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Cat People (1982)

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Reviews Counted: 36

Fresh: 23

Rotten:13

Average Rating: 6.1/10

Runtime: 1 hr 59 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Synopsis: After Irena (Nastassia Kinski), a young woman with a mysterious past, is reunited with her brother Paul (Malcom MacDowell), a series of bizarre events is set into motion. When Irena discovers that... After Irena (Nastassia Kinski), a young woman with a mysterious past, is reunited with her brother Paul (Malcom MacDowell), a series of bizarre events is set into motion. When Irena discovers that her sexuality is intimately linked with that of her brother's--as well as with a strange human-feline metamorphosis they secretly share--the moment is both frightening and alluring. A remake of the 1942 supernatural horror film of the same name, Paul Schrader's version of CAT PEOPLE is more graphic, more eroticized, and more detailed in content. Shot in New Orleans, an eerie stillness permeates the film, coupled with naturally delivered dialogue that moves the story along. Ruby Dee provides extra mysterious insinuations as Female, the sibling's live-in servant in their French-style mansion, and John Heard is perfectly cast as Oliver, the animal biologist and love interest of Irena. [More]

Starring: Nastassja Kinski, Malcolm McDowell, John Heard, Ed Begley

Starring: Nastassja Kinski, Malcolm McDowell, John Heard, Ed Begley, Annette O'Toole, Scott Paulin, Frankie R. Faison, John Larroquette

Director: Paul Schrader

Director: Paul Schrader
Composer: Giorgio Moroder

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Jul 21, 1998

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Paul Schrader's redo has its own share of chills.

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02/21/08
Steve Crum
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In 1982, Paul Schrader seemed a very odd choice to remake Val Lewton's classic 1943 horror movie. The original was a model of restraint and subtlety and the remake, frankly, isn't.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
09/26/07
Kim Newman
Empire Magazine

Paul Schrader's hammering, art-porno remake of Jacques Tourneur's deft little thriller.

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09/26/07
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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Schrader's rather misogynistic film is confused in its intentions.

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09/26/07
Channel 4 Film

Ludicrous or not, Cat People is gorgeous to behold, due mostly to cinematographer John Bailey's marvelous detailed rendering of New Orleans in autumn.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
09/26/07
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Kinski was essential to the film as conceived, and she's endlessly watchable.

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09/26/07
Variety Staff
Variety
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Sexy, scary and super cool.

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11/10/06
Cole Smithey
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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.

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06/24/06
Time Out

Underrated.

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05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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10/09/05
Chuck O'Leary
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07/07/05
Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel
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07/03/05
Emanuel Levy
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Kitten's got claws!

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05/24/05
Staci Layne Wilson
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11/19/04
Robin Clifford
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11/04/04
Mark R. Leeper
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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.

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10/23/04
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Schrader's most underrated film is a supremely stylish, sensual nightmare

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10/07/04
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette

Cat People is a most unusual love story.

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02/04/04
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
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Brandon Judell
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02/26/03
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