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	Cult Movies Movie Online Review Cast Reviews Film Soundtrack DVD Video
		In general terms, the basic premise of both original 1942 CAT PEOPLE and the 1982 Paul Schrader remake are the same: an exotic European beauty is given to transforming into a fl panther when sexually aroused.
		In some respects the film is extremely, extremely frustrating, often sliding over the edge from a sexually provocative shocker into moments of annoying silliness-but on the whole it works extremely well as a both a sexual fantasy and the penultimate statement in gratuitous sex and violence.
		The film is extremely bloody, often to a can-you-stand-to-look-at-the-screen degree; there is tremendous nudity and considerably sexual activity; and the combination of sex and violence into a sadomasochistic eroticism is quite disturbing.
	rentmovie.com /category/cult-movies (765 words)

	Cat People (1942 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cat People is a 1942 horror film which tells the story of a young Serbian woman, Irena Dubrovna (Simone Simon) who is haunted by the myth of the cat people of her village.
		Although Cat People is usually categorized as a horror movie, many film critics also consider it a film noir, as Irena assumes many of the traits of both femme fatale and the typical noir hero alienated from conventional society, psychologically wounded and morally ambiguous.
		This film was referenced in the novel Kiss of the Spider Woman by Argentine novelist Manuel Puig.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cat_People_(1942_film) (648 words)

	Scifilm -- Reviews, CAT PEOPLE (1942)
		CAT PEOPLE was the first of a series of atmospheric thrillers produced by Val Lewton and the first collaboration between Lewton and director Jacques Tourneur.
		CAT PEOPLE is important not only because it is an excellent movie, but because it influenced many of films that came after.
		One of the charms of CAT PEOPLE is its simplicity.
	www.scifilm.org /reviews/catpeople.html (1321 words)

	Cat People
		In 1982 there was a remake of the classic 1942 Jacques Tourneur film, Cat People.
		The 1982 film by Paul Schrader explores the themes of incense, and the inner animal nature of man in an erotic, surreal manner.
		In Cat People he leans a bit too heavily on the new era of special effects that were just then exploding.
	www.hometheaterinfo.com /cat.htm (1087 words)

	Feminism in film and the cat people
		The focus of “The Cat People” is on the fear of a sexually aggressive female, in the guise of a cat, unrepressed and on the prowl.
		These films came into being and were financially successful because they temporarily relieve the fears aroused by a recognition of social and political conflicts; they help to discourage any action that might otherwise follow upon the pressure generated by living with these conflicts.
		Shrader’s film relieves the patriarchy’s fear of women, who were continuing to make social and political advances during the early 1980s, by reversing the female threat and replacing it with a male one.
	sc.essortment.com /feminismtheca_rnsf.htm (2398 words)

	Cat People (1982) - Movie Review
		Bizarre from frame one, the story tells of an ancient race of werewolf-like cat people, doomed to turn into fl leopards (is that the same thing as a panther?) if they mate with humans.
		The film is gory and erotic, punctuated by a synth-heavy soundtrack in the vein of Tangerine Dream (with David Bowie on the title track).
		Cat People is less intent on answering those questions than on showing Kinski, Annette O'Toole, and various other women (and men) naked and/or covered in blood.
	www.contactmusic.com /new/film.nsf/reviews/catpeople1982 (393 words)

	Cat People (1982)
		Cat People (1942) is one of the great genre classics.
		The monsters in Lewton's films were creatures of imagination and superstition, they were never depicted - all that we saw of the cat people were looming shadows and the rest could have been people's imaginations.
		In the original there was the underlying suggestion that Irena's belief in cat people could have been caused by her fears of sexual consummation.
	www.moria.co.nz /horror/catpeople82.htm (798 words)

