Isle of the Dead
1945VOTE NOW
| RKO Radio Pictures | Release Date: September 1, 1945 |
Summary:
A Greek general takes leave from the 1912 Balkan War to visit a small island in Greece, where his wife is buried. A plague soon breaks out and he is forced to stay when quarantine is declared.
Genre(s):
Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Horror
Runtime:
71 min
"Dead" isn't a horror film but a study of human character under pressure, with Karloff's flawed, imperious General Pherides torn between rationalism and a homicidal belief in elder gods. [23 Mar 2014, p.N]
Among the finest hours of horror star Boris Karloff. [18 Oct 2005, p.C3]
Producer Val Lewton occasionally manages to evoke the wondrous effects achieved by Jacques Tourneur (who made Lewton's name as a producer) in I Walked with a Zombie. The film comes magnificently alive with the burial sequence, and with the zombie-like, white-robed woman roaming through shadowy galleries and shuttered rooms.
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Val Lewton produced, but except for a few touches, it's a mess.
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