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"Cat People" (1982) DVD |
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| Pros |
• Moody cinematography and high production values
• Well-acted by charismatic leads (Nastassja
Kinski and Malcolm McDowell)
• Feeling of mythic, primal horror runs throughout
movie |
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| Cons |
• Has ambitions, but never fully transcends
B-movie sensibility
• Some aspects of the movie seem dated
• Level of nudity and violence might be offensive
to some viewers |
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The Bottom Line -
Mixing horror, fantasy, and dark eroticism, this film is well-acted,
cinematic, has an interesting score, and high production values.
But despite its ambitions, it never fully transcends a B-movie
sensibility.
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| Product Description |
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DVD containing horror movie "Cat People," directed by Paul
Schrader |
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Film is loosely based on 1942 classic horror movie of the same name |
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DVD has a variety of interesting special features |
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| Reviewed by Ivana Redwine |
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"Cat People" DVD
"Cat People" is ambitious, but never completely transcends
its B-movie sensibility. The film's story follows a reserved, beautiful
young woman named Irena Gallier (Nastassja Kinski) who is reunited
with her brother Paul (Malcolm McDowell) in New Orleans. But Irena
is unaware that both she and her brother are cat people, a sort of
feline-human hybrid that upon becoming sexually aroused reverts to
a violent, animalistic state. In case you haven't see "Cat People,"
I'll leave what follows from this intriguing premise to your imagination.
Although worth watching, I found "Cat People" to be a bit
of a guilty pleasure. Despite its flaws, the movie's cinematography,
production design, music score, performances by McDowell and Kinski,
in addition to the film's overall mood, made it work for me. The DVD
has a variety of interesting special features which I've outlined
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