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CAT PEOPLE

1982 • US HMDB
April 2, 1982

After years of separation, Irena Gallier and her minister brother, Paul, reunite in New Orleans. When zoologists capture a wild panther, Irena is drawn to the cat – and zoo curator Oliver to her. Soon, Paul will have to reveal the family secret: that when sexually aroused, they revert into predatory jungle cats.

Directors

Paul Schrader

Cast

Nastassja Kinski, Malcolm McDowell, John Heard, Annette O'Toole, Ruby Dee, Ed Begley Jr., Scott Paulin, Frankie Faison, Ron Diamond, Lynn Lowry
Horror Thriller

REVIEWS (1)

MC

Marco Castellini

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In New Orleans, a woman is killed and offered as a sacrifice to a panther goddess. In the same city, another girl meets the brother she had never known and who informs her of the terrible curse that weighs on their family: they cannot fall in love because, if this should happen, they would immediately be transformed into ferocious panthers. Remake of Tourneur's film which, apart from the sinuous forms of the beautiful Nastassja Kinski, offers few reasons to be remembered. If you are really interested in the genre and cannot get the 1942 film... otherwise, let it go.