Cat People (1942)

I wasn't prepared for how sad this film would be. The world still ignores women's pain until they fear it. We still aren't believed, even when we want to talk about it, to our loved ones, to our doctors. It's hysteria. We're too sensitive. It makes us angry, and…

Dorsey

dude...you brought her a CAT on the 2nd date http://www.whale.to/b/cat_alter.html

pd187

90 A 73 minute psychodrama of sexual repression and dormant generational trauma, all while casually being one of the greatest black and white films in cinema history. In re-watching this, it isn't merely the 'bus' and 'swimming pool' moments that linger - it's the…

SilentDawn

“what does one tell a husband? one tells him nothing.”every other movie from the 40s:  woman: *acts slightly out of the ordinary*  the men in the movie immediately: she should be COMMITTED  this movie:  woman: i think i’m a cat and if i kiss my husband i’m afraid i will…

eely

so what you’re saying is she’s a furry

lauren

It was probably so easy to be a psychiatrist in the forties. Just slick your hair down so hard that it reveals the shape of your skull, light a cigarette, and ignore your patients as they patiently and rationally lay out their struggles so you can try to sleep with them.…

Branson Reese

She didn't do anything wrong

merritt k

Boy meets girl, boy marries girl, girl accidentally turns into a bloodthirsty panther.

Rick Burin

Spoilers ahead. Cat People is a quietly devastating look at one woman's life, and the impact social pressures and expectations have on her ability to live freely, told through the vehicle of horror. Irena Dubrovna (Simone Simon) is deeply alone, telling Oliver Reed (Kent…

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