Claudio Carvalho The teenager Mary Gibson (Kim Hunter) is summoned by the dean of her private school to come to her office. Mary learns that her tuition is late since her sister Jacqueline Gibson (Jean Brooks), who is an industrialist of cosmetics in New York, is missing. Mary decides to travel to New York to seek her sister out. In her search for Jacqueline, she meets the lawyer Gregory Ward (Hugh Beaumont), who married her sister, and the psychiatrist Dr. Louis Judd (Tom Conway), who seems to know Jacqueline's whereabouts. She discovers that Jacqueline's factory now belongs to her manager and a mysterious private eye offer to look for Jacqueline. Soon Mary learns that her sister joined a secret society that worships the devil that wants to kill her since she has disclosed their existence. What will Mary do?"The Seventh Victim" is a messy, boring and annoying film of horror genre at least in 1943. The plot is confused and senseless, with silly and ridiculous situations and dialogues. Kim Hunter in the role of a naive teenager is funny. Do not try to watch this film if you are tired; otherwise you will certainly nap. My vote is five.Title (Brazil): "A Sétima Vítima" ("The Seventh Victim")

Alex da Silva Schoolgirl Kim Hunter (Mary) is called to the office of the Headmistress Ottola Nesmith and told that she can no longer stay on as a pupil as her sister Jean Brooks (Jacqueline) has stopped paying her fees. More than that, Brooks seems to have gone missing. So, Hunter goes off to find her. But Brooks isn't so easy to locate.This film leaves you with scenes stuck in your mind, so it's good from that perspective. It is also well shot with an eerie atmosphere. Scenes that stand out include the sequence with Hunter and a detective exploring an office at night and the subsequent spooky train ride, a shower scene that will make you think of "Psycho" (1960) and pretty much every scene with Brooks. Fancy a drink? – no thanks but the pressure is on. And how about that ending? Wow, pretty bleak stuff. Especially coming after what had me cringing as we watched God and the Bible being used as a tool to counter Satan and his ways in an extremely simplistic way.Amo, Amas, Amat, Amamus, Amatis, Amant – remember your Latin from school? The 'ablative absolute' and the 'ut' clause (use the subjunctive). Quamquam. This film also throws in some Latin and I'm glad to hear it. It takes the viewer back to a time sadly long gone as we hear schoolgirls reciting the verb 'Amo' – to love. The day will come when a generation will watch this film and not understand what language it is.The cast are OK with Jean Brooks standing out. Her look suggests she is leader of the occult movement rather than a victim of it. And all of her scenes are quality – some genuinely scary, and all unworldly because of her appearance. That ending with the neighbour comes as a shock and leaves an eerie memory that will have you thinking about how we view life. It's an interesting film…and sad.

meddlecore The Seventh Victim is a nicely shot horror-mystery from RKO. While it's construction is simple, there is a somewhat-complex love pyramid going on, and it has a stylish cult atmosphere.We start off with Mary, as she leaves her girl school existence, in search of her sister- Jacqueline- who has apparently disappeared.She heads into the big city, where she follows a number of leads, with hopes of tracking her sister down. During her search she meets a young poet, a psychiatrist, an old Italian couple, and a few private investigators- one of which has been hired by the husband of Jacqueline, who is secretly in love with Mary.Eventually, with help from one of the PI's (who dies) and the Poet, they manage to track Jacqueline down, as she had been hidden away by the psychiatrist (it is subtly implied they were sleeping together).Jacqueline is, hilariously, goth-as-f*ck. Obsessed with suicide, goth haircut (circa 1940's...impressive!), wears dark furs, shoes and nail polish. Anyways... because she could never find a place to fit in, she inevitably ends up rolling with this secret satanic society that requires a blood oath to join.And they feel that she has broken said oath and must be killed, because she revealed their existence to the shrink (she was probably banging).The poet is secretly in love with Jacqueline, and as such, is working alongside her sister, in order to save her life. But now she's facing accusations of being a murderess, on top of the threats to her life. Though, luckily for her, there are a number of close calls,but she does manage to escape... no thanks to her sister and the poet.Everything with the film goes smoothly, until the final confrontation...during which the whole thing turns into Christian propaganda! I wouldn't be surprised if it originally had a different ending that was considered unacceptable by censors. Basically, the film ends with the notion that the teachings delineated through the Lord's Prayer trump the entire Satanic philosophy and worldview. But this is all summed up in about 3 sentences, so it really comes off as quite humorous...and almost out of place. Totally didn't see that coming.6 out of 10.

rickodonovan I have no idea how this film got such a high rating. The whole premise is unfathomable, the acting and the dialog are both stiff and the "evil devil worshipers" look like the board of directors of a bank and are about as menacing as a bunch of frumpy old ladies at tea time. What a waste of time watching this drivel.If films like this set the standard for the mindless garbage of the modern horror era I can see we're in trouble. It is truly bad. I don't see how films like this could have ever been produced, I mean, why weren't they smart enough to just pull the plug and start making a good film. I didn't like any aspect of this film, and wouldn't recommend it to anyone.