Cat People
1942 · Movie · NR · 73 min · ★ 6.9 · 88% critics
A Serbian immigrant in Manhattan becomes convinced that an ancient curse will make her a feline predator if she becomes physically intimate with the man she loves. As her belief clashes with everyday life, her relationship grows tense and eerie, drawing others into a troubling cycle of doubt and fear.
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Details
- Years
- 1942
- Release date
- 1942-12-05
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 73 min
- Critic score
- 88/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (674 votes)
- Box office
- $8,000,000
- Budget
- $135,000
About
If you like slow-burn horror-thrillers with eerie uncertainty and mostly unseen threat (like Curse of the Demon or The Leopard Man), you’ll likely enjoy this; Not for you if you need constant scares, fast pacing, or fully explicit answers.
Pros: haunting psychological tension; eerie atmosphere; subtle horror suggestion | Cons: dialogue feels stilted; romance pacing drags; menace can be unclear
Themes
- work
- jealousy
- love triangle
- isolation
- cat
- smoking
- office
- zoo
- transformation
- psychological stress
- marriage
- animal attack
- +33 more
Cast & crew
Simone Simon
as Irena Dubrovna Reed
Kent Smith
as Oliver Reed
Tom Conway
as Dr. Louis Judd
Jane Randolph
as Alice Moore
Jack Holt
as The Commodore
- HB
Henrietta Burnside
as Sue Ellen (uncredited)
Alec Craig
as Zookeeper (uncredited)
Eddie Dew
as Street Policeman (uncredited)
- ED
Elizabeth Dunne
as Mrs. Plunkett (uncredited)
Dot Farley
as Mrs. Agnew (uncredited)
Directed by Jacques Tourneur