Tasked with overseeing a low budget horror cycle to compete with Universal's comparatively lavish series, former Selznick right hand man #ValLewton produced a disarmingly adult chiller about an elegaic, empathetic, doomed immigrant (#SimoneSimon) who transforms when aroused. Mundane workplaces, stylish brownstone apartments and Central Park serve as backdrops for scenes of suggested terror, and #JaneRandolph is stalked in two of the most influential (and understated) horror sequences of...
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...all time. Directed by #JacquesTourneur and brilliantly shot by Nicholas Musuraca, RKO's #CatPeople opened in New York City #OnThisDay 80 years ago.
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@Cinemacabre Spectacular film! Always amazes me how many scares Tourneur puts out on a near zero dollar monster effects budget!
@SchlocklusterVideo - It is timeless. One of those films where the title of "classic" is truly deserved.
@Cinemacabre That it is! Still chilling nearly eight decades later; that's great filmmaking in my book!
@SchlocklusterVideo - I'll raise my glass to that!