Isle of the Dead
Starring: Boris Karloff, Ellen Drew, Alan Napier
Director: Mark Robson
Writer: Ardel Wray
Producer: Val Lewton
Isle of the Dead is a 1945 American horror film directed by Mark Robson and made for RKO Radio Pictures by producer Val Lewton. The film's script was inspired by the painting Isle of the Dead by Arnold Böcklin, which appears behind the title credits, though the film was originally titled Camilla during production. It was written by frequent Lewton collaborator Ardel Wray. It starred Boris Karloff.
Trivia
- Filming began for about two weeks in July 1944 until production was suspended when Karloff required a back operation.
- In the interim, after Karloff had recovered from the surgery but before the cast of Isle of the Dead could be reassembled, he and Lewton made The Body Snatcher.
- The film had a troubled production, and the central female character of the original script (named "Catherine") was deleted entirely from the tale.
Previous Showings
6 Runs • 6 Festivals
3,327 tickets sold
All runs on record (6):
- November 22 - 24, 2000 · 461 ticketsHorror 2000w/ The Ghost Ship
- March 7 - 9, 2007 · 698 ticketsFilm Noir, Val Lewton, 1930s musicals and more!w/ The Thing
- July 21 - 23, 2009 · 518 ticketsSummer 2009w/ I Walked with a Zombie
- June 26 - 28, 2013 · 464 ticketsSummer 2013w/ I Walked with a Zombie
- April 21 - 23, 2017 · 738 ticketsThe Films of Val Lewton, every Fri-Sat-Sunw/ The Body Snatcher
- October 17 - 18, 2024 · 448 ticketsFilm Noir plus Val Lewtonw/ The Spiral Staircase