Cat People
They are something more than lovers who are about to become something less than human.
They are something more than lovers who are about to become something...
Fantasy, Horror
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1982
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After years of separation, Irena Gallier and her minister brother, Paul, reunite in New Orleans. When zoologists capture a wild panther, Irena is drawn to the cat – and zoo curator Oliver to her. Soon, Paul will have to reveal the family secret: that when sexually aroused, they revert into predatory jungle cats.
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Runtime:
118 min
Release date:
2 Apr 1982
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$12,500,000
Revenue:
$21,000,000
Awards:
4 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
Paul Schrader's hammering, art-porno remake of Jacques Tourneur's deft little thriller.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
26 Sep 2007
fresh:
Kinski was essential to the film as conceived, and she's endlessly watchable.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
26 Sep 2007
fresh:
Cat People is a good movie in an old tradition, a fantasy-horror film that takes itself just seriously enough to work, has just enough fun to be entertaining, [and] contains elements of intrinsic fascination in its magnificent black leopards.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
fresh:
The seductively exotic surface of this mythically underpinned fantasy might be offset for some by much graphic gore, but if you can buy the romantic metaphors for the primitivisms of sexual obsession, the film delivers down the line.
– ,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006