Aug. 21,2023

This Day in Halloween: The dark, stylish Val Lewton thriller "The 7th Victim" opens across the U.S. in 1943. / Illustration by Leslie Rodriguez

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.

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