Episode 88: Cat People (1982)

I revisit Paul Schrader’s Cat People (1982), a stylish and undeniably strange cult film I’d been wanting to see again for years. With memorable performances from Nastassja Kinski and Malcolm McDowell, an atmospheric Giorgio Moroder score and David Bowie’s iconic title song, it’s a film that’s often more fascinating than satisfying. I explore what still works, what doesn’t, and why this unusual remake continues to divide audiences more than 40 years later.