The Forceful Women in Val Lewton’s 1940’s RKO Horror Films – By Alyson Faye

 Val Lewton (1904-1951)  ‘The Sultan of Shadows’ The Russian-American novelist, film producer and screenwriter was the driving force behind the new, low budget, dedicated horror ‘B’ film unit at RKO in the 1940’s. Lewton produced a string of strange, poetic, arty films like 1942’s Cat People, 1943’s I Walked with a Zombie, The Leopard Man …