The Horrors Of Val Lewton: The Seventh Victim (1943) with Steven Warren Hill & Yancy Berns

About this episode

The episode discusses the 1943 horror film The Seventh Victim as part of a Val Lewton retrospective with guests Steven Warren Hill and Yancy Berns.

Still in 1943, this time we are talking about The Seventh Victim in our Val Lewton retrospective. There’s a change in director for this film and we have an addition on the hosting of the show. Yancy Berns returns to the show to discuss this highly influential thriller in the Val Lewton canon with us. When next this retrospective picks up, we’ll be talking about The Ghost Ship from 1943. -Brandon The Brandon Peters Show will return Friday with The Summer of 86 at 40 Music Video Companion Series. TECHNICAL INFORMATION Vocals Brandon – Shure SM58-LC Steven – Unknown Mic (recorded with ZOOM) Yancy – Laptop Mic (recorded with ZOOM) Post Production NCH Wavepad Masters Edition v8.38 NCH MixPad Masters v5.22 The Levelator 2 RUNTIME: 70 minutes

People in this episode

Host: Brandon Peters

Guests: Steven Warren Hill, Yancy Berns

Topics covered

• Val Lewton
• horror films
• film analysis
• thriller
• retrospective

Keywords

• Val Lewton
• The Seventh Victim
• horror
• film review
• thriller
• 1943
• Yancy Berns
• Steven Warren Hill

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Seventh Victim, The Ghost Ship

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