Jaime_Weinman
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Having watched some of the movies, I generally agree with Michael Elliott's comments above (Zombie certainly looks pretty beat-up).
Re the dark look: Nick Musuraca, the cinematographer for many of the Lewton films (and whose style was copied in the ones he didn't photograph), always believed in shooting very dark and very high-contrast. He never wanted to use more lights than necessary (which made him the perfect photographer for RKO, because his style helped to disguise the cheap or recycled sets they often had to use). Jane Greer recalled that the set of Out of the Past, probably Musuraca's most famous work, was so dark that the actors couldn't see each other.
Re the dark look: Nick Musuraca, the cinematographer for many of the Lewton films (and whose style was copied in the ones he didn't photograph), always believed in shooting very dark and very high-contrast. He never wanted to use more lights than necessary (which made him the perfect photographer for RKO, because his style helped to disguise the cheap or recycled sets they often had to use). Jane Greer recalled that the set of Out of the Past, probably Musuraca's most famous work, was so dark that the actors couldn't see each other.