# Cat People (1982)

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**Runtime**: 118 min
**Genres**: Fantasy, Horror
**Directed by**: Paul Schrader
**Written by**: Paul Schrader, DeWitt Bodeen, Alan Ormsby
**Starring**: Nastassja Kinski, Malcolm McDowell, John Heard, Annette O'Toole, Ruby Dee, Ed Begley Jr.

> *They are something more than lovers who are about to become something less than human.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

New Orleans dusk, magnolias heavy with rain. A panther paces steel bars; Irena’s fingers press the glass. Oliver watches her watch the cat. Brother Paul arrives with a Bible and a howl trapped behind his teeth. Flesh remembers teeth.

**Mood tags**: body-horror, neon-soaked, surreal

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