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"What proof can you bring that good is superior to evil?" Mark Robson Feature Films Ranked Val Lewton RKO Feature Films Ranked

More of a dramatic mystery than a horror film, Isle Of The Dead (1945) was the second to last (of eleven) features that  Val Lewton  produced at RKO and the fourth (of five) of those directed by Mark Robson . While I mostly prefer the films that  Jacques Tourneur  and  Robert Wise  made for Lewton, Robson evokes a similar mood thanks to some atmospheric cinematography and a strong lead performance by  Boris Karloff .  It's   a slow picture, especially for one that's only 71 minutes long, but it builds to a tense finale.  IOTD serves as an entertaining tale of paranoia, folklore, and control where science vs. superstition is front and center. With the themes of quarantining, hand washing and avoiding contact, it's hard not to draw parallels to the current pandemic . You can find my Mark Robson Feature Films Ranked here . You can find my  Val Lewton RKO Feature Films Ranked  list  here .