with a Zombie (1943) (Dir: Jacques Tourneur) (USA)
Based very loosely on Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre and blending it with a story set in The West Indies, I Walked with a Zombie is without a doubt the most visually exquisite and richly fascinating of the nine RKO Studios horror films produced by Val Lewton. The plot has a young Canadian nurse (Frances Dee) vacationing in the West Indies to care for the wife of a plantation owner (Tom Conway), who seems to be in a zombie-like state as a result of severe tropical fever. Destined to heal her, the nurse thinks a voodoo (courtesy of a voodoo ceremony) might be the cure. As with Cat People, director Jacques Tourneur highlights the atmosphere with his utilization of light and shadowForeign firms line up for high-speed rail

Ever since President Barack Obama gave $1.25 billion to Florida to build high-speed rail from Orlando to Tampa, Central Florida has become ground zero for a United Nations of contractors lining up for a slice of the project.

French, Korean, Chinese and German train makers and others are busy courting partner companies big and small, local and multi-national, to do everything from engineering and construction to legal and marketing work.

One person who has taken part in discussions for a local company likened the talks to "speed-dating," as various coalitions and teams begin to form in anticipation of the bid process beginning in October.

There's a lot of money at stake, with the feds and the state likely to give another combined $1 billion or