Dreams of Darkness: Fantasy and the Films of Val Lewton |
Contents
Seeing in the Dark | 1 |
Cat People | 21 |
I Walked with a Zombie | 40 |
Copyright | |
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absence Alice ambiguity anxieties archetypal Bedlam Betsy Betsy's Body Snatcher captain characters cinematic complex concern consciousness cultural danger dark dayworld death demonstrates deny depths describes dream effect especially evoke experience explains fantasy fears Fettes force formula Fort Hudson frightening fundamental genre Ghost Ship Gray haunt hints horror film human psyche imagination impulse initial Irena Jacqueline Jacques Tourneur James Hillman Joel Siegel Judd Leopard Lewton films Lewton unit light limited MacFarlane man's Mark Robson Mary menacing Merriam motif murder mysterious myth mythic narration narrative nature normal Oliver Oliver Reed Palladists pattern perspective Pherides plague potential psychic rational Re-Visioning Psychology reality realm reason recurrent reminds repetition reveal Robert Wise scene seems sense Seventh Victim shadows shot Siegel simply Sims sort story structure suggests threat threatening tion Todorov Tourneur trans typically underscores understanding Underworld Val Lewton vesperal vision voice voice-over York Youth Runs Wild Zombie