The Seventh Victim (1943)

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• Stella D

  
  a brilliant dark mystery from producer val lewton, this was director mark robson's first film. it's a rather obvious inspiration for rosemary's baby with a shower scene that looks awfully familiar as well. with a nihilistic tone and a shocking final scene, it's a… More
  a brilliant dark mystery from producer val lewton, this was director mark robson's first film. it's a rather obvious inspiration for rosemary's baby with a shower scene that looks awfully familiar as well. with a nihilistic tone and a shocking final scene, it's a wonder this film ever got made in hollywood. one of the great unseen thrillers from the golden age, starring beaver cleaver's dad and zora from planet of the apes!

• Michael G

  
  The 7th Victim doesn't sound like much on paper but viewing it is an entirely different matter. It's a precursor to Rosemary's Baby, The Third Man and has has a shower scene that... well, just see it for yourself. One of Val Lewton's more impressive… More
  The 7th Victim doesn't sound like much on paper but viewing it is an entirely different matter. It's a precursor to Rosemary's Baby, The Third Man and has has a shower scene that... well, just see it for yourself. One of Val Lewton's more impressive accomplishments. The 7th Victim also has a great cast that compliments is eerie photography very well. It gets its point across in its 71-minute running time but oddly leaves you wanting just a little bit more. It also serves as proof that Lewton never really got his due, but was way ahead of his time...

• AJ V

  
  This movie is predictable and unscary, but there are some good scenes too. This movie's not bad, but it's not good either.

• Anthony L

  
  This is a dark physiological thriller ahead of its time. Underline message; Sometimes it?s better to be dead! God bless you Val Lewton! This is a film not to be missed! The scene with the chair and the noose is as chilling as anything in contemporary film. As with all Lewton films,… More
  This is a dark physiological thriller ahead of its time. Underline message; Sometimes it?s better to be dead! God bless you Val Lewton! This is a film not to be missed! The scene with the chair and the noose is as chilling as anything in contemporary film. As with all Lewton films, it?s what you don't see that scares you!

• Stephen M

  
  A young girl searches New York for her elder sister, who has fallen in with a group of devil-worshippers. This isn't top-notch Val Lewton but it's still pretty great. I think there are more scenes and more characters than the typically slender running time can adequately… More
  A young girl searches New York for her elder sister, who has fallen in with a group of devil-worshippers. This isn't top-notch Val Lewton but it's still pretty great. I think there are more scenes and more characters than the typically slender running time can adequately sustain. Consequently, although there are some lovely atmospheric touches, they tend to be rather fleeting; I would have liked to have savoured them a little while longer. The softly spoken intimidation of Kim Hunter in the shower is wonderfully sinister, in its own quiet way every bit as good as Hitchcock's famous and flashy shower scene in <I>Psycho</I>. A very sweet Kim Hunter makes her screen début and Jean Brooks sports one of the most striking hairstyles in B-movie history. Due in no small part to the wistful presence of Brooks, <I>The Seventh Victim</I> is a strange, surprisingly depressing little movie; probably not a good one to watch if you're feeling down in the dumps.

• Pierluigi P

  
  Although most of the themes are left to imagination, as usual in any Val Lewton horror production, I surrender to the moody atmosphere director Mark Robson sets up. This was indeed a film ahead of its time, in its depiction of devil worshipers not as strange entities or mad… More
  Although most of the themes are left to imagination, as usual in any Val Lewton horror production, I surrender to the moody atmosphere director Mark Robson sets up. This was indeed a film ahead of its time, in its depiction of devil worshipers not as strange entities or mad caricatures, but as any rather normal person with desires of success. Two horror masterpieces came to my mind while watching this, Psycho and Rosemary's baby, both surprisingly melded in an excellent shower scene, in which the shadow of a lady with a hat looks very much like a horned satanic figure.

• El Hombre I

  
  Offbeat film with a gothic tone and noirish attitude about a young woman searching for her missing sister in New York and meets a group of parties who are similarly interested. Val Lewton produced this suggestive film that leaves true horror to your imagination with one of the… More
  Offbeat film with a gothic tone and noirish attitude about a young woman searching for her missing sister in New York and meets a group of parties who are similarly interested. Val Lewton produced this suggestive film that leaves true horror to your imagination with one of the bleakest endings to any film ever made in Hollywood. <a href="http://s273.photobucket.com/albums/jj203/goji9000/?action=view&current=7thVictim.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj203/goji9000/7thVictim.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

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