Director Tourneur utilizes the rich imagery of the King John legend and the Cat People throughout the film.

| Jun 22, 2023

It's a classic for a reason.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 6, 2022

A classic about male fears of female sexuality and women’s unwitting complicity in those fears.

| Original Score: A+ | Nov 23, 2022

Inventive with a restrained and stalking presence, Cat People is a classic, and one that I’m sure will only be more interesting with each watch.

| Oct 27, 2022

It’s a film that prioritizes what exists in the shadows, both visually and metaphorically, with queerness that is never explicitly stated but flat-out obvious to any viewer who understands what it’s like to resist (and then give into) your true desires.

| Oct 26, 2022

Cat People may have a slow start, but it is rich in cinematic history and horrific craftsmanship. Ahead of its time, it is a film that will still resonate with audiences today.

| Oct 7, 2022

Cat People leaves us with much to consider about its heroine, use of darkness and the unconscious, and the inward feelings that have haunted audiences since its release.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Feb 14, 2022

Perhaps this fantastic tale could have been arranged to achieve the eerie credibility of Dracula, but Simone Simon seems by nature to be more kitten than were wolf.

| Dec 30, 2020

A weird little chiller called Cat People... is calculated to frighten you out of your wits and make you think twice before trusting anyone who arouses a feline's instinctive dislike.

| Dec 30, 2020

Simone makes her way through his combination of phantasy and reality, and comes off creditably in a part that calls for emotional repression.

| Dec 30, 2020

Photography and settings are effective, and the naturalness of the dialog issuing from such a murk of the fantastic is very impressive.

| Dec 30, 2020

The film, which has been admirably mounted and tightly directed and acted, should find an appreciative audience among those who prefer melodrama with originality, but can scarcely be termed pleasant entertainment.

| Dec 30, 2020

The legend has been staged effectively for the most part, by virtue of Nicholas Musuraca's photography, exercised amid first-rate settings, and Jacques Tourneur's direction. When the film is dealing with the supernatural, it is quite spooky and absorbing.

| Dec 30, 2020

Cat People is a story that will hold you through to the picture's end. A flapping blind may be your undoing for several days to come, however.

| Dec 30, 2020

This RKO production is a great example of Hollywood's waste of precious lime and valuable material.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Dec 30, 2020

Cat People, per all advance heraldings, is supposed to be some punkins as a thriller. But for my money, whatever that may amount to, it isn't a breeze let alone a shiver.

| Dec 30, 2020

Cat People benefits rather substantially from its justifiably iconic visuals and a smattering of admittedly captivating sequences...

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Dec 23, 2020

Although slow-moving and depressing, Cat People is an interesting program horror melodrama.

| Oct 19, 2020

Odd is the word for this film.

| Oct 19, 2020

It will give you icy jitters, but it's kinda fun at that.

| Oct 19, 2020