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Overall Rank: 4313

Average Rating: 2.7/4

# of Ratings: 48

Theatrical Release Date: 11/16/1942

Language: English

Genre: Drama, Horror

MPAA Rating: NR

Director: Jacques Tourneur

Actors: Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph, Jack Holt

Plot: An American man marries a Serbian immigrant who fears that she will turn into the cat person of her homeland's fables if they are intimate together.

Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 07/19/2023

Frightening in subtle ways, "Cat People" embodies an almost extinct breed of horror that relies on mood and implications to make you more afraid of what you can't see than what you can.

Indyfreak - wrote on 07/31/2018

Stylish thriller that never shows the elusive monster. It's all through the power of suggestion. For the slow burn psychological trappings of this particular story, and evidently a limited budget, it works. But I'd rather see the shark in Jaws and the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park than hardly at all.

Unknown - wrote on 05/19/2012

The 'evil' in this film is never seen. There is some clever camera work and uses of shadows that not only made up for the lack of budget, but also proved influential to all thrillers that came after. It's a decent flick, with some memorable scenes.

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Drive-In Massacre - wrote on 10/10/2011

This is actually my second viewing of this film, I decided to watch it again (with a very informative audio commentary by film historian Greg Mank), so I can watch Curse of the Cat People tomorrow. I'm a big fan of the Val Lewton produced horror pictures from RKO, and I think Cat People is undoubtedly the most famous and respected of the films. For me, I think it's probably the 3rd best, behind I Walked With a Zombie, and my personal favorite The Body Snatcher, in which Karloff gives one of my favorite film performances in the history of film. Cat People is genius though, and without question the most symbolic and provocative of the Lewton films. Its simplicity and slow movement is like a dream building up to a nightmare. It really, REALLY, could have been is a hokey movie about a lady …