Cat People

Clearly this was Paul Schrader's elaborate scheme to shoot some scenes of Nastassja Kinski walking around naked (of which there should have been many more).

This remake inserts incest into the storyline & calls a character "Female" for no reason. Large chunks of story are also cut out (How does Heard react to Irena's attack? Why does she leave & come back? To redo the pool scene? Stalk O'Toole who's no threat? ) Despite all this, I like the score & looking at Kinski enough that I might have given it a 65, but then there's a string of false endings for about 50 minutes longer than necessary. Only 2 of the 50 tells you something you didn't know.

Everyone else is rating this for the fact that a woman gets naked, right?

Good premise, fun execution, some spooky scenes scattered throughout and a tight soundtrack by Moroder. It's essentially a sex-fueled werewolf flick that hits its marks pretty well.

The darkest moment of my movie-watching career has been realizing I kind of like Cat People.

Very interesting remake of the 1942 film that frames sexual frustration in a horror context, complimented by striking visuals and a memorable soundtrack by Giorgio Moroder. Along with John Carpenter's The Thing from the same year, this is a remake that holds up on its own terms.

Hot nudes.

"...hammering, art-porno ... if this 1985 film were any heavier, it would probably crash right through the screen."

Well, it isn't dull like the original version

I jerked off so much to this film when I was young and it came on Encore late night.

Any movie with a David Bowie theme song is a winner in my book.

She's one fine piece of...you know what, I can't.

Not bad.

Watch Only For Nastassja Kinski

Schrader's erotic horror film oozes atmosphere and has a nice dose of some Cronenberg images, but man is it hard to watch without laughing. The most praise goes to Kinski, as she nails the feline look while delivering an oddly captivating performance.

The third act was unfocused but I don't blame anyone. When you have Kinski on set, no one can focus on their work.

Plus 10 for the Bowie song.

If you check out the commentary, Paul Schrader explains that everyone on the cast and crew, himself included, were "required" to do an excessive amount of cocaine each day of shooting. It shows but still doesn't account for what the hell is wrong with that guy. Features some of the worst animal cruelty to ever be released in a film but manages to be irresistibly trashy and disgusting. Also features one of the most unlikeable film protaganists ever.

I seem to be one of the very few people that like the remake better than the original.

Silly but entertaining horror that's less a remake than a reimagining of Tournier's version. It's also vaguely reminiscent of The Hunger because of its themes of death and desire and its video clip style aesthetic long before it was fashionable. It's inferior to that film, mostly because it lacks a convincing central performance (i.e. Kinski is wooden) and it isn't as visually impressive, but it's atmospherically gripping and Schrader proves surprisingly adept at delivering lurid thrills.

involves some lovely predators:)

I love the original, but I will give this remake credit for going in a another direction. They went rated R for sex, nudity and violence, but it made sense in the story being told. Loved the music and the cinematography. Had that eerie old horror movie feel at times.

Shoulda let the classic alone.

A lot worse than I remembered. Poor Malcolm McDowell.

Campy

Poor. The story of siblings, the last of their kind.

Loses its way a few times too many and, overall, for too much of its runtime. There are some strong images and moods that punctuate the mess, but nothing quite as cohesive as in Tourneur's film. Perhaps manages to leave a more searing impression on the mind, largely thanks to its 80s colour scheme.

Score based on distant memory.

Schrader adds erotic body horror and removes most of the original's fantasy vibe -- despite recreating stalking and pool scenes --, producing a good-looking, if uneven -- so bloated it plays like a 150min film -- typical 1980s moody, provocative -- lotta incest is suggested from the origin story (parents were siblings) and McDowell and Kinski's characters, althought not consummated -- piece. I hope they never remake it again, otherwise we'd be getting some PG-13 shit trying to look like R-rated.

A great movie to be really uncomfortable watching with friends.

A good horror remake. It's not perfect and has a few problems, but what it does well it does really well. Intensely sexual without always being explicit.

So so retelling of the 1942 classic

Das ist eine absonderliche Idee: Vor langer Zeit als die Erde mit blutorangem Wüstensand bedeckt war und auch noch ein paar Leoparden faul in den dürren Bäumen hingen, da schloss die menschliche Rasse einen Packt mit den Katzen: Sie opferten ihre Frauen... die ganze Rezension sowie die für uns wichtigsten Filme der 80er Postmoderne auf der Seite unserer Videothek cinegeek.de

"The late, great Ferdinando Scarfiotti's elaborate set designs imagine New Orleans as a post-feminist kingdom whose traditions are on the brink of destruction." - Ed Gonzalez

Very, very 80s. And I say that in a bad way. Good script, but everything else was not so good.

For when you want your sex panther trashy and pungent. Improves on the original in every possible way - there's naked ladies in it! Roger Ebert thumbs.

Frankly, I've got my dose of good cinema to complain too much about the bad points. A nice giallo from Paul Schrader.

Pretty good, as far as guilty pleasures go

Strange storytelling. I mean, the dramaturgy seemed to have neither ups nor downs. Made it feel pretty long. One constant mood for 2 hours. :D

Não lembro do filme. Só lembro da cena da pantera arrancando a mão de um tratador. Pros meus 5 anos da época, foi marcante.