spoilersatmospheric horror from the original lewton crew . the star be kind of weak and the script isn not as good a the first couple of lewton b and but there be moody photography and a few scene of real suspense . some element of sexual violence can not make this film sexy like cat people ( in this case and we get middle age bell instead of sexy simone simone ) and and the exotic locale isn not up to zombie par either . the plot carry the film through it ( short ) length represent a search for an escaped cat lead one man to seek for a human killer behind the allege cat killing . it seem like it would have be more interesting if that man ( okeefe and play it straight ) have turn out to be the killer himself and but i guess that maybe what the writer though the audience would expect .