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Summary: A good horror movie
Review: The movie is probably the first Natassja Kinski movie saw. I repeatedly watching the movie and i realize i loved this movie. I am well aware of the sex and gore in the movie but it won't weigh the remarkable storyline. The relationship betweeen a human male and a female leopard is frighteningly fascinating.
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Summary: EXCELLENT EROTIC HORROR STORY
Review: Whener I am just fishing around for some film to kill the time, I often turn to my DVD of Cat People. I think it's really quite scary and Nataja Kinsky slinking around in the nude is somwthing else. As a final touch, she ends up tied up in bed with John Heard doing her the favor she asks for. What more could you ask? Unforunately, the DVD has no special features at all, not even the trailers. But it is a high quality transfer.
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Summary: Strange, Haunting, Erotic and Brilliant.
Review: The sex scenes and violence may look tame by todays standards, but that doesn't take away from the enjoyment of the film. The "cat people" is different kind of horror movie. Think of "an American werewolf in London" without the comedy. It is engoyable from the opening credits to the end credits. (both are rolling while David Bowie's fitting tital song plays)
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Summary: Cat People?
Review: I first saw this movie when it released in theaters. The movie made the hair on the back of my neck stand on end. The storyline is very good and the camara work is excellant! This is a movie that I watch almost every time it comes on. The only negative (why I did not give five stars) is that the movie did not delve deeper into how the Cat People came to be. I would have liked to have seen more about where they came from. Otherwise I highly recommend this movie.
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Summary: A cheesy flick!
Review: There's not much to say except that this movie has little going for it (other than the obvious attractions of Nastassja Kinski--who, it must be acknowledged, is shown to good advantage here).
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Summary: Fullpoint
Review: The best movie i have seen. Real sensuale scens. Verry, verry good
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Summary: NOT PERFECT, BUT BETTER THAN MOST
Review: Unfairly criticised horror from Paul Schrader, writer of Taxi Driver and Raging Bull, director of American Gigilo, Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, and Affliction. Great cinematography.Drearily (and thats a good thing)paced. Kinski is perfect. Heard is forgetable. McDowell is, as usual, another creepy villian. Critics tend to confuse the films two tones- Horror, and Art House. Its a standard horror story all at once gory, silly, sexy, and unbelievable, wrapped up visually like an Art House movie with great camera work and editing. So, in a way, it triumphs as Horror, except in the pacing, and succeeds as an Art House, except in the story. Well worth more respect then most critics give it.
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Summary: Sexed - up trash
Review: Cat People (1982) has to be one of the more brutal films I've ever seen. With all do respect to the storyline -- which is rather intriguing -- director Paul Schrader does nothing to help the actual story along. The only thing he seems to be concerned with is a need for gloss and special effects that will totally unsettle the audience. The nudity is logical for a film like this; however, at times, even Nastassja Kinski's body becomes monotonous and plain. The actors have little do besides wonder about how beautiful and mysterious Kinski is or look totally terrified. And, for the record, I don't have a problem with gore at all. In fact I think it's great. But the way the infamous Joe Creigh/panther attack is pulled off (no pun intended) is excessive and very unsettling. Do we really need to spend the better part of a minute on screen watching Ed Begley, Jr.'s arm being ripped from its socket -- in slow motion I might add. This film could have been a very slick, stylish production -- like its taglines boast. But excess is not the way to seduce an audience. Apparently, subtlety was not in Paul Schrader's vocabulary on this film.
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Summary: A haunting, erotic horror movie
Review: "Cat People" has two things going for it: a creepy, intriguing story line; and Nastassia Kinski. Kinski is absolutely mesmerizing in the title role; an erotic, exotic presence awakening to her own sexuality and discovering that she can only have a life with one of her own kind. Paul Schrader's direction lends a eerily spooky atmosphere to the film. Malcolm McDowell is excellent as Kinski's brother who sees her as his only salvation, as she sees him as her destruction; John Heard is okay but nothing special as Kinski's lover who finally realizes what she is and commits the act that at once sets her free and imprisons her for the rest of her life; and Ruby Dee has a small but haunting role as the landlady who knows Kinski's secret and confronts her with the devastating reality of what lies ahead for her. There's plenty of blood and plenty of gore, but it all fits in with the story. It's not a great movie, but it's a very good one that deserves a wider audience.
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Summary: Stylish update to a classic.
Review: The original b&w Cat People (and it's sequel) are extremely tame compared with this erotic-charged version. Indeed, the originals are downright boring compared to this. The reason? For one thing Kinski is absolutely striking and even distracting. Sorry, but I'm a guy, and Nastassja Kinski was at her most sexy during this period. With those big eyes, luscious lips and...ump, everything else, it's tough to keep up with the flow of the story without your eyes becoming transfixed on her loveliness. What's here is beyond the obvious soft porn feel; but a fine horror outing in the same vein as AMERICAN WEREWOLVE IN LONDON. Kinski is suitably virgin-esque and McDowell suitably slimy. The visuals are very effective but surprisingly limited. The black cats are amazing to watch throughout. Scored by David Bowie and Giorgio Moroder, the music is sufficently creepy and memorable. As for the DVD version, the picture is mostly good. The sound is a little lacking. There were times when I had to turn it all the way up to hear. Other time I'd get my eardrums blown off. Also, no extras at all. I'd like to know how they dealt with all those big panthers. Surely there was a "Making of" feature suitable for inclusion here.
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