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THE SEVENTH VICTIM (1943). Good little Lewton that sort of pre-dates ROSEMARY'S BABY and even a nod to PSYCHO. Creepy in parts and a whopper of an ending, but found it a tad farcial>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>SPOLIER>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>that the Coven could be cowed so easily by people reciting The Lord's Prayer. ***1/2
Mark Robson made other films that are worth seeing like THE HARDER THEY FALL (1956-Humphrey Bogart's last film and excellent too), the admittingly scary DADDY'S GONE A-HUNTING (1969) and even though it's usually on the "Worst Films Of all Time" list, VALLEY OF THE DOLLS (1967) is GREAT camp. Solid turns by beautiful Sharon Tate and gorgeous Barbara Parkins, but sorta cute Patty Duke runs away with the film. Her character is a hybrid of Amy Winehouse/Lindsay Lohan and although she goes a little over the top at the end, she has a lot of the best lines, thrown out with pure gusto.
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