By Bob Bloom The following titles are being released on Tuesday, June 26, unless otherwise noted: The Curse of the Cat People (Blu-ray) Details: 1944, Scream Factory Rated: Not rated The lowdown: Academy Award-winning director Robert Wise made his debut behind the camera with this follow-up to 1942’s “Cat People.” The movie stars Kent Smith, reprising his role as Oliver Reed, who is now remarried and living in Tarrytown, N.Y. Reed has a 6-year-old daughter, Amy, who has suddenly become withdrawn and speaks of interacting with her new “friend.” Her father worries that it may be the spirit of Irena (Simone Simon), his first wife who believed herself to be descended from a race of Cat People. The movie is more fantasy than horror as Wise and co-director Gunther V. Fritsch create more psychological than physical terror. The film, made by RKO, was produced by Val Lewton, who made a string of successful horror-thriller features in the early and mid-1940s.
New to View: June 26
New to View: June 26
New to View: June 26
By Bob Bloom The following titles are being released on Tuesday, June 26, unless otherwise noted: The Curse of the Cat People (Blu-ray) Details: 1944, Scream Factory Rated: Not rated The lowdown: Academy Award-winning director Robert Wise made his debut behind the camera with this follow-up to 1942’s “Cat People.” The movie stars Kent Smith, reprising his role as Oliver Reed, who is now remarried and living in Tarrytown, N.Y. Reed has a 6-year-old daughter, Amy, who has suddenly become withdrawn and speaks of interacting with her new “friend.” Her father worries that it may be the spirit of Irena (Simone Simon), his first wife who believed herself to be descended from a race of Cat People. The movie is more fantasy than horror as Wise and co-director Gunther V. Fritsch create more psychological than physical terror. The film, made by RKO, was produced by Val Lewton, who made a string of successful horror-thriller features in the early and mid-1940s.