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Cat People Sponsored by The Film Salon 1942 | Not Rated | Drama, Horror | d. Jacques Tourneur Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Tom Conway |
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| Legendary producer Val Lewton brought sophistication and psychological complexity to the creaky horror genre (and saved RKO form ruin) with this very successful low budget creeper. Simone Simon is a newly-wed full of anxiety and fearful that consummating her marriage might turn her into a cat! There’s more than meets the eye here as director Jacques Tourneur delves into the darker corners of our psyches and probes modern New York at night. Cat People’s extraordinary use of sound and shadows marked the birth of the modern American horror film and is still influencing filmmakers today. -CH | ||