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Cat People (1942)

★ 6.9 · 679 ratings on TMDB

She knew strange, fierce pleasures that no other woman could ever feel!

Cat People poster★ 6.9

A Serbian émigré in Manhattan believes that, because of an ancient curse, any physical intimacy with the man she loves will turn her into a feline predator.

DirectorJacques Tourneur
CastAlec Craig, Dot Farley, Eddie Dew, Elizabeth Dunne, Henrietta Burnside, Jack Holt
GenresHorror, Mystery, Romance
The emergence reading

Cat People keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same rung, same subject

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Same subject, different rung

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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