suspect that his ship's captain is mentally unbalanced and endangering the lives of the ship's crew, to the point of causing the deaths of some of them. The ship's crew, however, believes the vessel to be haunted and cursed due to the several mysterious deaths that occur. Produced at RKO by Val Lewton who was responsible for their low-budget Horror films of the period that deftly combined Film Noir with elements of terror. (Subscribe to this channel as some videos are not monetized and/or not searchable) FULL MOVIE Digitally Enhanced

Val Lewton's THE SEVENTH VICTIM 1943 - Directed by Mark Robson. When her sister disappears, Mary Gibson travels to New York City to look for her. She meets Gregory Ward, the sister's husband, and mysterious psychiatrist Dr. Louis Judd. He claims to know of her sister's whereabouts. But she finds her sister was involved with devil worshipers who now want to eliminate her for knowing of their existence. Produced at RKO by Val Lewton who was responsible for their low-budget Horror films of the period that deftly combined Film Noir with elements of terror. (Subscribe to this channel as some videos are not monetized and/or not searchable) FULL MOVIE Digitally Enhanced

Val Lewton's THE LEOPARD MAN 1943 - Directed by Jacques Tourneur. A seemingly tame leopard used for a publicity stunt escapes, kills a young girl, mauls several people, spreading panic throughout a sleepy New Mexico town. Police begin to wonder if there's a human killer using the animal somehow, or as an excuse. Produced at RKO by Val Lewton who was responsible for their low-budget Horror films of the period that deftly combined Film Noir with elements of terror. (Subscribe to this channel as some videos are not monetized and/or not searchable) FULL MOVIE Digitally Enhanced

Val Lewton's I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE 1943 - Directed by Jacques Tourneur. A nurse is hired to care for the wife of a sugar plantation owner on a Caribbean island. The wife has been acting strangely as if under some kind of mental disorder. The natives believe it's a Voodoo spell. Produced at RKO by Val Lewton who was responsible for their low-budget Horror films of the period that deftly combined Film Noir with elements of terror. (Subscribe to this channel as some videos are not monetized and/or not searchable) FULL MOVIE Digitally Enhanced

Val Lewton's CAT PEOPLE 1942 - Directed by Jacques Tourneur. In a different take on lycanthropy, an American man marries a Serbian immigrant who fears that she will turn into the cat person of her homeland's fables if they are intimate together. Produced at RKO by Val Lewton who was responsible for their low-budget Horror films of the period that deftly combined Film Noir with elements of terror. (Subscribe to this channel as some videos are not monetized and/or not searchable) This is the Criterion restored version. FULL MOVIE in HD