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Release Date:
2 April 1982 (USA)
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Tagline:
An Erotic Fantasy About The Animal In Us All. more
Plot:
The Cat People originated way back in time, when humans sacrificed their women to Leopards, who mated with them...
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Leopard
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Sexual Awakening
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Remake
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Metamorphosis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Golden Globes.
Another 1 nomination
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(22 articles)
Trinity Of Terrors Guest Profile: Malcolm McDowell
(From Fangoria. 7 October 2009, 12:46 AM, PDT)
Stacie Ponder - Cujo Knows a Dog Is Man's Best Fiend
(From amctv.com - Horror Hacker: Stacie Ponder. 6 October 2009, 9:00 PM, PDT)
(From Fangoria. 7 October 2009, 12:46 AM, PDT)
Stacie Ponder - Cujo Knows a Dog Is Man's Best Fiend
(From amctv.com - Horror Hacker: Stacie Ponder. 6 October 2009, 9:00 PM, PDT)
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I'm a cat person...and I liked "Cat People"
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Nastassja Kinski | ... | Irena Gallier (as Nastassia Kinski) |
 | Malcolm McDowell | ... | Paul Gallier |
 | John Heard | ... | Oliver Yates |
 | Annette O'Toole | ... | Alice Perrin |
| Ruby Dee | ... | Female |
 | Ed Begley Jr. | ... | Joe Creigh |
 | Scott Paulin | ... | Bill Searle |
| Frankie Faison | ... | Detective Brandt |
| Ron Diamond | ... | Detective Ron Diamond |
 | Lynn Lowry | ... | Ruthie |
 | John Larroquette | ... | Bronte Judson |
| Tessa Richarde | ... | Billie |
| Patricia Perkins | ... | Taxi Driver |
| Berry Berenson | ... | Sandra |
| Fausto Barajas | ... | Otis |
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118 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:16 |
Australia:R |
Finland:K-16 (cut) (1988) |
Finland:K-18 (uncut) (1982) |
Argentina:X (original rating) |
Argentina:18 (re-rating) |
Brazil:16 |
Canada:18+ (Quebec) |
France:-12 |
Norway:18 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 |
USA:R
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The director liked Frankie Faison's performance as "Det. Brandt" but in editing didn't feel his voice worked, so it was dubbed by that of African American actor Albert Hall.
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Continuity: During the scene where the panther is in the hooker's room and Oliver is cleaning the window on the outside of the building, there is no silhouette on the inside shot of the room visible.
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References "Candid Camera" (1948)
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Faraway Places
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Like Joe D'Amato's "Buried Alive," this remake of "Cat People" is technically a love story with a tough horror exterior. Both aspects of these genres fit quite well to create an unconventional entertainment. The movie gets especially high mileage out of two inspired leads--Nastassia Kinski as the young, attractive virgin (she also looks like a more predatory version of Isabella Rossellini); and Malcolm McDowell, who still glows with all the playful malevolence he brought to "A Clockwork Orange," as her brother, who morphs into a panther when sexually aroused. In spite of an ill-defined supporting cast, Paul Schrader's assured direction, the bizarre script (by "Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things" star Alan Ormsby), those lush New Orleans locations, and the chemistry between Kinski and McDowell keep "Cat People" afloat. It's a sexually charged horror story told with a straight face, and it works.
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