This Day in Halloween: Val Lewton's devil-worshiper thriller "The 7th Victim" opens across the U.S. in 1943. / Illustration by Lee Ernest
The 7th Victim opens across the U.S. in 1943. The Val Lewton film about a woman who suspects a Satanic cult has taken her sister is a flop on its release. Recent critical re-evaluation has found the film to be a stylish classic.
