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Who is Jane Randolph?

Jane Randolph was an actress known for her lead and second lead roles in 1940s films, often playing classy but vulnerable characters in film noir, comedy and whodunnits. Her best-remembered role was Alice Moore in the horror classic Cat People (1942) and its sequel The Curse of the Cat People (1944). She also appeared in Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948).

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‘Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein’ & 3 More Monstrous Comedies Come to 4K Uhd in November

Classic comedy duo Bud Abbott and Lou Costello meet a menagerie of monsters in four horror comedies coming to 4K Ultra HD next month from Kino Lorber. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Abbott and Costello Meet The Invisible Man, Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Abbott and Costello Meet The Mummy will be released on November 25. Each film has been newly scanned in 4K from the 35mm original camera negative with Dolby Vision/Hdr. 1948’s Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein is directed by Charles Barton and written by Robert Lees, Frederic I. Rinaldo, and John Grant. Special features: Hdr/Dolby Vision Master from a 4K Scan

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‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ – Helen Shivers and a Truly Iconic Chase Scene in Slasher History

Freddie Prinze Jr. made a bold claim during the premiere of the I Know What You Did Last Summer legacy sequel. On Sarah Michelle Gellar’s Helen Shivers death scene, he gushed: “I genuinely mean this: I think it’s one of the best death scenes in the history of horror films.” While her actual death scene appears mostly offscreen, behind a wall of rubber tires, I would argue that he likely meant her chase scene. It remains the most heart-pounding and all-time best chase scene in slasher history, outpacing the likes of Laurie Strode in Halloween and Sally Hardesty in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Chase scenes are as old as movies themselves. The first horror movie, 1896’s The Haunted Castle, features rudimentary scares and mechanics that would later become integral pieces to horror movies of the ‘20s, ‘30s, and ‘40s, from Nosferatu to Dracula and Frankenstein. 1942’s Cat People

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This 81-Year-Old Underrated Horror Classic Is One of the Greatest Sequels Ever Made

Quick LinksVal Lewton Revolutionized Low-Budget Horror MoviemakingThe Curse of the Cat People Is One of Cinema's Best Films About Childhood ImaginationGenerational Trauma Is a Key Theme in The Curse of the Cat People Directed by Gunther von Fritsch and Robert Wise, The Curse of the Cat People is an underrated 1944 psychological supernatural horror thriller that deserves to rank alongside the greatest sequels in cinema history. The Curse of the Cat People was one of eleven legendary B movies Val Lewton produced for Rko Pictures between 1942 and 1946. Lewton's historic run as a producer began in 1942 with Cat People, a low-budget B horror movie that became a surprise box office hit. Looking to capitalize on Cat People's commercial success, Rko Pictures commissioned Lewton to produce a sequel. While many sequels fall victim to being an inferior, copy-and-paste version of their predecessor, Lewton ensured that The Curse of the Cat People was

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Horror Fans Forgot About This 83-Year-Old Underrated Monster Franchise

Today, the classic movie monsters of the 1930s and '40s are widely identified as social outcasts. Characters like Dracula and Frankenstein were ostracized for their otherness and unable to fulfill their romantic longings, which made them sympathetic antiheroes for many viewers. However, the Universal monsters are overwhelmingly male, and female horror fans will have to look elsewhere for relatable outsiders. One excellent option lies with the often-overlooked Cat People films. 1942's Cat People takes the typically masculine wolf man trope and twists it into a tale of female alienation, while 1944's The Curse of the Cat People weaves a dark fable about a strange little girl. Paul Schrader's 1982 Cat People remake adds layers of delirious sensuality, and an outrageous 1992 Stephen King film carries on the werecat tradition. The Universal monsters may get all the attention, but the Cat People films offer a distinctly feminine approach to their traditionally masculine territory.

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10 Classic Black-And-White Horror Movies That Still Hold Up Today

Some great horror movies predate the burst of color filmmaking as the predominant form of cinema and are still scary watches even for modern audiences. The horror genre is one of the oldest kinds in film, an early source of chills and thrills on the big screen. In modern discussions though, people often only go back to the '70s and '80s when talking about classic horror movies. Despite this, there are some black and white horror films from the old golden era of the genre are still quite compelling. It is a misconception that horror movies from that time aren't as technically strong as today's movies because of the technological advancements in modern filmmaking. If anything, the unique and imaginative techniques employed by the pioneers of the genre to create terrifying atmospheres and visuals add to the charm of black-and-white vintage horror cinema. Modern remakes of such classic

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Sleep throws back to the mysterious horror impulses of Cat People

Shirley Jackson once wrote in her journal: “who wants to write about anxiety from a place of safety? although, i suppose i would never be entirely safe since i cannot completely reconstruct my mind.” That verb “reconstruct” is an apt one for Jackson, whose most famous novel The Haunting Of Hill House

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