Playwright Howard Schuman introduces two classic chillers about urban satanists.
The Seventh Victim starring
Kim Hunter Jean Brooks Tom Conway.
Val Lewton produced
Cat People and I Walked with a Zombie, but this dark and eerie thriller is considered by some to be his masterpiece. Mary Gibson , an orphan, comes to New York to find her older sister Jacqueline who has disappeared. But her investigation leads to a sinister cult of which
Jacqueline was a member.
Screenplay by CHARLES O'NEAL , DEWITT BODEEN Produced by VAL LEWTON Directed by MARK ROBSON
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11.20pm Rosemary's Baby starring Mia Farrow
John Cassavetes Ruth Gordon.
Roman Polanski's famous film version of Ira Levin's best-selling novel is a macabre excursion into the world of devils and witchcraft in modem-day New York. It also provided the late John Cassavetes with one of his best screen roles. When Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse move into a rambling apartment in central Manhattan their life increasingly revolves around the flamboyant old couple who live nextdoor, the Castevets. But for Rosemary, the Castevets's attentions soon acquire sinister overtones....
Based on the novel by IRA LEVIN Produced by WILLIAM CASTLE Written and directed by ROMAN POLANSKI
Film Club presentation by DAVID THOMPSON
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('A Tribute to John Cassavetes ' on Friday at 9.30pm)