Cat People
“She knew strange, fierce pleasures that no other woman could ever feel!”
1942 · 1 h 13 min
Directed by 
Jacques Tourneur
Jacques TourneurCast
Simone Simon 
Tom Conway 
Kent Smith Jane Randolph Jack Holt Henrietta Burnside
Credits
Written by: DeWitt Bodeen
Plot
A Serbian-born fashion illustrator, Irena, in New York, believes she is descended from a cursed race of cat people and fears that she will turn into a panther if she is aroused, in a suggestive, shadowy horror.
Sinekatalog’s take
A suggestive, shadowy and influential horror classic.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.2 / 10 (29,105 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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