Isle of the Dead is a short and sweet horror film from producer Val Lewton and starring Horror icon Boris Karloff. Of the three films these two collaborated on I believe this one is my favorite. It has an ominous mood that coarses through the film, an impending dread hangs around every corner. Its almost like a slasher film where the killer is the plague. The film is about a plague ridden island and its trapped inhabitants. A power mad General (Karloff) tries to run things with a superstitious nature that unsettles everyone involved. The movie is only a little over an hour long so I don't want to give too much away, but it is definitely worth a shot if you don't feel like spending too much time on a movie and just kick back and relax on a storming evening in.
6.5 out of 10
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