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6:30 pm — TCM — Curse of the Cat People Val Lewton's «sequel» to Cat People is such only in the loosest of ways.

Not exact matches

Evidently a favorite of RKO producer Val Lewton, Harris was prominently cast in several of Lewton's productions of the 1940s, most entertainingly as the cheerfully sarcastic waitress in Cat People (1943).

From the Universal classics of the 30s (Dracula, Frankenstein) to the Val Lewton B movies of the 40s (Cat People, I Walked With a Zombie) to the low - budget shockers of the 60s and 70s (Night of the Living Dead, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre), many of the most original and frightening horror movies have been made on the cheap.

Val Lewton also produced a series of atmospheric supernatural horror films in the 1940s, including the cult horror classic Cat People (1942) and its fantasy follow - up Curse of the Cat People (1944).

Cat People (Criterion, Blu - ray, DVD)-- The original 1942 feature is a masterpiece of mood and psychological ambiguity from producer Val Lewton and director Jacques Tourneur, who create mood not out of what is seen but what isn't, including the sexuality that bubbles under the surface.

/ Scream Factory MSRP: $ 29.93 Film: C / Video: B + / Audio: B + / Extras: C - The original Cat People, produced by the great horror impresario Val Lewton and directed to chilled perfection by Jacques Tourneur, is a master...

From there, Kinski moved on to «Cat People,» Paul Schrader's 1982 remake of the 1942 Val Lewton horror classic that, even more than 30 years after its release, remains such a singular work that it boggles the mind that a major studio would have dared to put it into production.

Producer Val Lewton's sequel to the classic «Cat People,» with the spirit of the first film's beautiful feline victim Simone Simon returning to bedazzle the child of her bereaved ex-husband (Kent Smith).

It's the kind of brainy, spooky cinematic treat Wise might have whipped up for producer Val Lewton in the»40s, in their RKO prime time of «The Body Snatcher» and «The Curse of the Cat People» if they'd only had this kind of budget.

Cat People (1982) A charmingly schlocky erotic thriller very loosely based on Jacques Tourneur and Val Lewton's 1942 horror film by the same name, Cat People follows the explosive sexual awakening of Irena Gallier (Nastassja Kinski) who, upon arriving in New Orleans, slowly learns that her desires transform her into a black leopard, placing her and her new zoologist lover (John Heard) in jeopardy.

Then they've got some Val Lewton on the Friday and Saturday, hitting both highlights (Cat People at 5 pm on Saturday) and lesser - known but still quite good films (Isle of the Dead on Friday, The Body Snatcher on Saturday).

Cat People and Curse of the Cat People - These were my first Val Lewton films, and they were great.

And while I've only sampled a little of the Val Lewton Blogathon co-hosted by the Speakeasy and Classic Movie Man blogs, Jo Gabriel's marvelous, richly illustrated two part analysis of Curse of the Cat People is a clear standout (Part II here).

In this sense, this film is a prototype of the cheap, atmospheric horror films Val Lewton and Jacques Tourneur would make in the 40s (Cat People, The Leopard Man, I Walked With A Zombie), which were all shadows and psychology and without much in the way of violence.

The last gem is a short set of recollections from veteran director Robert Wise, who worked with Val Lewton, the producer of the original «Cat People,» when Wise was engaged to direct the film's sequel in 1944 at RKO.

NASTY «CAT PEOPLE» Paul Schrader has remade the old Val Lewton thriller into a meditation on love and death — and Nastassia Kinski into a Hollywood star.

Audio Commentary by Director Paul Schrader / Interviews: «Cat People: An Intimate Portrait» by Paul Schrader (25:20) + Filmmaker Robert Wise on the producer of the original 1942 Cat People, Val Lewton (3:32) / Featurettes: Vintage «On The Set» with Director Paul Schrader (10:20) + Special Makeup effects by Tom Burman (11:13) / Stills of Cat People Matte Paintings + 67 Production Photographs / Theatrical trailer for «Cat People»