Cat People (1942)

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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.

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Genres: Romance, Drama, Suspense/Thriller, Horror

Country: USA

Directed By: Jacques Tourneur

Written By: DeWitt Bodeen, Val Lewton

Starring: Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph, Jack Holt, Bud Geary, George Ford, Theresa Harris, Leda Nicova

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Date	User	Rating
Jan 26	rebet	70 _0%
Jan 12	Dicke_Taube	70 _60%
Jan 11	KamilPPP	80 _58%
Dec 29, 2019	Bolido	89 _92%
Dec 27, 2019	asdfg	60 _25%
Dec 27, 2019	NoGuyTest	1 _67%
Dec 17, 2019	hermit69	71 _47%
Dec 13, 2019	owen1218	70 _49%
Dec 12, 2019	mycollection	100 _0%
Dec 11, 2019	jtora	60 _0%
Dec 08, 2019	trvsdjhnsn	6 _94%
Dec 05, 2019	jal90	80 _69%
Nov 29, 2019	begoniabol	60 _48%
Very dated. The acting isn't always the best (that Serbian accent, oof), the story is a little strange and, despite the myth, unrealistic. I mean, falling in love with someone you barely know within a day? Spoiler: no wonder the marriage failed. Nice kittens/cats in this movie though.
Nov 28, 2019	soraxtm	70 _53%
Nov 22, 2019	JZ17	38 _10%
Nov 04, 2019	TMDaines	70 _43%
Nov 03, 2019	lance20000	60 _35%
Oct 31, 2019	Jasongirl67	40 _24%
Story is a bit too old fashioned for me But it is visually stunning
Oct 30, 2019	piratejerk	6 _25%
Oct 23, 2019	aaawfwf	48 _0%
Oct 23, 2019	flipperrbm	7 _74%
Oct 22, 2019	Jet-	79 _74%
Oct 21, 2019	Guy...	10 _4%
Oct 20, 2019	norval_jones	90 _91%
Oct 19, 2019	jam66539	70 _71%
Oct 14, 2019	FrankXVI	70 _40%
Oct 12, 2019	Trooth	64 _37%
For the first half of the movie, what engaged me most was the spectacle of social traditions of the 40s. For example, agreeing to marry somebody after knowing them for two days, and taking unforgivable offense to people knowing you've visited a psychiatrist. Other than that, there are some genuinely chilling horror scenes, making great use of light and shadow in a way that only black and white movies really can.
Oct 11, 2019	anaskvit	70 _27%
Oct 11, 2019	INDYATMN	83 _62%
Being a product of its time (the instant romance, the now cliche way the animals react) makes the praise on this seem overdone, but it is impressive how the filmmakers manage to deliver a mostly intriguing & increasingly compelling mystery about a woman who can turn into a panther with no special efx whatsoever. The last 20 minutes are riveting as the ostensible heroes suddenly seem a little horrible given the power they have over the lead & you can't help rooting for the ostensible "monster".
Oct 10, 2019	Toke Za	80 _84%
Oct 10, 2019	Big Lemons	85 _71%
Oct 06, 2019	AaronSnover	80 _70%
Oct 03, 2019	Boromi	70 _37%
Oct 02, 2019	ssavage	70 _52%
Sep 27, 2019	Blondone86	68 _20%
Sep 24, 2019	clayj41	70 _49%
Sep 17, 2019	offlineoz	60 _42%
Sep 14, 2019	bladewalker	80 _64%
Aug 23, 2019	Jimmy Suede	65 _35%
This is a mildly suspenseful dark tragedy, if not really horror. The poor foreign girl has a cat curse and a terrible husband. I guess she was better off not marrying the random stranger from her litter-spree at the zoo after all. In all it might have been an effective social or relational allegory if the relationship weren't given the Hollywood treatment. The visuals are great, though, and it has a few nice scenes.
Aug 13, 2019	garrett2	73 _77%
Aug 12, 2019	sandman248	80 _63%
Aug 09, 2019	bal3x	70 _71%
Jul 20, 2019	Demokan	90 _70%
Jul 13, 2019	Numogram	71 _58%
Jul 01, 2019	sweetrevenge	0 _0%
Jun 30, 2019	elimpe	73 _56%
Jun 27, 2019	mbramhald13	70 _0%
Jun 08, 2019	Geslimmar	50 _36%
Jun 01, 2019	Aras	90 _96%
