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Crew: Jacques Tourneur

Cat People (1942)

3 May 200114 October 2022
Cat People (1942) poster

Human-Feline Transformation/Psychological Ambiguity

Categories: Horror.
Ratings: 4.5.
Directors: Jacques Tourneur.
Actors: Simone Simon, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph and Kent Smith.
Crew: Jacques Tourneur, DeWitt Bodeen, Val Lewton and RKO Radio Pictures.
Themes: Animal Transformation, The Ambiguously Fantastic, Cult Films, Films That Were Remade, Film Series and Sequels and Films of 1942.

The City Under the Sea (1965)

12 July 200021 April 2020
The City Under the Sea/War-Gods of the Deep (1965) poster

Lost Underwater City

Categories: Science Fiction.
Ratings: 2.
Directors: Jacques Tourneur.
Actors: Vincent Price, Tab Hunter, David Tomlinson and John Le Mesurier.
Crew: Jacques Tourneur, Charles Bennett, Louis M. Heyward and Edgar Allan Poe.
Themes: Lost Worlds and Cities, Immortality, Underwater Adventures and Films of 1965.

The Comedy of Terrors (1963)

1 April 20016 May 2020
The Comedy of Terrors (1963) poster

Murderous Morticians Comedy

Categories: Horror.
Ratings: 3.
Directors: Jacques Tourneur.
Actors: Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Basil Rathbone and Joyce Jameson.
Crew: Jacques Tourneur, Richard Matheson and American International Pictures.
Themes: Grave Robbers, Black Comedy, Horror Comedy and Films of 1963.

I Walked with a Zombie (1943)

30 August 200112 June 2024
I Walked with a Zombie (1943) poster

Voodoo/Psychological Ambiguity

Categories: Horror.
Ratings: 4.
Directors: Jacques Tourneur.
Actors: Frances Dee, Tom Conway, Edith Barrett, James Ellison and Darby Jones.
Crew: Jacques Tourneur, Curt Siodmak, Val Lewton and RKO Radio Pictures.
Themes: Voodoo, Zombies, The Ambiguously Fantastic, Islands and Films of 1943.

Night of the Demon (1957)

4 January 200119 January 2025
Night of the Demon (1957) poster

Occult Curse

Categories: Horror.
Ratings: 4.
Directors: Jacques Tourneur.
Actors: Dana Andrews, Niall MacGinnis, Peggy Cummins, Liam Redmond and Maurice Denham.
Crew: Jacques Tourneur, Charles Bennett, Montague R. James and Columbia.
Themes: Devil Worship, The Occult and Black Magic, Curses, Magic Spells, Demons, Seances, The Ambiguously Fantastic and Films of 1957.

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  • Films About Atlantis
  • Werewolf Films
  • Virtual Reality
  • Imprisonment Thrillers
  • Films Depicting NASA and the Space Program
  • Human Bloodsports and Death Games
  • Animals Attack Films
  • Films About Plague and Pandemic
  • Disaster Movies
  • Steampunk Films
  • Documentaries
  • Films About Halloween
  • Films About Prophecy
  • Magicians and Sorcerers
  • Secret Societies
  • Real-Life People in Fiction
  • Techno-Thrillers
  • Twins in Fantastic Cinema
  • Asylums
  • Possession Films
  • Films About Imaginary and Magical Lands
  • Religion in Fantastic Cinema
  • Romantic Comedies
  • Film Noir
  • Spy Films
  • Jekyll and Hyde Films
  • Films That Make Dubious Claims to Being True Stories
  • Coming of Age Stories in Fantastic Cinema
  • Films About Cryogenics and Suspended Animation
  • Alternate History Films
  • Disturbed Psychology as Portrayed on Film
  • Law Enforcement in Fantastic Cinema
  • Weird Westerns

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