Dish of the Day

Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:

Monday, October 30, 2023

Today on TCM:

Rarely does an atmosphere of such overpowering dread subsume a cinematic story so completely as it does 1943's The Seventh Victim. A young woman (portrayed as a fetching innocent by Kim Hunter) goes searching for her missing sister (enigmatically played by Jean Brooks) in New York City's Greenwich Village and stumbles upon a satanic cult of devil worshipers, putting both of their lives at risk. Mark Robson, who directed a number of these Val Lewton produced gems, is himself at the peak of his considerable creative powers. This devilishly striking combination of horror and film noir was a previous TCM recommendation and reviewed here. The fate of both sisters will be determined Monday, October 30 at 12:15 pm PDT.

Jean Brooks

In 1968, two horror films were released that effectively drove a stake through the notion that some heretofore expected restraint might be used in depicting its subject’s ghastly nature or accompanying gruesomeness: Night of the Living Dead and my next TCM recommendation Witchfinder General aka The Conqueror Worm. The latter will arrive Monday, October 30 at 8:30 pm PDT.

Witchfinder General is also October’s Blu-ray recommendation and will be reviewed tomorrow.

Vincent Price

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Hope to see you tomorrow.

A.G.