May 31, 2019	Hyperion+	3 _41%
May 25, 2019	loc42	60 _39%
I liked its calm, distanced narration and almost perfect lightning that can assuage or accentuate shadows according to the intended mood. Besides that, there isn't much going on except an orientalize and ostracized Serbian woman, who, according to the movie, cannot control her backwards and barbaric drives in a civilized place like the US. It seems like Tourneur believes that the East cannot survive in the West due to its irrationality.
May 20, 2019	thehaze	90 _72%
May 20, 2019	JJJensen	91 _89%
May 19, 2019	ryuto	8 _80%
May 11, 2019	goldfinger	50 _16%
Apr 29, 2019	Maaxwell	65 _49%
Apr 26, 2019	MrHallenbeck	91 _82%
Apr 23, 2019	AHALE80	80 _0%
Apr 20, 2019	boysanilar	78 _56%
Apr 07, 2019	TheRuins	70 _88%
Mar 17, 2019	lillakniven	60 _51%
Mar 11, 2019	napolenbrady	86 _40%
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Mar 11, 2019	Curb	66 _60%
Mar 10, 2019	Brewster	60 _63%
Mar 05, 2019	mate_cosido	80 _71%
Feb 26, 2019	Ronin21	84 _85%
Feb 21, 2019	MortSahlFan	60 _27%
Feb 11, 2019	Zepfanman	67 _2%
Feb 09, 2019	Panunzio	77 _69%
Feb 08, 2019	punpun	65 _42%
Feb 06, 2019	felixgartner	80 _57%
Feb 05, 2019	finchereznor	70 _31%
Feb 05, 2019	chris.ty	83 _61%
Feb 02, 2019	nicolino	75 _85%
Jan 20, 2019	pck00	85 _49%
Jan 19, 2019	jokevv	70 _75%
Jan 13, 2019	gossamer2019	61 _45%
Jan 07, 2019	knives	85 _93%
Jan 04, 2019	Kabbjeh	75 _80%
Dec 30, 2018	redboots	80 _75%
Dec 28, 2018	FraGil	65 _36%
Dec 26, 2018	ManInBlack	7 _74%
Dec 07, 2018	rollsroyce	33 _14%
Dec 05, 2018	mathiasa	80 _91%
Dec 03, 2018	worrywirt	70 _53%
Dec 01, 2018	Dennis Li	3 _61%
Nov 28, 2018	Merc	60 _19%
Nov 20, 2018	vitruvian	80 _45%
Nov 11, 2018	samurai	8 _75%
Nov 11, 2018	brianrobot	5 _87%
Nov 05, 2018	MaxVonSydow	40 _15%
Nov 02, 2018	Hadleyreis	69 _51%
I really don't think this should come under the catergory of horror, cat all. Not clawful but not purrfect either.
Oct 31, 2018	imaginaryoct	77 _82%
Oct 27, 2018	Ariaz	89 _91%
Oct 23, 2018	Yiannos	73 _74%
Peculiar little film that has a unique atmosphere and an unassuming demeanor that belies its psycho-sexual complexity (for its time). By today's standards it's rather tame, and while its understated menace is undoubtedly a virtue, it's also frustrating, frequently blunting its subversive edge. Tourneur directs with superb economy (i.e no wasted shots) and stages a few brilliant scenes, including a now infamous and highly influential one in a public pool.
Oct 20, 2018	cascade	55 _22%
Oct 13, 2018	NathanBates	60 _35%
I'm not much for horror, but this is a good "training wheels" film. There's suspense that builds throughout without getting too terrifying. It's got beautiful photography, but it is weakened by some poor characters and a pretty goofy plot.
Oct 12, 2018	Pickle_Man	85 _64%
When your wife tells you that being jealous will turn her into a cat on a murderous rampage that seems like a pretty big red flag, especially if she's in striking low-key black and white.
Oct 03, 2018	Obdurate	75 _51%
More suspense than horror outside of a scene or two. It's an entertaining movie that does more justice to the premise than it probably deserves, and that's in part to the acting, the camera work, cinematography and excellent use of lighting/shadows (especially near the end). Yeah, it's a little silly but it never goes past the point that I couldn't buy into it. I don't love it, but acknowledge its importance and what was accomplished here.
Sep 30, 2018	TheBreather	70 _46%
Sep 21, 2018	VanillaSky	70 _72%
Sep 21, 2018	ce8	67 _67%
Sep 18, 2018	bubsy	4 _47%
Sep 09, 2018	Zepheus	50 _0%
Aug 19, 2018	Bartbaard	55 _31%
