Alicia I love this movie so much

CommentsXp Best movie ever!

Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Brenda The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

SnoopyStyle After his wife Irena's death, Oliver Reed has remarried to former co- worker Alice Moore. They have a strange daughter named Amy. She has no friends and hears voices. She befriends elderly recluse former actress Julia Farren living in a nearby mansion who is estranged from her own daughter Barbara. After finding a picture of Irena, Amy starts seeing an imaginary Irena.This is a strange horror sequel where the cast returns but the lead character is dead. Nevertheless, this stands on its own as a spooky little horror. The little girl is spooky herself. It's a moody small scale horror. Other than the original's iconic swimming pool scene, this is just as good. It turns a transformational horror into a ghost movie. Both works on their own terms.

jsk32870 Strike One: labeled as "horror" which simply can't be more inaccurate. If this is "horror" then "Halloween" is a "family" film.Strike Two: There is no obvious or even subtle "curse" as mentioned in the title of the film.Strike Three: There are no "cat people" anywhere to be seen.For reasons I cannot fathom, many reviewers here give the film a pass on all of this and rave about the film while stating "oh just forget the title." OK...recall the sequel to "Frankenstein" - "Bride of Frankenstein" - now imagine there is NO bride, there is NO Dr. Frankenstein, and only the monster appears, but only in a few scenes and not really as the monster but in some other manifestation, and it turns out the film has nothing really at all to do with Frankenstein or the monster or the bride, but some other character you'd never heard of. Um, what? That would be a mess. And yet, that is what you have here with "Curse of the Cat People." This cannot be excused, I'm sorry.I understand that Val Lewton wanted to name the film something else and not have it linked to "Cat People," but he lost that argument to RKO and as a result we have this film as is. It must be graded as such, and unfortunately it's a jumbled mess that doesn't make much sense when viewed as the continuing story from the original. Perhaps the most aggravating aspect of the film (aside from the title) is the father, Oliver, suddenly having a serious memory block on what happened at the climax of "Cat People." In that one, his first wife was revealed to be able to change into a panther and she literally died in panther form. Oliver witnessed this and it's how the film ended. Suddenly six years later his memory has apparently been completely lost and now he says his first wife 'drove herself mad' because she believed fantasy stories! Wait, what? Does Oliver not remember seeing his dead panther-wife lying on the ground six years ago? What are you talking about? This made absolutely no sense, even more so when he became intolerant of his daughter's alleged fantasies, because having witnessed a real-life panther woman, he of all people should be open to fantastical stories. But no.It was also irritating for Oliver to castigate his daughter Amy for not having friends or playing with them, because what we are shown doesn't jive with his claims. The opening scenes show Amy playing with other children. Yes, her mind wanders as she sits there, but she is playing with them. Later when talk of her birthday party comes up, she is excited and rattles off the names of at least five children she expects to see at her party. If this child was a loner with no friends, how is she able to identify several children coming to her party? And why is she excited to see them? And later, when it is learned that the party invitations were not mailed, and thus the children weren't invited, the children are upset by this and shun Amy in retribution. Now, if Amy was a loner with no friends, why would all of these children care about her party at all? They shouldn't even want to go. None of this makes any sense. The film-makers utterly failed to establish that Amy really was a loner or a dreamer who was losing touch with reality. She was a typical little girl who occasionally chased butterflies and somehow this translates into 'she lives in a fantasy world?' I don't think so.The film suffers from these flaws, and others, and what you're left with is a confusing hodge-podge that also, at times, manages to exude some real charm. That comes mainly from Ann Carter as Amy; she was very convincing, especially for a child actor. I also enjoyed Simone Simon's 'cameo' and the cinematography is also noteworthy.In sum, not a total loss, but not at all as advertised. More like a sheep in wolves' clothing (jumbled on purpose, because it falls flat and is not horror in any sense of the word). 6/10.

Hitchcoc This is more of a ghost story than a horror story. The cat reference has to do with Simone Simon who plays the not so "imaginary" friend of a little shy girl. She was previously the star of the original "Cat People." The little girl is brought into a family with serious history. She has no playmates (and doesn't seem to have the wherewithal to find any) until the "ghost" of Simon's character comes into her life. This creates great problems because people begin to see the girl as strange at best, mentally handicapped at worst. Soon there is a jealous lady involved, and an umbrella of protection that begins to manifest itself. This is a nicely complex film. Ignore the title and see it as a movie all its own.

ShootingShark Amy is a shy six-year old girl, withdrawing into a fantasy world of fairy-tales and imaginary friends. Her father Oliver is concerned, and when Amy starts talking about Irena, his first wife, who killed herself, he is alarmed for Amy's safety and sanity.This sequel to the classic 1942 RKO chiller Cat People is the polar opposite - where that picture is a moody, gloomy, tragic adult exploration of sexuality and psychosis, this by contrast is a bright, sweet, child-like and happy fable. It may have some menacing Gothic moments but it's really about Amy's imagination and how she sees the world (much of it is shot from waist height, emphasising her point of view), while the snowy Tarrytown / Sleepy Hollow small town setting adds tremendous atmosphere. The plot doesn't really have much to do with the original movie except insomuch as we see what's happened to Oliver and Alice, and there are inconsistencies (Irena's ghost sings a French carol, when it should be a Serbian one), but it's a lovely little tale by itself, and I genuinely prefer sequels which aren't simply a rehash of the preceding film. The cast are all great (Smith, Randolph, Simone and Russell were all in the original), with Carter giving a naturalistic child performance which suits the material just right. Best of all is Nicholas Musuraca's photography, with its gorgeous shading and texturing; the use of changes in light and tone which prefigure Irena's ghostly appearances are all beautifully done. All in all, this is a slight little old movie, and not as interesting and influential as its predecessor, but it's still enchanting and mysterious, and a very pleasant way to spend an hour.