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Cat People (1942)

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Brett Alan Dewing
Mar 03, 2023
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You know, after a while I start to doubt that this film is as good as I remember. Certainly it's just an old genre flick, right? 

Then I rewatch it.

Yes, this could very easily have become a bad B-movie (like its unmentionable sequel), but in the hands of this group of artists...wow.

It's all in the shadows and light. After all, isn't this a film about the…

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