Val Lewton & Jacques Tourneur Double Feature: 70th Anniversary! CAT PEOPLE, 1942, I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE, 1943, October 8, 2012

Monday, October 8 – 7:30 PM
Val Lewton & Jacques Tourneur Double Feature: 70th Anniversary! CAT PEOPLE, 1942, Warner Bros., 73 min. Serbian immigrant Irena (Simone Simon) can’t bring herself to bed new husband Oliver (Kent Smith) for fear she will transform into a cat, as her homeland’s fables warn. When hubby sends her to a psychiatrist, Irena’s problems only worsen, until her demons come clawing and growling to the surface. Jacques Tourneur’s darkly stylish, genuinely frightening horror-noir is laced with subversive sexual undertones, and was the high point of his estimable collaborations with producer Val Lewton at RKO. [35mm]
Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ADPSaybusM
I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE, 1943, Warner Bros., 69 min. Canadian nurse Betsy (Frances Dee) travels to the Caribbean’s Dutch-colonized Saint Sebastian Island to care for the comatose wife of sugar baron Paul Holland (Tom Conway). But Betsy’s exotic new surroundings begin to have a seductive stranglehold on her - and not just because she’s falling in love with her employer - and the young woman is increasingly drawn into the island’s native voodoo cult. Another top-rate collaboration from Jacques Tourneur and Val Lewton, this atmospheric classic weaves the stark horrors of imperialism and slavery into a taut, terrifying masterpiece. [35mm] Special ticket pricing: $5 for seniors!
Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6SWz27OXac

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