4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on October 25, 2019

What a picture for Kim Hunter to have come into her own (and Mark Robson for that matter). The 7th Victim is a chilling gem and the motor to move the story forward is an audacious girl, Mary Gibson (Hunter), who makes a decision to leave her boarding school of...   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on October 21, 2015

"The Seventh Victim" screens this Saturday, October 24, 2015 at the Daystar Center Where: The Daystar Center, 1550 S. State St. When: 6:30 p.m. The Seventh Victim (1943)—The RKO movie factory was working at full tilt, with producer Val Lewton releasing four films in 1943! The plot of Th   read more

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on September 29, 2014

The Seventh Victim Directed by Mark Robson Written by Charles O’Neill and DeWitt Bodeen 1943/USA RKO Radio Pictures First viewing/Netflix rental #171 of !001 Movies You Must See Before You Die This beautifully shot film is really more about death than it is about Satan worshippers. Mary Gi   read more

The Stop Button Posted by on May 17, 2013

Quite surprisingly, The Seventh Victim–in addition to being a disquieting, subtle thriller–is mostly about urban apathy and discontent. Though there aren’t any establishing shots of New York City (or of the small New England town protagonist Kim Hunter comes from), Robson and writ   read more

Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on February 26, 2013

My horror film class did a Val Lewton double feature, and one of the choices was a movie I’d never seen (the first movie was Cat People which I reviewed during my 31 Days of Horror here).  The Seventh Victim is a bizarre movie that I’m still not sure I’ve...   read more