Customer Ratings & Reviews

Great picture awesome sound, plenty of extras, you can’t ask for anything else.

I saw this at the theatre over 30(!) years ago and while I enjoyed it then, like a fine wine, time has made this one even more enjoyable! A strong departure from the fantastic 40's version, this is much deeper and darker, with a cast that won't quit.....couple that with scenes worthy of any art house classic, spot on directing and a killer soundtrack, this film ROCKS!!! The Blu ray treatment and supplemental material just add to the package..............if you've not seen this thriller, or a repeat visitor, Cat People is a great picture, be warned, it's not NOT for the kiddos!

I have two blurays, long story, it has great alternate covers so at least that made me happy, weird story sometimes I like it sometimes I don't. don't care (spoiler) for implied Incest, that Black Leopard though. And gorgeous Film-noir style.

An under recognized movie, with strange tale of cats and sexually enduced transformations to murderous proportions. But good movie, improved blu-ray transfer, and haunting David Bowie theme song.

The ever so beautiful Nastassia Kinski! Beautifully photographed! Music & special makeup effects! A classic for Erotic Horror fans! Not for kids!

Cat People (Blu-ray Disc) picture looks like a 2016 picture to be filmed in 1982. Great Movie, Great Colors. Blu-ray Must Buy!!!

Interesting take on the old lycanthrope genre with weird incestuous tones. That being said, the story is intriguing and quite entertaining.

A favorite Friday, late night, flick that always delivers.

Truly a classic. The story and cast are excellent.

Paul Schrader's "Cat People" is an unusual remake of Val Lewton and Jacques Tourneur's classic 1940's film. It's unique and an equal in its own way to the moody original film. It's a pity that "Cat People" didn't get a bit more TLC in this Blu-ray transfer because, while the film source is quite good, this is an older HD transfer. My complaint isn't with the film itself which is enjoyable and well made with strong performances from Nastassja Kinski, Malcolm McDowell and John Heard (plus a terrific title song performed by David Bowie) but with this substandard Blu-ray transfer. Shout Factory has been doing some fine work for most of their releases ("The Howling" was a tad overprocessed as well but acceptable) but this is an exception. The studios provide Shout (or Scream in this case)with the transfer and usually that's not a problem as a lot of them have been exceptionally good. When they get one that is substandard, however, the studio needs to push back--the images in "Cat People" are overprocess eliminating a lot of detail and textures creating plasticine people and smooth textures both an indication of an older less well done high definition transfer. I suspect that this is the same original HD master used for the HD-DVD released ages ago with a new encoding with some tweaking. Having said all of the above about this transfer, it isn't a horrible transfer just substandard. I suspect that Shout elected to release this substandard transfer without blinking an eye. Someone needs to tell Shout that grain and detail are good things. Their quality control is slipping. There are some positives to the image--the colors are bold and the interpositive used for the transfer lacks any print damage and looks in very good shape so there are some positives. We get the original stereo mix as well as a nice 5.1 mix. Subtitles are available in English. Shout does a good job with the special features including a series of new interviews with Schrader, Kinski, Heard and McDowell. The interviews vary from 5 minutes to 9 in length. We also get an interview with composer Giorgio Moroder discussing working with Schrader and David Bowie. All of the interviews run around 50 minutes combined. The special features are rounded out with photo and promotional galleries for the film as well as the original theatrical trailer. Finally we get a reversible cover art featuring the new art work commissioned for the film and one based on the theatrical one sheet on the opposite side (my preferred one--I don't care for the new art work myself). I wouldn't give this version of the film 5 stars because of the substandard, older transfer of the film. The special features are quite good but Shout really needs to step up their game and demand up-to-date quality transfers for the films they release.