	DVD review of Cat People (1982) - DVD Town (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		For nearly 2 hours, the "cat people" and the humans engage in adventures that lead to plenty of scratching, biting, and lurking in the dark where it's least safe for anybody.
		At one point in time, I'm sure that there was a lot more mythology that delved into the history of the "cat people", and the mythological elements that make it into the movie make the final product more interesting than the sum of its parts.
		While the film is certainly worth a viewing or two, casual fans of "Cat People" may want to wait for a better DVD than the one being released in 2002.
	www.dvdtown.com /review/catpeoplethe/10435/1236 (984 words)

	Cat People (1982) DVD Review
		Paul Schrader’s 1982 film version of the 1942 original “Cat People” is more of a retake on the concept than a remake of the film.
		I think the approach toward making a film like “Cat People” today would probably be as different as the approach used for the 1942 original when compared to the 1982 version.
		The interview with Tom Burman on the makeup effects is great because it reveals rare and never before seen shots of the “Cat People” in mid transformation and still photos from deleted scenes as well as an examination of the effects used in the film.
	www.genreonline.net /Cat_People_DVD.html (766 words)

	Cat People
		The Cat People are descendants of leopards who mated with human females when the latter were left as a sacrifice.
		Problem is that if the cat folks mate with humans, they transmogrify into convenient kitty form and must then kill and devour something, usually their mates, in order to undergo the reverse metamorphosis back into human form.
		Cat People (1982) is a Paul Schrader remake of a 1942 film about people who are half leopard and half human.
	www.scoopy.com /catpeople.htm (1442 words)

	Cat People (1942)
		Cat People (1942) is a low-budget horror classic from RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. - the haunting, low-key story of the difficulties of a foreign-born immigrant sketch artist and young bride (Simon) in an unconsummated marriage, especially her victimization and torment by menacing fears of the supernatural and unknown.
		It is often hinted that she is sexually frigid and according to legend, she may be stained through heredity by being a descendant of a certain Serbian tribe.
		People bowed down to Satan and said their masses to him.
	www.filmsite.org /catp.html (2261 words)

	EI > DVD > Cat People (1982)
		Schrader turns what’s supposed to be a horror film into an ultra-stylish (albeit occasionally silly) European-esque sexual fantasy, throwing in plenty of artsy nude shots to go along with the usual gore and some strange tribal flashbacks explaining in more detail Irene’s feline roots.
		"Cat People" was previously released on DVD by Image Entertainment back in the late 90's, in a feature-empty, non-anamorphic version now discontinued.
		The 25-minute featurette Cat People: An Intimate Conversation with Paul Schrader is a bit redundant after listening to the commentary track, but also fairly enlightening.
	www.einsiders.com /reviews/dvd/catpeople.php (903 words)

	DVD Bits - Region 4 and Region 1 DVD news, reviews, resources, PC-DVD, hardware
		Loosely based on the 1942 film of the same name, Cat People is a story about mystery, myth and heightened reality, with a lot of violence and nudity thrown in for good measure.
		Cat People has quite an intriguing premise, but is let down by a number of factors that unfortunately distance the audience from ever truly being totally engaged in it’s plot.
		With a little film grain, which is expected for a film of this age, and a few flecks and film artefacts you will not be disappointed with this transfer.
	www.dvdbits.com /reviews.asp?id=1610 (1517 words)

	Cat People (1982 movie): Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		This article is about the 1982 film, a remake of the 1942 original (1942 original: more facts about this subject).
		Cat People is a 1982 (1982: more facts about this subject) horror film (horror film: more facts about this subject) directed by Paul Schrader (Paul Schrader: paul schrader (born 22 july, 1946 in grand rapids, michigan) is a screenwriter...
		The film co-stars Annette O'Toole (Annette O'Toole: annette otoole (born april 1, 1955 in houston, texas, usa) is an american...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/cat_people_1982_movie (305 words)

