1. A Retrospective Review: Cat People (1942 and 1982)
Nov 30, 2022 · It's a movie about forbidden sexuality and shrinking away from intimacy, Irena's curse is so easy to read as a stand-in for lesbianism I'm ...
From Lucy Beltrami comes a review of director Jacques Tourneur, screenwriter DeWitt Bodeen and producer Val Lewton’s atmeowspheric American horror classic from 1942, Cat People, as well as a …
2. Cat People | Rotten Tomatoes
Cat People, director Paul Schrader's remake of a 1942 B-movie, combines explicit sex, graphic violence, special effects and the supernatural and somehow falls ...
In this sensual and violent horror tale, Irena Gallier (Nastassia Kinski) has a dark family secret, one that resurfaces dramatically when she reconnects with her estranged brother, Paul (Malcolm McDowell). Living with her sibling in New Orleans, Irena finds herself enamored with zoologist Oliver Yates (John Heard), even as her brother makes his own advances toward her. It's not long before the dark and dangerous curse of the Gallier clan rears its feline head.
3. Cat People 1982 - The Silver Screen Oasis
Dec 31, 2022 · Orphaned and separated from her brother since childhood, Nastassja Kinski rejoins him in New Orleans and gradually learns that they are not exactly human.
Cat People (1982), directed by Paul Schrader.
4. Cat People (1982) directed by Paul Schrader • Reviews, film + cast
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 ...
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.
5. Cat People movie review & film summary (1982) | Roger Ebert
"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.
It is a preposterous idea. Untold centuries ago, when all the world was a desert of wind-whipped, blood-orange sand, and leopards lounged lazily in barren
6. Cat People (1982) - Cody's Film, TV, and Video Game Blog
Oct 10, 2018 · The story truly begins in modern day New Orleans, where Irena Gallier has arrived to meet up with her brother, Paul, whom she hasn't seen since early childhood.
At about the same time I first learned of the original Cat People , I also knew that there was a remake from the 80's, and the dichotomy b...
7. Cat People (1982) | Alex on Film
Dec 19, 2018 · It expands on the Val Lewton classic by adding a bunch of mumbo-jumbo about leopards breeding with humans in ancient times, and then throws in a ...
*. OK, I think there’s really only one question that Paul Schrader’s Cat People poses today: Why don’t we laugh at it? *. I mean, in the first place it’s really silly. It ex…
8. Cat People (1982) | VERN'S REVIEWS on the FILMS of CINEMA
Oct 1, 2019 · In 1982 Paul Schrader followed AMERICAN GIGOLO with a look at another oft-ignored segment of society, the CAT PEOPLE.
In 1982 Paul Schrader followed AMERICAN GIGOLO with a look at another oft-ignored segment of society, the CAT PEOPLE. It’s a much hornier movie than GIGOLO -