1942: Cat People

A man marries a Romanian immigrant despite her telling him some mumbo-jumbo about "cat people". Then she starts acting funny - is it just a mental health problem or is she turning into one of those mysterious cat persons?

This setup makes the film into a strange hybrid of marriage drama and horror film, not really succeeding on either front. Yes, the film features some nice shadowplay and many examples of the trick of drawing attention to something because we don't see it (later perfected in Blair Witch Project), but it also features tedious dialogues and a poor narrative structure. (5.5)