Several film noirs attempted to replicate the shadowy visual style of director Jacques Tourneur and cinematographer Musuraca.
Many films were influenced by Cat People, such as Columbia Pictures’ Cry of the Werewolf (1944), combining the Lewton approach with elements from Universal’s The Wolf Man, like a plot that involves a gypsy curse.
Other films have borrowed plot or character elements from Cat People, particularly by having a female character who fears she has inherited the tendency to turn into a monster, among them:
Movie Cycles: Woman into Monster (“Cat People” Impact) (Women-Driven Horror Melodramas)
Several film noirs attempted to replicate the shadowy visual style of director Jacques Tourneur and cinematographer Musuraca.
Many films were influenced by Cat People, such as Columbia Pictures’ Cry of the Werewolf (1944), combining the Lewton approach with elements from Universal’s The Wolf Man, like a plot that involves a gypsy curse.
Other films have borrowed plot or character elements from Cat People, particularly by having a female character who fears she has inherited the tendency to turn into a monster, among them:
Jungle Woman (1944)
The Soul of a Monster (1944)
The Woman Who Came Back (1945)
She-Wolf of London (1946)
The Catman of Paris (1946)
The Cat Creeps (1946)
The Creeper (1948)
Cult of the Cobra (1955)
The She-Creature (1956)
Daughter of Dr. Jekyll (1957)