Cat People (1942) and Cat People (1982) are two movies distinctly represented by their respective decades. Cat People (1942) is a moody, stylish psychological thriller helmed by Jacques Tourneur and produced by Val Lewton. The creepiness sets in with you via atmosphere and lighting. Cat People (1982) takes the same premise but shoves it in your face with bright color, visuals, sex, and gore. Both movies are enjoyable, but one is outstanding. You must tune in to see which and why.
Welcome to our first DOUBLE FEATURE of the season! Join us as we revisit this classic and its more modern version. Join us as we discuss the power of the original and its wunderkind director, in a juxtaposition of its remake from screenwriter turned director Paul Schrader. Listen, as Johnny has the Keys takes you down a shadowy alley where the sound of footsteps behind you might be the last thing you ever hear.
SHOW LINKS and AFFILIATE LINKS
- Cat People (1942)
- 1942 Trailer
- Cat People (1982)
- 1982 Trailer
- Jacques Tourneur
- Val Lewton
- Dewitt Bodine
- Simone Simon
- Orson Welles
- Algernon Blackwood
- Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories
- The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
- Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
- The Wolf Man (1941)
- Beauty and the Beast (1946)
- 1001 Movies You Must See Before you Die
- Paul Schrader
- Alan Ormsby
- Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things (1972)
- Deathdream (1974)
- Hugo Makeup Doll
- Nastassja Kinski
- Malcolm McDowell
- John Heard
- David Bowie’s Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
- Alien (1979)
- Prophecy (1979)
- The Thing (1982)
- Altered States (1980)
- To the Devil a Daughter (1976)
- Count Dracula (1970)
- An American Werewolf in London (1981)
- Wolfen (1981)
- The Howling (1981)
- THE DEAD NEXT DOOR (Tim’s Book!)
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