Cat People (1942)
Genre: Drama / Horror
Duration: 73 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Jacques Tourneur
Stars: Simone Simon, Kent Smith and Tom Conway
IMDb score:
7,2 (28.987)
Releasedate: 5 December 1942
Cat People plot
"SHE WAS MARKED WITH THE CURSE OF THOSE WHO SLINK AND COURT AND KILL BY NIGHT!"
Irena Dubrovna is a beautiful, mysterious Serbian woman who now lives in New York. Technical artist Oliver Reed falls in love with her and they get married. Their marriage is so strained that Irene sometimes thinks she was cursed a long time ago. Whenever she gets emotionally excited, she fears turning into a panther and killing her husband. Oliver thinks it's ridiculous and childish, and sends her to the psychiatrist Dr. Judd, who has to heal her. But that's easier said than done.
Actors and actresses
Irena Dubrovna Reed
Oliver Reed
Dr. Louis Judd
Alice Moore
The Commodore
Sue Ellen (uncredited)
Zookeeper (uncredited)
Street Policeman (uncredited)
Mrs. Plunkett (uncredited)
Mrs. Agnew (uncredited)
Reviews & comments
baspls
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- 4118 messages
- 1673 votes
"You can fool everybody, but laudie dearie me, you can't fool a cat. They seem to know who's not right."
Cats have always been my favorite animals, so I couldn't let a movie with the title Cat People pass me by.
A man meets a mysterious woman at the zoo. Soon they get married, but unfortunately the marriage is not without problems. The woman is frightened by the legends of the Cat People, women who turn into panthers...
The first Val Lewton movie I see. I like the evocative way in which tension is created. Nice elongated tension that is broken off at the last moment, a style that would later characterize him. The production was quite difficult, but the film was a great success at the time.
The acting is fine and the story is nice and mysterious and intriguing. In the end, there was perhaps a little too much drama in the - already quite short - film, but the exciting moments and legends made the film more than worth watching. Most memorable were the pool scenes, the chase, and the ending.
Highly recommended this horror classic. Check out the 80s remake with David Bowie soon.
Translated from Dutch · View original
clubsport
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- 4206 messages
- 7191 votes
Too much suggestion and too little real tension and horror , that is actually how I want to summarize this film in a nutshell .
It starts nicely but the horror part just doesn't really want to come off and it gets stuck in some suspense moments.
The actors and actresses do their best but it doesn't really save the movie
Translated from Dutch · View originalPre- and sequels
The Curse of the Cat People
1944
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