Some Interesting shots in there, but the film as a whole is not something to write home about. Still, a decent story and well executed in such a short runtime.
Aug 13, 2018	darius	95 _66%
Aug 09, 2018	Fritz Fass	80 _71%
Aug 07, 2018	filmbantha	50 _11%
Jul 30, 2018	TheMarkle	90 _97%
Jul 27, 2018	StubobNumber	80 _35%
Jul 26, 2018	CMQuinn	80 _71%
Val Lewton produced a string of low-budget Horror films in the 1940s, most of which are considered minor to legit classics. This is probably the best of the bunch, loaded with atmosphere and a really great performance from Simone Simon. The only thing holding it back (and this really goes for most of Lewton's Horror pics) is that it drags a bit despite it's short length, there will be stretches where you will probably check the clock. Luckily, there are some fantastic scenes, especially the pool
Jul 23, 2018	Gymnopedies	80 _84%
Jul 21, 2018	Mikadzuki	61 _34%
Jul 14, 2018	birgitbrause	70 _22%
Jul 13, 2018	laertes	70 _72%
Jul 13, 2018	BrianRueMorg	2 _74%
Jul 12, 2018	AFlickering	80 _78%
a film about the sorrow, alienation and confusion american civilisation afflicts in desperately maintaining its fragile fictions at all costs. an immigrant female is repressed and othered by a society which denies nature by excluding it from the sanctuary of the frame, until eventually her dormant appetites erupt, and it's as though the viewer is the one being stalked and predated upon. you think the hays code is keeping the monsters at bay, when really it's creating them.
Jul 09, 2018	dracular	50 _29%
Jun 20, 2018	FreddieQuell	65 _51%
Jun 17, 2018	aviator	70 _40%
Jun 07, 2018	PUNQ	70 _96%
I'm a cat person, so naturally this one's for me. Real haunting scenes and a lot of furry teases. The swim scene was oddly frightening. So simple, so effective. Not every scene clawed itself into the soul, but there was enough atmosphere to make it a dreamy horror.
Jun 01, 2018	allneonslike	65 _54%
May 16, 2018	zmoats	86 _74%
May 08, 2018	brennanc	14 _60%
May 07, 2018	CiTay	70 _46%
May 07, 2018	Siegel Hans	80 _82%
May 05, 2018	normatic	80 _85%
May 04, 2018	cinematyler	50 _23%
May 03, 2018	daffodil907	70 _63%
May 03, 2018	dragos	80 _86%
May 01, 2018	John Milton	60 _32%
Apr 30, 2018	grabmymask	94 _92%
Apr 24, 2018	Reigntall	70 _52%
Apr 23, 2018	Fuentissimo	58 _73%
Apr 19, 2018	fictionfitz	84 _88%
Apr 16, 2018	AchwellFoley	77 _85%
Apr 13, 2018	dourface	70 _67%
Apr 03, 2018	Krafty	65 _23%
Apr 03, 2018	Daisoujou	60 _29%
Apr 01, 2018	mmarczi	80 _43%
Mar 31, 2018	Box Of Frogs	2 _0%
Mar 23, 2018	horrorjames	50 _41%
Mar 20, 2018	apsays	59 _44%
Mar 10, 2018	skap	90 _74%
Hardly a horror, but an intoxicatingly elegant film.
Mar 10, 2018	gackt	70 _59%
Mar 09, 2018	scott.mcc	70 _63%
Feb 23, 2018	Ceekay19	20 _0%
Irena Dubrovna: "I like the dark. It's friendly."
Feb 21, 2018	Trombone	40 _35%
Feb 19, 2018	ForrestQ	85 _84%
Dude meets rich foreign woman, manipulates her into marrying him (which you never even get to witness her consenting to), immediately sends her to a therapist because she won't have sex with him, then proceeds to ignore her for the rest of the movie in favor of his female co-worker, while considering having her committed (you know cause she won't have sex with him) with her creepy rapist therapist. Horrific this movie is, but only due to the actions of the male lead, not his sympathetic bride
Feb 18, 2018	phil-	70 _45%
Feb 18, 2018	omeraksy	72 _63%
Feb 17, 2018	coldesser	80 _73%
Feb 13, 2018	TaakoDurden	76 _70%
Feb 07, 2018	wuigee	62 _21%
Feb 03, 2018	kjones77	80 _70%
Jan 31, 2018	salMovies	100 _89%
Jan 24, 2018	maxmode	50 _23%
Jan 18, 2018	CarterAmos	86 _66%
Jan 17, 2018	Zodoto	50 _7%
