Isle of the Dead

Val Lewton's penultimate horror production for RKO, Isle of the Dead, is one of the producer's weakest works. There are, as usual for Lewton, some intriguing ideas at the core of this film, but it's weighed down by a messy script and often shoddy execution, particularly in the brisk, confused pacing and jumpy editing that skips abruptly from scene to scene. This is especially true of the film's