Cat People

About Cat People

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.

Cat People (1982) is a fantasy horror film directed by Paul Schrader. Released in April 1982, it runs 118 minutes.

Nastassja Kinski appears as Irena Gallier, Malcolm McDowell as Paul Gallier, John Heard as Oliver Yates, and Annette O'Toole as Alice Perrin. Written by Alan Ormsby and Paul Schrader.

Shelv files it under cat, transformation, incest, and eroticism. In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads.

Sleepwalkers, Cat People, and Nosferatu make useful companions to Cat People, all filed under animal transformation. It scores 6.1 out of 10 from 595 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.