Tag Archives: 40’s

Nightmare Alley (1947)

Posted on August 22, 2011 at 5:00 am by Jeff Kuykendall

They didn’t call them noirs then; they were just crime pictures – cheap, pulpy, sensationalistic. The papers turned up their noses but audiences flocked to them, so studios kept making them. But if we didn’t have crime pictures as deeply … Continue reading →

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Revenge of the Zombies (1943)

Posted on August 12, 2011 at 12:21 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Poor Dr. Von Altermann. He has at long last perfected a method for resurrecting the dead, setting him on the path to mustering an army of zombies for Hitler. Dreams of world domination by the Nazi walking dead seem irresistibly … Continue reading →

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The Seventh Victim (1943)

Posted on April 23, 2011 at 8:07 am by Jeff Kuykendall

This is my favorite of the Val Lewton-produced films, a very curious mixture of horror and film noir that fans of either genre should embrace with equal zeal. Mark Robson was not as naturally gifted a director as Jacques Tourneur, … Continue reading →

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