Cat People (1942) | |
| Director(s) | Jacques Tourneur |
| Producer(s) | Val Lewton |
| Top Genres | Fantasy, Film Adaptation, Horror, Mystery |
| Top Topics | Animals, Book-Based |
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Cat People (1942) was a Horror - Mystery Film directed by Jacques Tourneur and produced by Val Lewton.
SYNOPSIS
A young bride believes she is the victim of a curse that transforms her into a deadly panther. This is the first of several famous horror films produced by Val Lewton.
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.Cat People was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1993.
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Irene Dubrovna in "Cat People" (1942)
By The Metzinger Sisters on Nov 10, 2023 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film LoversThe Classic Movie Blog Association is hosting the Blogathon and the Beast blog event this week. This theme gives us bloggers a chance to write about a film character who has a beast within themselves. All of us have a sleeping beast within who, hopefully, never awakens in our lifetime. As the old sa... Read full article
ONE MOVIE, THREE QUOTES: Cat People (1942)
By Carol Martinheira on Oct 9, 2022 From The Old Hollywood GardenONE MOVIE, THREE QUOTES: Cat People (1942) On October 9, 2022October 9, 2022 By CarolIn Uncategorized Image from Pinterest Horror Month is here! About three years ago, I wrote a piece about Cat People (1942) and why I think Irena Dubrovna (Simone Simon) is such a gr... Read full article
The Curse of The Cat People (1944): The Oddest of Horror Sequels
By 4 Star Film Fan on Oct 30, 2019 From 4 Star FilmsThe Curse of the Cat People feels like entering a storybook only to find ourselves in Tarry Town near Sleepy Hollow. Fittingly, we are placed with a group of kindergarteners who have come with their teacher to frolic and enjoy a field trip to the place brought to life in the tall tales of Washington... Read full article
The sad reality of Cat People (1942)
By Carol Martinheira on Oct 22, 2019 From The Old Hollywood GardenThe sad reality of Cat People (1942) On October 22, 2019 By CarolIn Uncategorized Last year’s Horror Month DOUBLE BILL focused on the similarities between The Invisible Man (1933, dir. James Whale) and The Wolfman (1941, dir. George Waggner). If one wanted to str... Read full article
Cat People (1942)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Oct 12, 2017 From 4 Star FilmsCat People has one of those sensationalized B-picture premises and there are moments when its meager aspects let slip that this is a low-budget effort, but within those restrictions, it moves with a certain purpose and chilliness. It’s true that producer Val Lewton had a B-movie renaissance go... Read full article
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Quotes from
Irena Dubrovna: I like the dark. It's friendly.
Irena Dubrovna: Will you have tea with me in my apartment?
Oliver 'Ollie' Reed: You make everything so simple!
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Facts about
R.K.O. gave Val Lewton only $150,000 to make the film, resulting in "creative" producing. This forced many of the scenes requiring special effects to be done in shadows which many believe increased the suspense of the film. When studio execs insisted that more footage of the panther be included in the movie, Lewton was able to maintain the budget and the suspense of the film by limiting how many scenes the panther could be visibly seen and told the cinematographer to "keep the panther in the shadows." Thus the panther was only visible in the office and zoo cage.
The horror movie technique of slowly building tension to a jarring shock which turns out to be something completely harmless and benign became known as a "Lewton bus" after a famous scene in this movie created by producer Val Lewton.
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