

Cat People
They are something more than lovers who are about to become something less than human.
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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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $12.5M
- Box office
- $21M
- Language
- English
- cat
- shotgun
- eroticism
- transformation
- remake
- attack
- lingerie
- held captive
- incest
- dissection
- morphing
- jungle cat
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR2 Apr 1982
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical18Certification from BBFC4 Jul 2003
AustraliaAU
- Theatrical9 Jul 1982
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical16 Sept 1982
BrazilBR
- Theatrical6 Dec 1982
ColombiaCO
- Theatrical9 Sept 1982
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical9 Aug 1982
FinlandFI
- Theatrical15 Oct 1982
FranceFR
- Theatrical128 Sept 1982
GermanyDE
- Theatrical16West Germany26 Aug 1982
GreeceGR
- PhysicalDVD4 May 2004
Hong KongHK
- Theatrical17 Feb 1983
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Cat People was released on 2 April 1982.
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1- W7/10
Wuchak
11/10/2019
***Atmospheric, artistic, dramatic horror in New Orleans*** "Cat People" came out in 1982 and is a modern take on the classic 1942 film. Nastassja Kinski and Malcolm McDowell are siblings cursed to become were-panthers if sexually aroused. The only way they can become human again is to kill a fellow human. The idea is absurd and fantastical, but "Cat People" takes the subject absolutely seriously. John Heard plays…
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