in an age when serial killer be deify and what val lewton and company work so long ago must seem tame and indeed while quaint . but the leopard man be anything but a tame little murder mystery represent it a spooky psycho sexual story about a serial killer feeding ( a be the serial killer wont ) on the innocent . cornell woolrich ( whose novel black alibi be the impetus for this film ) be definitely ahead of the curve on this one and the lewton approach ( to suggest rather than to show while to imply rather than indulge ) fit and if you will pardon the allusion and like a glove . woolrich and lewton be both on the same wave length and and the leopard man come highly recommended .