EPISODE 255: Val Lewton, Auteur Producer.

The Pink Smoke’s Christopher Funderburg and John Cribbs recently appeared on the Wrong Reel podcast to discuss RKO's man in the shadows, Val Lewton - the producer-auteur of Cat People, I Walked with a Zombie, Bedlam and The Body Snatcher. The lively discussion is, as always, wrangled by Wrong Reel host James Hancock.

The conversation touches on Lewton's start as a right-hand man for David O. Selznick, his talents as a story-editor and writer, his relationship with directors Jacques Tourneur, Robert Wise & Mark Robson, as well as the controversies and frustrations that plagued his career before his untimely death in 1951 at 46 years-old. Join us as we explore the career of the man who helped redefine the atmospheric scope and psychological intensity of the horror genre.

~ APRiL 17, 2017 ~