#The Seventh Victim

[goryhorroor]

day 23 of horror: my list to underrated essential horror films

[weirdlookindog]

Jean Brooks in The Seventh Victim (1943)

[kjudgemental]

It's 2024, so we should start the year off properly. The Val Lewton-produced The Seventh Victim, classic horror-infused noir with murder, shadows, missing people, the lot.

[silentagecinema]

the seventh victim (1943) directed by mark robson

"I run to death, and death meets me as fast, and all my pleasures are like yesterday."

[elfobscure]

the urge to die in cinema: the seventh victim (1943), el conde (2023)

[twisted-w0rds]

Jean Brooks

The Seventh Victim, 1943

[obsidian-sphere]

Jean Brooks from The Seventh Victim, 1943.

At the time, film critics felt the need to spend a lot of their time being mean to Ms. Brooks about the wig they had her wear in the film.

[kissesofdoom]

Cults in horror films

The Black Cat, 1934

The Seventh Victim, 1943

The Devil Rides Out, 1968

Rosemary's Baby, 1968

The Blood on Satan’s Claw, 1971

The Wicker Man, 1973

Children Of The Corn, 1984

Martyrs, 2008

Suspiria, 2018

Midsommar, 2019

There are absolute classics and some of the less known films in my compilation. Watch them if you haven't already and enjoy the unsettling atmosphere of cults!

[horror-aesthete]

The Seventh Victim, 1943, dir. Mark Robson

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The Seventh Victim (Robert Sheckley) "Takes place in a world in which society that has eliminated major warfare by allowing members of society who are inclined to violence to join The Big Hunt, a human hunting game in which participants alternate between being a "hunter" and a "victim". The protagonist is surprised to learn that his intended victim is a woman, something which he has never heard of. As he tracks said victim down, he begins to fall for her -- but will love or death rule the day?" (Spoiler under cut)

Jumanji (Chris Van Allsburg) "A Leitner version of this book would cause the jungle to manifest physically in your home, with new animals escaping to hunt you down with every page turned."

Spoiler: It's death. But not hers!

[darchildre]

It's the 1940s and it's fiction but man, nothing makes me angrier in a film than a librarian blithely sharing someone's checkout history with another, unauthorized person.

You just don't do that! Reader privacy is sacred! As far as possible I try not to even notice what books people are checking out!

Ma'am, you are a disgrace to the profession.

[victorvanvoorhees]

Jacqueline Gibson (Jean Brooks) - The Seventh Victim (1943)

[weirdlookindog]

Jean Brooks in The Seventh Victim (1943)

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3 Val Lewton/RKO horror sample illustrations. 

[orpheuslookingback]

Watching 1 horror movie everyday in October 18/31

The Seventh Victim (1943), dir. Mark Robson

[amazingmrcinema007]

The Seventh Victim has its moments but I thought the villains were underwhelming and hampered the experience. There's some great lighting and they look creepy with how they're shot in darkness towards the end but they're probably the lamest group of devil worshippers put to film. They have their laws they abide by and the punishment for disclosing their secrets is death, however, they see themselves as non-violent and kinda just pressure people to kill themselves rather than outright kill them.

At one point they try to make a woman drink poisoned wine on her own terms instead of just forcing it down her throat only to give up hours later and let her go. Of course they prove themselves to be hypocrites and send an assassin to kill her which is just as successful as the last attempt. Also, what secrets are there to protect? They might as well be a book club with how they hang out in a parlor room and drink tea in their downtime.