The Curse of the Cat People
1944 Directed by Gunther von Fritsch, Robert Wise
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A child explores her late mother's life and discovers her maternal bloodline is cursed.
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Not a cat is spotted in this follow-up to Cat People (1942). It is also a bit unclear what really is the curse of the Cat people.
Although it must have gone approximately seven years since the events took place in the original, Mr. and Mrs. Reed still seems unusually occupied with them. They have now a six year old daughter, and six year old girls often have quite innocent imaginary friends. Not so innocent when the imaginary friend turns out to be Irena from before. A revengeful Irena would not have surprised me the least, but here she comes out more or less as the fairy godmother. Not very scary at all in her bedouin-like negligee.
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One of the most beautiful films I have ever seen. Of course, it was advertised as a pulse-pounding sequel to the Val Lewton horror classic Cat People (1942), but it’s really an excuse to make an indulgent and touching girl’s fantasy. It is connected to the original film, in that some of the same characters return.
Kent Smith, who was married to the cursed cat woman Simone Simon in the first film, is now married to Simone’s near-victim Jane Randolph, and they have a little daughter Amy (Ann Carter). Amy begins to be visited by Simone, who appears as a friendly, motherly figure who just wants to embrace Amy and show her wondrous things. Amy’s parents, though, are frightened of…
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One of the most beautiful films I have ever seen. Of course, it was advertised as a pulse-pounding sequel to the Val Lewton horror classic Cat People (1942), but it’s really an excuse to make an indulgent and touching girl’s fantasy. It is connected to the original film, in that some of the same characters return.
Kent Smith, who was married to the cursed cat woman Simone Simon in the first film, is now married to Simone’s near-victim Jane Randolph, and they have a little daughter Amy (Ann Carter). Amy begins to be visited by Simone, who appears as a friendly, motherly figure who just wants to embrace Amy and show her wondrous things. Amy’s parents, though, are frightened of…
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Not a cat is spotted in this follow-up to Cat People (1942). It is also a bit unclear what really is the curse of the Cat people.
Although it must have gone approximately seven years since the events took place in the original, Mr. and Mrs. Reed still seems unusually occupied with them. They have now a six year old daughter, and six year old girls often have quite innocent imaginary friends. Not so innocent when the imaginary friend turns out to be Irena from before. A revengeful Irena would not have surprised me the least, but here she comes out more or less as the fairy godmother. Not very scary at all in her bedouin-like negligee.
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"The Curse of the Cat People" unfolds like a nightmarish version of a Disney film. Relentlessly unsettling and creepy.
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The sequel to Cat People.
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I have to say I am shocked at how good Cat People and Curse of the Cat People are. Curse is all about the dangers of legend and myth. A theme that was started with the first film, but in Curse they take the concept in a very different direction. This is old school film making. Eveything is on the lot, the acting is sort of wooden (including the little girl that is the star, but her performance is still very good). This lighting in the movie is very slick and effective in creating a dream like atmosphere. I found myself continously invested in the movie and extremely tense in the final 15 minutes.
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Following the events of Cat People, Oliver and Alice get married and have a child. But Amy is a weird kid: a dreamer who can't make real friends and has to make do with an aging theatre actress and an imaginary woman who may or may not be Irena's ghost.
Throw in the headless horseman of Sleepy Hollow, a troubled mother-daughter relationship (where the daughter is the anonymous cat woman from the first film), a wishing ring, and an unhelpful servant (Sir Lancelot, who doesn't sing anywhere near enough in this movie) and you've got... a total mess.
It feels like there are at least two different films jumbled up in here. And there are no cats. It makes no sense. Disappointing.
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Different than the first film but still a wonderful addition.
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Great treatise on the imagination and loneliness of childhood.
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Nothing at all like Cat People, but very sweet.