Having been hired by RKO head Charles Koerner to command the studio's brand new "B" horror unit, producer Val Lewton authored a series of low-budget programmers that went above and beyond the call of his contemporaries, and often against the express intentions of his employers. His second film, I Walked With a Zombie, takes cues from the traditions of dark romantic literature to weave a disturbing tale of tainted love, possession, fatalism, and the lingering ghosts of slavery.Works cited:Edmund G. Bansak, Fearing the Dark: The Val Lewton Career (1995)All original music courtesy of Niel Jakobyhttps://nieljacoby.bandcamp.com/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MonsterCrazeMemoirsOfficialiTunes/Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/monster-craze-memoirs/id1491963648Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3aSrQ5JFez33XuVanaFYIwPocket Casts: https://pca.st/lkra63chSoundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-3949861YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBGcDWtQj2wGEnlAB7P4AFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/Monster-Craze-Memoirs-106199087480182/Twitter: https://twitter.com/KennethJWaste2