While `` I Walked with a Zombie '' was declared to be `` a dull , disgusting exaggeration of an unhealthy , abnormal concept of life '' by `` The New York Times '' in 1943 , critics later called it `` intelligent '' ( William K. Everson ) , `` exceptional '' ( Leonard Maltin ) and `` the most elegant '' in Lewton 's RKO horror series ( Tom Milne ) .
`` I Walked with a Zombie '' was declared to be `` a dull , disgusting exaggeration of an unhealthy , abnormal concept of life '' by `` The New York Times '' in 1943 . Critics later called it `` intelligent '' , `` exceptional '' , and `` the most elegant '' in Lewton 's RKO horror series .