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SHE WAS MARKED WITH THE CURSE OF THOSE WHO SLINK AND COURT AND KILL BY NIGHT!
SHE WAS MARKED WITH THE CURSE OF THOSE WHO SLINK AND COURT AND KILL B...
Drama, Horror - 1942
7.3
91%
N/A
Serbian fashion designer Irena Dubrovna and American marine engineer Oliver Reed meet in Central Park, fall in love, and marry after a brief courtship; but Irena won't consummate the union for fear that she will turn into a panther compelled to kill her lover, pursuant to a belief harbored by her home village.
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Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
73 min
Release date:
5 Dec 1942
Country:
US
Languages:
English, Serbian
Budget:
$134,000
Revenue:
$4,000,000
Awards:
1 win & 3 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

rotten:
Ladies who have such temptations -- in straight horror pictures, at least -- should exercise their digits a bit more freely than does Simone Simon in this film.
– Bosley Crowther,
New York Times,
25 Mar 2006
fresh:
First in the wondrous series of B movies in which Val Lewton elaborated his principle of horrors imagined rather than seen, with a superbly judged performance from Simon.
– Tom Milne,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
More a film about unreasoning fear than the supernatural, this work demonstrates what a filmmaker can accomplish when he substitutes taste and intelligence for special effects.
– Don Druker,
Chicago Reader,
26 Sep 2007
fresh:
Cat People wasn't frightening like a slasher movie, using shocks and gore, but frightening in an eerie, mysterious way that was hard to define; the screen harbored unseen threats.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
26 Sep 2007
fresh:
This is a weird drama of thrill-chill caliber.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
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