Foregoing the horror thrills of its predecessor in favor of childhood fantasy, Curse of the Cat People is a touching and psychologically complex family film couched in a ghost story. Read critic reviews
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In this sequel to "Cat People," Oliver Reed (Kent Smith) is married to the lovely Alice Moore (Jane Randolph). The couple has a daughter, Amy (Ann Carter), a withdrawn young girl with a vivid imagination who soon begins talking to visions of her father's deceased former wife, the cursed Irena (Simone Simon). When Amy unintentionally incurs the wrath of a mentally unstable woman (Elizabeth Russell), the girl's relationship with Irena's apparition comes into play.
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Genre: Horror
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Original Language: English
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Director: Robert Wise, Gunther von Fritsch
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Producer: Val Lewton
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Writer: DeWitt Bodeen
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Release Date (Theaters): original
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Distributor: Image Entertainment Inc., Turner Home Video, RKO Home Video, RKO Radio Pictures
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Production Co: RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
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Sound Mix: Mono
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Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.37:1)
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Critic Reviews for The Curse of the Cat People
Audience Reviews for The Curse of the Cat People
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What a terribly misleading title. "The Curse of the Cat People" is no horror film, and it's barely even spooky. Add more visual atmosphere and this fantasy would verge on Jean Cocteau turf. It's also not much of a sequel to 1942's "Cat People," beyond its recasting of Simone Simon and Kent Smith. A lonely little girl (Ann Carter, merely adequate) starts seeing her father's dead wife (Simon) and embraces her as a friend. She also befriends an elderly woman who lives with her daughter in one of those typical spooky homes that everyone avoids out of unfounded fear. Her concerned father (Smith) and his new wife frown upon these indulgences. Neither storyline resolves in a satisfying way, and it's not even certain exactly what has happened.
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A bad sequel, it doesn't have anything to do with the first one really, and it's silly. I don't recommend this movie.
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Superior sequel to "Cat People" explores the fantasy life of a lonely little girl, whose imaginary friend takes on an alarming figure of the past. A rare "horror" film that eschews the possibly supernatural origins of its predecessor and focuses directly on its psychological impact. Brilliantly executed and hauntingly realized.
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