I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
Genre: Drama | Fantasy | Horror
Country: USA | Director: Jacques Tourneur
Language: English | Subtitles: English, French
& Spanish (Optional, embedded in Mkv file)
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1 | Length: 68mn
Bdrip H264 Mkv – 1460×1080 – 23.976fps – 3.10gb
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036027/
Audio 2: Commentary by Authors Kim Newman and Steve Jones
A young Canadian nurse (Betsy) comes to the West Indies to care for Jessica, the wife of a plantation manager (Paul Holland). Jessica seems to be suffering from a kind of mental paralysis as a result of fever. When she falls in love with Paul, Betsy determines to cure Jessica even if she needs to use a voodoo ceremony, to give Paul what she thinks he wants.
A truly poetic, hypnotizing, and creepy film experience. The poetry of the island traditions, the family mysteries and everything else about the movie is truly evocative and sensitive. There are smatterings of spooky moments throughout, all frightening suggestively, using sound , imagery and implied chills. All classically and romantically constructed and written, a flagon of longing, taste, and character in every little detail. Well-shot, especially the impressive voodoo ceremony. Very atmospheric, with black& white used to enhance the mood, as in all Lewton movies. Watch for calypso singer Sir Lancelot, who Lewton also used in ” Curse of the Cat People”, an equally poetic movie. A masterpiece of the horror film, it has many scenes which take together the essential elements of suspense and atmosphere , sound and imagery , such as Dee traveling to the voodoo ceremony. A must-see.
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