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Cat People (1982)

Name: Cat People
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Released: 1982
Rating: 6.0
Cast: Annette O'Toole, Ed Begley Jr., Frankie Faison, John Heard, Lynn Lowry

★ 6.0 · 560 ratings on TMDB

They are something more than lovers who are about to become something less than human.

★ 6.0

After years of separation, Irena Gallier and her minister brother, Paul, reunite in New Orleans. When zoologists capture a wild panther, Irena is drawn to the cat – and zoo curator Oliver to her. Soon, Paul will have to reveal the family secret: that when sexually aroused, they revert into predatory jungle cats.

DirectorPaul Schrader

CastAnnette O'Toole, Ed Begley Jr., Frankie Faison, John Heard, Lynn Lowry, Malcolm McDowell

GenresFantasy, Horror

The emergence reading

Cat People keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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⇄ Parameter shift — the dial this world turnsrigor: loose

E6shapeshifthumans possess a latent panther form that is triggered by sexual arousal and can be reversed only by killing a human (biology · personal)

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