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Cat People (1982) Rank 2 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Cat People (1982) a score of 2.6728 out of 4
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Cat People (1982) scores a combined 2.11 out of 4 stars for Cinepassion.orgCinepassion.org
Onto the realms of fantasy for Paul Schrader, to flex visual muscles after the frugality of Blue Collar, Hardcore, American Gigolo -- thus, Ferdinando Scarfiotti is asked to design dusty-red visions, natives spotted like leopards tying sacrificial ...read the complete Cat People movie review at Cinepassion.org
Cat People (1982) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for DVD Savant (Glenn Erickson)DVD Savant (Glenn Erickson)
n interviews old and new, respected screenwriter Paul Schrader shows that he just doesn't understand the horror genre. The very classy production seems ashamed of the fact that its subject is gory killings, and works overtime to aestheticize everything. ...read the complete Cat People movie review at DVD Savant (Glenn Erickson)
Cat People (1982) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for ToxicUniverse.com (Jeremiah Kipp)ToxicUniverse.com (Jeremiah Kipp)
But Cat People benefits mostly from impressive set designs—particularly a multi-tiered zoo that feels like a ...read the complete Cat People movie review at ToxicUniverse.com (Jeremiah Kipp)
Cat People (1982) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for DVD VerdictDVD Verdict
Some months ago, we took time out in two Deep Focus columns to examine the work of Paul Schrader. I will give you a minute to catch up. Back and ready to move along? Good. In short, Paul Schrader's work almost exclusively deals with the complexities of ...read the complete Cat People movie review at DVD Verdict
Cat People (1982) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
nothing if not interesting, and it has several sequences that are genuinely electrifying and audacious ...read the complete Cat People movie review at Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
Cat People (1982) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Time Out (--)Time Out (--)
Beauty is the beast in Schrader's erotic update of RKO's 1942 horror classic. Kinski's ambivalently bewildered Irena, subject to feline metamorphosis when aroused, is the deadly composite of sex-kitten and femme fatale: the virgin who literally develops ...read the complete Cat People movie review at Time Out (--)
 
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