Cat People

Movie Summary: Serbian fashion designer Irena Dubrovna and American marine engineer Oliver Reed meet in Central Park, fall in love and marry after a brief courtship; but Irena won’t consummate the union for fear that she will turn into a panther compelled to kill her lover, pursuant to a belief harbored by her home village.

Queer Film LA Says: An early horror classic, this tale of monstrously-repressed female desire has attracted a growing scholarly attention as Queer-coded. The film's central conceit, of a woman who cannot consummate her marriage for fear of an ancient monster emerging, can carry many Queer readings.