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Cat People (1982)

Rate: 2
Viewed: 11/11

11/11: My head shakes at the sight of Cat People.

I haven't seen the original yet, but this remake...what the heck? Every time the unsexy Nastassja Kinski takes off her clothes, John Heard's character goes nuts and proceeds to have sex with her. Does Oliver, a doctor of zoology, realize he's guilty of bestiality? The movie is like this throughout, and that's all there is to it.

Furthermore, Cat People is as soft porn as it gets while there's no story, no intelligence, no point, and no comprehensibility to speak of, but it has a lot of gratuitous nudity to pass the time. Hence, the poor Malcolm McDowell has nothing to work with. On the positive side, it has good cinematography which includes a pretty-looking jaguar although I see some instances of animal abuse.

All in all, if Paul Shrader wanted to show a lot of nudity, why didn't he do a porno flick instead?

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