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Cat People

A man from America ties the knot with a Serbian immigrant, who harbors a peculiar fear that their physical intimacy will transform her into a feline figure from Serbian folklore.

In this psychological thriller, a fashion sketch artist named Irena Dubrovna, who has always felt like an outsider, marries a marine engineer named Oliver Reed in New York. Despite her initial reservations, she falls deeply in love with him. However, her dark past and superstitions threaten to tear them apart. Believing she has inherited the ability to transform into a big cat, such as a panther, when consumed by passion, anger, or jealousy, Irena is convinced that she will turn into a monster and kill those who betray her if she is kissed. As Oliver and a psychiatrist try to help her overcome her fears, her beliefs are put to the test when Oliver's friendship with a coworker, Alice Moore, begins to blossom into something more.

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Info about Cat People

Studio(s): RKO Radio Pictures

Originally Released: United States, Dec 05, 1942

Production Country: United States

Box Office Gross: $4,000,000.00

Budget: $134,000.00

Genres:Horror, Thriller, Fantasy

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