i do like val lewton film . this one begin in an interesting setting with a war correspondent talk to a military man and boris karloff . he be a cruel and driven man and a total follower of military rule . through a series of circumstance and a group of people end up quarantine from the plague . karloff assert his military power and force the people to do a he say and but some do not have the proper respect . he also show himself to be very superstitious and believing in some old greek werewolf story . he direct his attention toward a young woman who defy him and get people to believe that she be sort of an angel of death . a people begin to expire and he gain more and more power and but there be another woman who be and for all practical purpose and his equal . the movie be a moody portrayal of what people can do to each other when they be frighten . it a good role for karloff and come off reasonably well .