Jan 17, 2018	Eric WK	75 _66%
Jan 09, 2018	cengaveri	75 _61%
Jan 02, 2018	Vessla	78 _69%
Dec 28, 2017	Mathijsvdm	85 _80%
Dec 27, 2017	ptkw	50 _36%
Dec 24, 2017	brettz	3 _33%
Dec 20, 2017	bennick218	75 _45%
Dec 20, 2017	Systematicer	30 _8%
Nov 29, 2017	Cocoa	70 _72%
Nov 23, 2017	Pugs4Less	96 _90%
Nov 17, 2017	teaty666	70 _88%
Nov 10, 2017	Noblet	64 _39%
Oct 29, 2017	Kerc	20 _54%
Oct 28, 2017	crusse17	0 _19%
Oct 27, 2017	wetwillies	80 _35%
Oct 24, 2017	Anne Girl	55 _39%
Oct 14, 2017	fernsebner	70 _27%
Sep 30, 2017	ifbrown11	81 _63%
Sep 28, 2017	CosmicMonkey	83 _75%
An example of what great film-making can do: Tourneur elevates a stupid premise and shoe-string budget into a creepy and atmospheric psychological thriller. It's a great film to study how editing and lighting and camerawork can effectively create tension and fear, and the two chase scenes are among the best I've ever seen. While not the greatest film from it's era. it's certainly not bad by any means and it's hard not to at least appreciate the craftsmanship.
Sep 22, 2017	8505144	69 _46%
Sep 21, 2017	snallygaster	62 _66%
Sep 20, 2017	Bobbles	68 _41%
Sep 20, 2017	khorst	90 _87%
Sep 11, 2017	bhalac	75 _45%
Aug 30, 2017	izwt936g	80 _75%
Aug 30, 2017	mb9607	80 _0%
Aug 09, 2017	jpn	3 _35%
Aug 02, 2017	whataboutit	96 _92%
Aug 01, 2017	addeh	72 _66%
Jul 24, 2017	tomatwork	30 _29%
Jul 20, 2017	elmakebabi	72 _69%
Jul 18, 2017	davidsietsma	89 _41%
Jul 14, 2017	haljordan2	1 _0%
Jun 28, 2017	Eignarom	80 _76%
Jun 17, 2017	inmate	74 _39%
Jun 13, 2017	AHP	65 _21%
Jun 04, 2017	leemarvins	87 _94%
May 15, 2017	DrWade42	78 _57%
Apr 22, 2017	skeeter20	70 _77%
Apr 16, 2017	afternoon	2 _63%
Apr 13, 2017	kupfertj	80 _75%
Apr 12, 2017	letterboxdvo	37 _73%
Apr 05, 2017	Archeologian	55 _32%
More sophisticated than you'd expect from such a b-rate concept. I guess I like the idea of making a genuinely artistic investment into schlock, but I wouldn't call this film exemplary of what I imagine that to look like. It's a shame that the two strongest scenes have been hammered in film classes, because they would have been more effective had they been fresh to me.
Apr 03, 2017	maneeshgoel	60 _31%
Apr 01, 2017	jpmarchant	89 _40%
Mar 11, 2017	RYM-byrates	71 _82%
Mar 06, 2017	felipelahm	90 _95%
Feb 26, 2017	RiverRivers	79 _77%
Feb 25, 2017	lisko	80 _78%
Feb 25, 2017	mCihhh	80 _81%
Feb 21, 2017	kode	69 _28%
Feb 13, 2017	jmsenise	80 _73%
Jan 29, 2017	Villane	70 _32%
Jan 20, 2017	Buff	40 _43%
Jan 16, 2017	drstrangeluv	80 _77%
Jan 15, 2017	cshadows2887	88 _31%
Jan 14, 2017	mjbreuer	78 _76%
Jan 14, 2017	Fergenaprido	74 _51%
Jan 13, 2017	BNJ-	50 _35%
Jan 09, 2017	obtiosov	90 _89%
Jan 02, 2017	Tarris1	75 _45%
Dec 29, 2016	Actionberg	80 _71%
Dec 26, 2016	bmmello	85 _81%
Dec 26, 2016	Rebert	8 _87%
Dec 22, 2016	Mr. Saturn	84 _74%
Dec 18, 2016	elcolibri	75 _49%
Dec 16, 2016	joiken	80 _61%
Dec 14, 2016	CrazyJim9380	80 _72%
Dec 01, 2016	katatonic	85 _59%
Nov 29, 2016	BrotherReed	50 _18%
Nov 28, 2016	chester9876	100 _88%
Nov 24, 2016	gregmnewman	80 _68%
Nov 17, 2016	rorschach05	70 _40%
Nov 16, 2016	tomwalsh	50 _28%
Nov 14, 2016	Ronin22	66 _80%
Nov 10, 2016	doe	65 _74%
Nov 05, 2016	bybrt	90 _94%
Nov 04, 2016	peekingpanda	55 _64%
Oct 31, 2016	jerrywarton	72 _77%
Oct 30, 2016	zkas1225	75 _63%
Oct 26, 2016	sacmersault	72 _55%
Oct 25, 2016	indifferenti	8 _54%
Oct 25, 2016	tchilto	11 _70%
Oct 22, 2016	lucidquasar	60 _18%
Oct 15, 2016	blanketstate	7 _32%
Oct 12, 2016	jerfairall	70 _54%
Oct 06, 2016	asxyninja	75 _47%
Oct 03, 2016	BeeDub	85 _60%
Sep 27, 2016	scarletspeed	55 _53%
Sep 25, 2016	ctavares	70 _57%
Sep 19, 2016	mixjuice	80 _48%

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