The Criterion Collection presents Jacques Tourneur’s and Val Lewton’s classic psychological “creature feature” Cat People to Blu-ray, presenting the film in its original aspect ratio of 1.37:1 with a new 1080p/24hz high-definition presentation. The Val Lewton Horror Collection is a great collection piece of horror movies without monsters. In the United States, Cat People and its sequel, The Curse of the Cat People, were issued in 2005 as a double feature DVD or as part of the Val Lewton Horror Collection DVD box set. https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/4228-cat-people-darkness-betrayed Val Lewton was a Hollywood film producer who broke the rules on what a "producer" can do during movie production. Directed by Bertrand Bonello • 2019 • France Starring Louise Labeque, Wislanda Louimat, Mackenson Bijou Exclusive streaming premiere Iconoclastic auteur Bertrand Bonello blends voodoo, postcolonial tensions, and the spirit of Jacques Tourneur and As much as I'd like to see all 11 released in a Complete Val Lewton boxset, most of what we've heard from the two chats indicates it will just be the 9 "horror" films. And since I have a soft spot in my heart for obscure, critically praised films, I couldn’t resist checking it out on the Criterion Channel. The Val Lewton Horror Collection gets an AAAAA+++++. 1942’s Val Lewton classic Cat People is getting the Criterion treatment, and deservedly so! The Cat People is one hour and twelve minutes and was released in theaters on December 25, 1942. Uniquely experienced as a professional writer in almost every aspect of the trade, he then worked for nearly a decade as an assistant to David O. Selznick, one of the most successful independent film makers in Hollywood history. I would love to see Criterion release a box set of Val Lewton's horror films. It comes from a new 2K restoration scanned from a safety fine-grain master. For those with DVR, TCM will be airing all nine of his RKO horror films. This is not a very well-known movie, but it has received some accolades from critics and film buffs. In December 2016, Cat People was reissued on DVD and Blu-ray by The Criterion Collection. You can always rely no CRITERION for a quality re-mastered movie of old, with great sound and picture quality. Oct 10th, 8pm: CAT PEOPLE (’42) Oct 10th, 9:30pm: THE BODY SNATCHER (’45) Oct 10th, 11pm: Martin Scorsese Presents, Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows (’07) Cat People from 1942 is a perfect example, and Val Lewton’s crowning achievement has been given a superb release from Criterion. 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