Cat People
They are something more than lovers who are about to become something less than human.
Directed by Paul Schrader
Produced by Universal Pictures, RKO Pictures
A darkly sensual supernatural horror film that weaponizes eroticism and bodily transformation as sources of dread and danger.
After years of separation, Irena Gallier and her minister brother, Paul, reunite in New Orleans. When zoologists capture a wild panther, Irena is drawn to the cat – and zoo curator Oliver to her. Soon, Paul will have to reveal the family secret: that when sexually aroused, they revert into predatory jungle cats.
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