Christina,
Re your question below:
"Tourneur's adaptation of the story is generally categorized
as horror, isn't it?"
Very often, it is. It was certainly a production of Val
Lewton's horror division at RKO (Lewton also did THE CAT
PEOPLE, I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE, and other classics).
Lewton, however, was something of a insurrectionist, and not
all of the "horror" movies he produced had a supernatural or
science fiction element (presuming you regard such elements
as a prerequisite of horror). THE SEVENTH VICTIM, for
example, is about a group of devil worshippers trying to kill
a former member, but Satan takes no direct hand in the
proceedings, and it could just as easily be classified as
crime or suspense.
I haven't seen THE LEOPARD MAN, but, if there's no
supernatural element, it's probably another of those
"is-you-is-or-is-you-ain't" kinda things Lewton did.
JIM DOHERTY
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