Dish of the Day

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

Thursday, September 12, 2024

Tomorrow, early morning, 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 Friday, September 13 at (early morning) 3:45 am PDT and again on Tuesday, September 24 at 11:15 am PDT.

Jean Brooks

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Hope to see you tomorrow.

A.G.