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Best movie of this year hands down!

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Publicist Dennis O'Keefe (Jerry) turns up with a leopard for his girlfriend Jean Brooks (Kiki) to use in her act and to draw attention away from her rival act Margo (Clo Clo) the castanet dancer. Bad news – the leopard escapes and a body count follows. Can the town stop the killings? This film has three memorable killing sequences that are super tense and will have you going "Oh no!" as well as many other scenes where there is killing potential and you just don't know what will happen. It's well shot, its short length keeps you interested and the cast do fine. You may guess how things will pan out but this doesn't affect the enjoyment of the story. I wouldn't say it's obvious although I did guess correct towards the end.What a bitch mother that Kate Drain Wilson (Senora Delgado) is. Imagine doing that to your daughter! Poor daughter Margaret Landry (Teresa Delgado) encounters a very real nightmare. As does the girl in the cemetery.So, get out your castanets and start clicking but don't go freaking out leopards with them. They just might remember who you are.

Comparisons to the Other Two Val Lewton Films Directed by Tourneur This is Perhaps the Third Best. Although the Ranking is Highly Subjective. This One Has Its Moments For Sure, but Also Contains Some Clunky and Forced Dialog and a Sloppy Ending. That is Not to Say that This Film is Anything but an Excellent Exercise in Style and Minimalism.The Thrills are Undeniable and the Opening Murder is Quite Unsettling. There are a Number of Scenes that are Memorable and Creepy. The Use of Sound and Lighting with Sharp Editing in These Things Virtually Wrote the Textbook on B-Movie Scariness.The Cast are All Very Good and Come from the Lewton and RKO Stock Company. All of the Films in the Lewton Series Have an Overlay of Dread and Foreboding. Gloomy and Depressing, This Adds an Atmosphere of Overwhelming Frightening Fate. You Could Accurately Call the Series Horror/Noir. This One is Also Given Credit as an Early Serial Killer Film. Fortune Tellers, Philosophical Musings, Graveyards, and Funerals are Lurking Throughout This Moody Melancholy Picture.

In New Mexico, Jerry Manning hires a relatively tame leopard as a publicity stunt for his nightclub performer girlfriend Kiki Walker. Her rival Clo-Clo deliberately startles the animal and it escapes biting a waiter's hand. The leopard's owner sideshow performer Charlie How-Come known as "The Leopard Man" wants to be paid for the lost. The police hunt for the animal and it kills a young lady. The killings continue including Clo-Clo and then the leopard is found dead. It had died sometime before the most recent killing.From the posters, horror fans may assume a rudimentary transformation. Maybe this is something like a wolfman. At the very least, this could be a good horror B-movie. Forget it. It's not really what you think. It kind of leads the audience down that road but the ending is horribly disappointing. There is no transformations. There is one good death scene early on. The girl dies off screen but the blood can be seen seeping under the door. I admit that's a cool scene but that's it. The acting is bad as expected and it's really boring.

A 1943 chiller by director Jacques Tourneur, "The Leopard Man" sees a series of locals killed in small town New Mexico. But are the deaths the work of an escaped leopard or a roaming serial killer? Tourneur made a number of classic B movies, most notably "Cat People", "Nightfall", "Out of the Past", "Night of the Demon" and "I Walked With A Zombie". "The Leopard Man's" not in the same league as these films, but it nevertheless sports some fine cinematography (Tourneur knew how to make the most of a tiny budget), an interesting narrative structure, and a remarkable first act which was deemed particularly shocking for a film released in 1943.7/10 – Worth one viewing.