Review of Cat People (1982) by Steven1981 — 21 Mar 2020

Cat People is a 1982 fantasy horror that never gets boring if at all hardly ever. It's a nice story which swings back and fourth from different time periods and Natassia Kinski sort of brings the film a sparkle with her natural beauty and this is even without wearing any makeup or lipstick or dressing too fancy.

Annette O'Toole also gives a good performance and her character is likeable but all of them are in this film but add beauty to a few hints of terror and suspense and a bit of horror, gore, blood and you've the Cat People recipe.

Plus a hint of love in the film as it deals with that aspect and also trust especially if you examine the film carefully and you'll see there's a subject surrounding or involving trust in probably a few ways.

The mutation from human to beast is in there too and executed reasonably well and nothing looks fake in Cat People and it's all old fashioned but decent directing unlike today with computer nonsense and jumpscares.

Malcolm McDowell, Natassia Kinski, John Heard and Annette O'Toole star in this entertaining horror and there's a few gory scenes but some dude getting his arm ripped off by the black cat beast is priceless.

Malcolm McDowell laying naked on the bathroom floor and getting stabbed by a pane of glass by his sister before looking at his hand to see him mutating and them evil eyes. Cat People is an underrated movie beautifully directed and was made with care and attention and is actually fairly scary which is odd because I've seen many horrors and none are scary so this is a unique, beautiful and essential movie for any film lover.

The use of beautiful and bright colours in some scenes and not so bright but dull in others but this doesn't spoil the movie because the whole story moves at a decent pace and genuinely feels put together well.

The acting isn't silly and a good performance by all the cast and people involved even if some only had a small role because each was vital to create this beautiful gem. Blood, horror, some violence, sex scenes, nudity and the beautiful Kinski.