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best movie i've ever seen.

It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

Nice guy marine engineer Oliver Reed (handsome Kent Smith) meets a very intriguing woman one day in the zoo. She's Irena Dubrovna (absolutely gorgeous Simone Simon), a Serbian émigré who's come to NYC and works as a sketch artist. In no time, they're married, although she does trouble him. She's afraid to get intimate, because she suspects that it will unleash the feline within her. Also, she places a lot of stock in the legends of her homeland. Jealousy rears its ugly head when Irena realizes that Olivers' co-worker Alice Moore (Jane Randolph) is in love with him."Cat People" was the first in a line of low budget black & white horror films produced by Val Lewton for RKO Studios. They gave him the pre-selected titles, and from there he and his regular collaborators came up with some generally interesting stories. They wouldn't appeal to some of the genre fans of today, because they mainly dealt with horrors of the mind, and were never very explicit. But they hold up quite nicely over 70 years later, because Lewton and his stable of directors - Jacques Tourneur guided this film - crafted some intoxicating atmosphere.There are two "stalking" sequences that are now legendary, and for good reason. Lewton and Tourneur do impressive things with sound, completely putting you on edge. Another individual who plays an important part is the cinematographer Nicholas Musuraca, whose use of light and shadow is excellent.The acting is sincere and believable. Rounding out the quintet of main players are Tom Conway as the skeptical psychiatrist Dr. Louis Judd, and Jack Holt as The Commodore. Appearing uncredited are Theresa Harris as Minnie, Alan Napier as Doc Carver, and Elizabeth Russell as "the cat woman".Written by DeWitt Bodeen, this is a good tale about the power of belief. And like all of these Lewton productions, it wraps up in a reasonable amount of time, running a scant 73 minutes.Eight out of 10.

Another watch for this fabulous, Jacques Turner directed black and white gem. I thought watching b&w blu rays might be a waste but not a bit of it. I have never seen this shine and sparkle so well and those dark shadows so effectively sweeping across the screen. I remember seeing this as a boy and being disappointed that Simone Simon didn't change back and forth throughout but now can appreciate the true subtlety of her performance. Strange that I should have re-watched Gilda last night and sat spellbound as Rita Hayworth seemingly treads her own path, bewitching and beguiling men at will with her physical presence and charisma and here the poor Serbian girl afraid to even take a step in that direction. Very impressive and helped enormously by being able to see this is such a fine print. Perfect.

My girlfriend and I have been watching Val Lewton movies, and so far this is her favorite, beating out Curse of the Cat People, I Walked with a Zombie, and the very beatable Seventh Victim.For me, though, it's a bit too stiff and moves a bit too slow. It's an intriguing idea, and the use of shadows and sounds to create a sense of menace is ingenious, especially in the classic pool scene, but most of the movie is build up, and some indifferent acting makes the pre-thrill section of the movie rather unengaging. I would say it's worth watching, as what it does well it does very well, and there are some very clever moments, but I just can't love this the way my girlfriend does.

Much Written about and Endlessly Analyzed, this is one of the First True Film Noirs and Ironically it is not a Contemporary Crime Film. In Fact, it not only has a Noir Template, it is also an Early Psychological Thriller. Add to that, the Supernatural Theme and Monster Transformation and it is Simply a very Complex little Movie that contains so much for so Little Money that to this Day many Consider it the Best B-Movie ever Made.The Founding Father of all this is Producer Val Lewton, one of the Very Few Producers, if any, that became Synonymous with Their Films. The Directorial Talent here is Jacques Tourneur, who can also take Equal Credit for the Movie's Artistic Achievements and ultimate Success.It is a Gloomy, Moody, Sensual, and Beautifully Disturbing Piece of Cinema. The Ending is Surprising and Satisfying and the Creepiness is Never Absent. Wonderfully Underplayed by all the Actors it is an Influential, Complex Adult Story with Mythological Overtones Underlining Modern Romantic Sensibilities.Essential Viewing for Fans of Film-Noir, Supernatural, B-Movies, Horror, and Gothic Romanticism.