Cat People
1942 · USA · 73m
Val Lewton was told to make a film from a title and a poster. He made one about a woman afraid of her own desire.
Director · 3 films
3 films directed by Jacques Tourneur are catalogued in the ledger, from 1942 to 1957. Countries of origin: USA and UK. The most common subgenres here are creature feature (1), folk horror (1), gothic (1) and psychological (1). The best-documented entries are Cat People (1942), I Walked with a Zombie (1943) and Night of the Demon (1957).
Val Lewton was told to make a film from a title and a poster. He made one about a woman afraid of her own desire.
Jane Eyre relocated to a Caribbean sugar plantation, and it is the most beautiful film in this category.
The runic parchment, the smoke on the railway line, and a monster the producer added against the director's wishes.