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| ACTORS: | Nastassja Kinski, Malcolm McDowell, John Heard |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Paul Schrader |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 02 April, 1982 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Umvd |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen |
| TYPE: | Horror |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 025192225420 |
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Customer Reviews of Cat People
The bad and the beautiful (cat) people! This is the most bare-bones DVD I've seen so far. It has the movie in widescreen format and a chapter index, and that's it! Not even a trailer. The image and sound quality are pretty good, and the movie is an interesting remake of the 1942 Val Lewton classic, but this DVD version is not worth the money. If you haven't yet seen this erotic thriller, I recommend you rent the DVD or VHS tape, or buy the cheaper VHS version. One can only hope that this DVD is no longer available from the studio because they are reworking it to make a collectible DVD edition!
Paul Schrader's remake has the gorgeous 21 year old Nastassia Kinski as the troubled Irena, and she has several very nice nude scenes. Too many, in fact, according to her. She tried to get Schrader to cut some of them, but fortunately he didn't. And there is also the lovely Annette O'Toole, whose nude scene in the locker room is one of the highlights of the movie. And when the lights go out while she's alone in the swimming pool and she hears the growls of an unseen creature all around her--well, it's pretty spooky!
That scene and another, when the streetcar* stops in front of O'Toole with a loud cat-like snarl, are scary and reminiscent of the original moody and atmospheric film, where all was suggested but nothing was shown--everything was left to the imagination. That was not just art, though--it was mostly because of the minuscule budget Lewton had! Today everything is shown and nothing is left to the imagination--which is good, too. Times change, and so do movies!
* Electric streetcars in 1982 New Orleans? Even in the 1942 film, it was a bus! Nice shock, though, in both films!
Sultry, Stylish, and Darkly Erotic
Cat People is one of my favorite horror movies. No, it's not perfect. The script is uneven in parts and it is debatable whether the cheesy dream sequence at the beginning should have been included. But the film creates an atmosphere which draws you in. The casting is brilliant: Natassja Kinski is perfect as Irena, and Malcolm McDowell is perfectly creepy as her brother. The setting of New Orleans, that most sensuous of American cities, is also just right. The film is scary and suspenseful, and has a great soundtrack. Special effects are not used gratuitously, but only when necessary to tell the story. But what really makes this film special is the successful juxtaposition of horror with the erotic. No other American film I can think of does this as well. This is largely due to the presence of Ms. Kinski, who radiates a sexuality which is almost hypnotic. Needless to say, I'm a fan of this film and highly recommend it, despite its flaws.
if it weren't for the exquisite Natassia Kinski...
...I would've given this zero stars.
It felt like a bad 1970s made-for-TV movie: clumsy pacing, cheesy keyboards on the soundtrack, tacky "matte" color photography, high-school-drama-class production standards during the absurd prehistoric Africa scenes... (...)
There's a little sex and some bared breasts I suppose, but far from "Basic Instinct" quality.
This little pussycat doesn't roar, it just kinda sorta meows.