This Day in Halloween: Writer/director Paul Schrader’s remake of "Cat People" starring Nastassja Kinkski opens across the U.S. in 1982. / Illustration by Paige Garcia
Cat People opens across the U.S. in 1982. Writer/director Paul Schrader’s eroticremake of the Val Lewton thriller stars Nastassja Kinski and Malcom McDowell, and features the David Bowie/Giorgio Moroder song “Cat People (Putting Out Fire).”