Cat People (1942)
Country: US
Technical: bw 73m
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Cast: Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph
Synopsis:
A woman protests to her husband that she will never be able to love him physically, lest she turn into a ferocious panther.
Review:
The powers of suggestion here are considerable, both in conveying the subject matter without censorship problems and in maintaining suspense without impatience. Highlights are a walk towards a bus stop through pools of street light and a magnificently lit nocturnal swim at a public baths. Lewton's technique of using affordable monsters actually paid dividends in yielding scenarios where psychology and the everyday made up a larger part of the horror.
Country: US
Technical: bw 73m
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Cast: Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph
Synopsis:
A woman protests to her husband that she will never be able to love him physically, lest she turn into a ferocious panther.
Review:
The powers of suggestion here are considerable, both in conveying the subject matter without censorship problems and in maintaining suspense without impatience. Highlights are a walk towards a bus stop through pools of street light and a magnificently lit nocturnal swim at a public baths. Lewton's technique of using affordable monsters actually paid dividends in yielding scenarios where psychology and the everyday made up a larger part of the horror.
Country: US
Technical: bw 73m
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Cast: Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph
Synopsis:
A woman protests to her husband that she will never be able to love him physically, lest she turn into a ferocious panther.
Review:
The powers of suggestion here are considerable, both in conveying the subject matter without censorship problems and in maintaining suspense without impatience. Highlights are a walk towards a bus stop through pools of street light and a magnificently lit nocturnal swim at a public baths. Lewton's technique of using affordable monsters actually paid dividends in yielding scenarios where psychology and the everyday made up a larger part of the horror.