Cat People (Tourneur, 1942): BFI Southbank, NFT1, 8.50pm
This 35mm presentation is part of the In Dreams are Monsters season at BFI Southbank. Full details here.
Chicago Reader review:
Like most people with a cat phobia, Val Lewton, the legendary producer
of RKO’s horror cycle, was fascinated by them. His first film (1942),
eerily directed by Jacques Tourneur, is dedicated to his fetish. Based
on a wholly fabricated Serbian legend about medieval devil worship, Cat People
describes the effects of this legend on the mind of a New York fashion
designer (Simone Simon) who believes herself descended from a race of
predatory cat women. More a film about unreasoning fear than the
supernatural, this work demonstrates what a filmmaker can accomplish
when he substitutes taste and intelligence for special effects.
Don Druker
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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