A conservative Midwest businessman ventures into the sordid underworld of pornography in California to look for his runaway teenage daughter who is making porno films in California's porno pits.
Director:
Paul Schrader
Stars:
George C. Scott,
Peter Boyle,
Season Hubley
A couple retreat to Venice to work on their relationship, but an encounter with a stranger leads them into a world of intrigue - where their darkest desires are in reach.
Director:
Paul Schrader
Stars:
Christopher Walken,
Rupert Everett,
Natasha Richardson
Stuck in a dysfunctional marriage, a middle-aged architect has a chance encounter with an alluring student, and begin seeing each other. He wants to be loved; she needs a meaningful relationship; however, could he be her missing father?
Director:
Alberto Lattuada
Stars:
Marcello Mastroianni,
Nastassja Kinski,
Francisco Rabal
The Cat People originated way back in time, when humans sacrificed their women to leopards, who mated with them. Cat People look similar to humans, but must mate with other Cat People before they transform into panthers. Irene Gallier was raised by adoptive parents and meets her older brother Paul for the first time since childhood. We follow brother and sister - who seem to be the only ones of their kind left.Written by
Colin Tinto <cst@imdb.com>
When Alice (Annette O'Toole) is stalked at the swimming pool, this sequence is a direct homage and remake re-working from an equivalent scene in the original Cat People (1942). This scene is the main common element of the two films. Apart from the cat people, they are completely different stories. See more »
Goofs
While Ruthie, was screaming "Somebody! Somebody help me!", her lips weren't moving. (After being attacked by the leopard, while crawling down the stairs) See more »
Quotes
Irena Gallier:
Paul, don't you touch me!
Paul Gallier:
But, I'm the only one who can touch you. You're the only one who can touch me. Don't you see we're safe together because we're the same.
Irena Gallier:
I'm not like you!
Paul Gallier:
Oh, yes you are. You've always known it.
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Alternate Versions
In the theatrical version, the song "Sunday Kind of Love" by Ella Fitzgerald plays in the background during a dinner scene. In the syndicated television version, the song "Faraway Places" by Bing Crosby plays. See more »
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.
7/10
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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.
7/10