	Combustible Celluloid film review - Cat People (1942), Jacques Tourneur, Simone Simon, Kent Smith, dvd review
		Influential critic James Agee championed the film, and it was a modest hit, inspiring a sequel Curse of the Cat People (1944), and a job for producer Val Lewton for the next couple of years.
		The cat is unseen on the periphery in both scenes, and it's terrifying.
		All nine Lewton horror films are recommended, as well as Curse of the Demon (1958) directed by Tourneur, The Haunting (1963) directed by Robert Wise (who also worked with Lewton), and The Blair Witch Project (1999), which continues Lewton's theory and brings it into the 1990's.
	www.combustiblecelluloid.com /catpeop.shtml (763 words)

	DVD review of Cat People (1942) / Curse of the Cat People, The (Double Feature) - DVD Town (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		He finally settled into film editing among other things in the 1930s, where eventually he came to the attention of RKO Radio Pictures, who were looking for someone to produce a series of low-budget horror films.
		Universal remade the film in 1982 by playing up the sex and violence angles, but the new version didn't improve upon the original film's eerie atmospherics.
		Other things in the film strengthen the idea that the whole thing is a surreal dream: The mother's name is "Alice," and Ann often dresses like Alice from Lewis Carroll's "Wonderland." The eccentric old lady, a former actress, is a bit like Carroll's mad Duchess, and the second time Mrs.
	www.dvdtown.com /review/catpeople1942curseofthecatpeop/17093/3167 (1874 words)

	The DVD Journal \| Reviews : Cat People (1982)
		While the idea of Paul Schrader making a genre horror film might seem a provocative enterprise to fans of the fierce and demon-riddled screenwriter of Taxi Driver and director of Hardcore, 1982's Cat People is, mysteriously, one of his least bracing works.
		Although Cat People's supposed themes about the animal nature of sex and love come off as half-cocked, as a simple tale of forbidden romance the film has a brooding appeal — although a taste for early-'80s pastel-toned art direction and Giorgio Moroder's pulsing synthesizer may be required to enjoy it.
		Cat People: An Intimate Portrait by Paul Schrader (25:21) is a fairly shallow series of snippets from a November 2000 interview with the tight-lipped director during which he never delves into its topics in any depth and essentially reiterates his comments heard on the commentary track.
	www.dvdjournal.com /reviews/c/catpeople82.shtml (538 words)

	DVD Review: Cat People (1982)
		The 1982 film Cat People, by Paul Schrader explores the themes of incense, and the inner animal nature of man in an erotic, surreal manner.
		For Paul Schrader the Cat People theme appears to be the juxtaposition of desire and morality.
		This Cat People disc is from Universal, a studio rapidly becoming the best around for older horror and Sci-Fi flicks.
	www.cheap-dvds-advisor.com /cat-people.html (1111 words)

	CAT scan - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about CAT scan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Quick and noninvasive, CAT scanning is used in medicine as an aid to diagnosis, helping to pinpoint problem areas without the need for exploratory surgery.
		The CAT scanner passes a narrow fan of X-rays through successive ‘slices’ of the suspect body part.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /CAT%20scan (164 words)

	Cat People (1942)
		Certainly no were-cat is ever seen - much growling is heard and the shadow of something is briefly glimpsed prowling through Kent Smith's office, but that could always be the panther from the zoo to whose cage Simon stole the key.
		The film has dated, certainly few of those raised in the Freddy Krueger generation have the patience to sit through the slow-moving opening and the sometimes awkward acting.
		Cat People (1982) was a remake that disappointingly dispensed with all the Lewtonian psychological ambiguity and features elaborate upfront human-feline transformations and much erotic content, although is not an entirely uninteresting effort.
	www.moria.co.nz /horror/catpeople42.htm (753 words)

