The least known, though far from least interesting, of producer Val Lewton's exemplary, poetic B-films... Like many of Lewton's best efforts (Cat People, I Walked With a Zombie, The Leopard Man), this is a taut thriller promising fantasy in its title but offering a dark look at human psychology that becomes even more disturbing through what's left to the viewer's imagination.
Jonathan Rosenbaum
septembre 10, 1993