Objective: This accolade recognizes the nine superbly atmospheric horror pictures made by RKO Studios under producer Val Lewton between 1942 and 1946. These films were directed by Jacques Tourneur, Mark Robson, and Robert Wise; and featured actors such as Simone Simon, Tom Conway, and Boris Karloff. "The Body Snatcher" was the last film to pair Karloff with Bela Lugosi, and so their scene together has a certain poignancy. That particular film was inspired by a short story by Robert Louis Stevenson based on the Burke and Hare case, whereas "The Leopard Man" was adapted from a novel by Cornell Woolrich. Similarly, "The Isle of the Dead" was suggested by the two paintings with that name by Arnold Boecklin, and "Bedlam" was likewise suggested by the last engraving in the series "A Rake's Progress" by William Hogarth.

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