	WEBB: Cat People / The Body Snatcher - Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Music Downloads - Online
		Review: Roy Webb (1888-1982) was never remotely as well established as a composer as his mentor Max Steiner, but he composed his share of good music in the course of scoring 300 movies in a career lasting more than 30 years.
		This collection is devoted entirely to Webb's music for the movies of Val Lewton, the producer responsible for Cat People, I Walked With a Zombie, The Seventh Victim, The Body Snatcher, and Bedlam, among other notable low-budget suspense and horror movies of the early 1940s.
		His music for The Body Snatcher and I Walked With a Zombie are similar in that both utilize traditional folk sources as their bases: Scottish music in the case of The Body Snatcher and Haitian music in I Walked With a Zombie.
	musicstore.connect.com /album/877/Slovak-Radio-Symphony-Orchestra/WEBB-Cat-People-The-Body-Snatcher/500000000000010039491.html (396 words)

	Amazon.com: Cat People (1982) : Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		A remake of the beautiful, haunting 1942 Cat People, this version takes off from the same idea: that a woman (Nastassja Kinski), a member of a race of feline humans, will revert to her animalistic self when she has sex.
		Cat People doesn't really make all this come together, but it's always interesting to look at, and the dreadful mood lingers.
		Both are under a curse of sorts that forces them to turn into cats if they are sexually aroused (although for Irena, it doesn't occur until she actually completes the act).
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/630018286X?v=glance (1421 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Cat People [1982]: DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Perhaps Cat People can be seen as the beginnings of Schrader's wilderness years- it is nowhere close to the screenplays of Taxi Driver/Raging Bull or to Schrader's initial films: Blue Collar, Hardcore, American Gigolo.
		Cat People is a twist in the sexual-horror film, it's certainly far from terrible- if you want an erotic exercise in panache, it probably does the business.
		Cat People is OK, Schrader has never made a truly terrible film (though Exorcist IV might be it...)- but this is far from such great films as Affliction, Blue Collar, Light Sleeper & Mishima.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00009QNYA (854 words)

	UGO.com Film/TV - Cat People - Twice Scared: UGO's Guide to Horror Remakes
		Cat People '82 really has nothing to do at all with its predecessor.
		The film is ridiculous, offensively sexist, brash, graphic and beyond absurd - in short, a quintessential '80s horror film.
		David Bowie's indulgent and ultimately senseless tune, "Cat People (Putting Out The Fire)," sums it all up nicely as the film ends with an endless freeze-frame of a panther's face (acutally Kinski's character), forever transformed and staring longingly at John Heard, now her adoring zookeeper.
	www.ugo.com /channels/filmtv/features/horrorremakes/catpeople.asp (254 words)

	DVD.net : Cat People - DVD Review
		Both versions of Cat People, the noir-ish 1942 original and this 1982 remake by Paul Schrader, enjoy a certain cult appeal.
		Nor, as some people have suggested, is it a sexploitation piece - although there is some nudity, it is discreet by modern standards, and never seems voyeuristic.
		This Cat People is themed on virginity and a fear of penetration and on the sudden, frightening post-pubertal appearance of blood.
	www.dvd.net.au /review.cgi?review_id=2891 (989 words)

	Cat People (1982)
		Most of the effects still work, which is an achievement, considering that this film predates the use of CGI — all these effects were achieved in the old ways, with make-up, appliances, and old-fashioned chemical photography.
		The sensual grace of a big fl cat is quite something (looked at from a distance, or behind bars!), but in any close quarters contact, a human stands no chance against such a combination of strength and natural weaponry.
		She is very believable as the innocent young woman at the start of the film, and she is convincing in the more confident (and sexy) role at the end.
	www.michaeldvd.com.au /Reviews/Reviews.asp?ID=3120 (2140 words)

	At-A-Glance Film Reviews: Cat People (1982)
		The film is a loose remake of the 1942 film of the same name.
		One scene copied verbatim from the original film -- the pool scene -- is out of place here, as it involves a character irrelevant to every scene before and after but implies otherwise.
		Either director Paul Schrader didn't understand what his vision was before he started filming it, or some equally destructive and ignominious artistic failure happened later on in the process.
	www.rinkworks.com /movies/m/cat.people.1982.shtml (290 words)

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