Cat People (1982 film)
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Cat People (1982 film) is an erotic horror film directed by Paul Schrader that reimagines the 1942 classic with a darker, more stylized exploration of lycanthropic sexuality and psychological terror.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cat People | 4 |
| Cat People (1982 film) canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5528351 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Cat People (1982 film) Context triple: [Cat People (1942 film), hasRemake, Cat People (1982 film)]
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Cat People (1942 film)
Cat People (1942 film) is a 1942 horror film directed by Jacques Tourneur, renowned for its atmospheric suspense, psychological tension, and influential use of shadow and suggestion over explicit scares.
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B.
Cat's Eye (1985 film)
Cat's Eye is a 1985 horror anthology film directed by Lewis Teague and written by Stephen King, featuring three interwoven stories linked by a wandering cat.
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C.
Night Trap
Night Trap is a controversial 1992 interactive movie horror video game known for its full-motion video gameplay and its central role in early 1990s debates over video game violence and content regulation.
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D.
Cats (1998 video)
Cats (1998 video) is a filmed stage production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hit musical "Cats," featuring the original London cast performing the show for home video release.
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E.
Dead Ringers
Dead Ringers is a 1988 psychological horror film directed by David Cronenberg about twin gynecologists whose identities and sanity unravel, in which Jill Hennessy appears in an early role.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cat People (1982 film) Target entity description: Cat People (1982 film) is an erotic horror film directed by Paul Schrader that reimagines the 1942 classic with a darker, more stylized exploration of lycanthropic sexuality and psychological terror.
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A.
Cat People (1942 film)
Cat People (1942 film) is a 1942 horror film directed by Jacques Tourneur, renowned for its atmospheric suspense, psychological tension, and influential use of shadow and suggestion over explicit scares.
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B.
Cat's Eye (1985 film)
Cat's Eye is a 1985 horror anthology film directed by Lewis Teague and written by Stephen King, featuring three interwoven stories linked by a wandering cat.
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C.
Night Trap
Night Trap is a controversial 1992 interactive movie horror video game known for its full-motion video gameplay and its central role in early 1990s debates over video game violence and content regulation.
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D.
Cats (1998 video)
Cats (1998 video) is a filmed stage production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hit musical "Cats," featuring the original London cast performing the show for home video release.
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E.
Dead Ringers
Dead Ringers is a 1988 psychological horror film directed by David Cronenberg about twin gynecologists whose identities and sanity unravel, in which Jill Hennessy appears in an early role.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
erotic horror film
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film ⓘ |
| artDirectionBy | Ferdinando Scarfiotti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Cat People (1942 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Alice Perrin
NERFINISHED
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Irena Gallier NERFINISHED ⓘ Oliver Yates NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Gallier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | John Bailey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| costumeDesignBy | Albert Wolsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Paul Schrader NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| distributedInFormat | theatrical release ⓘ |
| editedBy | Jacqueline Cambas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresSong | Cat People (Putting Out Fire) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Los Angeles
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New Orleans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
erotic film
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fantasy film ⓘ horror film ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| isRemakeOf | Cat People (1942 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy |
David Bowie
NERFINISHED
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Giorgio Moroder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
eroticized depiction of shapeshifting
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stylized visual design ⓘ |
| producer |
Alan Ladd Jr.
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jerry Bruckheimer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1982-04-02 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 118 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Paul Schrader NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | New Orleans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stars |
Annette O'Toole
NERFINISHED
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Ed Begley Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ John Heard NERFINISHED ⓘ Malcolm McDowell NERFINISHED ⓘ Nastassja Kinski NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruby Dee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
incest
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lycanthropy ⓘ psychological horror ⓘ sexuality ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cat People (1982 film) Description of subject: Cat People (1982 film) is an erotic horror film directed by Paul Schrader that reimagines the 1942 classic with a darker, more stylized exploration of lycanthropic sexuality and psychological terror.
Referenced by (8)
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