PSYCHO / CAT PEOPLE

ABOUT THE FILMS

Original Theatrical Cut! PSYCHO, 1960, Universal, 109 min. Dir. Alfred Hitchcock

In Alfred Hitchcock’s groundbreaking psychological horror, lovely embezzler Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) takes refuge from a rainstorm off the beaten track on a lonely California highway. Unfortunately, she checks in at the Bates Motel, presided over by young Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), a strange fellow living with his mother in a nearby mansion. Hitchcock used the small crew from his popular TV show for this hair-raising example of California Gothic, and it remains one of the most influential chillers ever made. With Vera Miles and John Gavin.

FORMAT: 4K DCP

CAT PEOPLE, 1942, Warner Bros., 73 min. Dir. Jacques Tourneur

Serbian immigrant Irena (Simone Simon) can’t bring herself to bed new husband Oliver (Kent Smith) for fear she will transform into a cat, as her homeland’s fables warn. When Oliver sends her to a psychiatrist, Irena’s problems only worsen, until her demons come clawing and growling to the surface. Jacques Tourneur’s darkly stylish, genuinely frightening horror-noir is laced with subversive sexual undertones, and was the high point of his estimable collaborations with producer Val Lewton at RKO.

FORMAT: 35mm