Lesley Selander's "The Catman of Paris" Blu-ray - Lenore Aubert / Adele Mara @imprint_films (Patreon)

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Lesley Selander's "The Catman of Paris" Blu-ray - Lenore Aubert / Adele Mara @imprint_films

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Author Charles Regnier returns to 1896 Paris after exotic travels, having written a bestseller which the Ministry of Justice would like to ban. That very night, an official is killed on the dark streets… clawed to death! The prefect of police suspects some type of “were-cat”, but Inspector Severen thinks there is nothing supernatural about Regnier’s motive. Regnier begins to doubt himself when he has another hallucinatory blackout during the second killing. Who is the infamous Catman of Paris?

Directed by Lesley Selander, this rare 1946 republic horror is finally getting a well-deserved release

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Lesley Selander's The Catman of Paris was produced in conjunction with Valley of the Zombies with the intent on making it Republic's first horror film double feature. It was a 7-reeler at less than 1 hour 5 minutes. Selander also directed Flat Top, The Vampire's Ghost, Dragonfly Squadron, Flight to Mars, so certainly a genre chap in his pedigree. Actually one of the most prolific directors of feature Westerns in cinema history. Here we get some supernatural, amnesia, false-accusations, dying confessions, mysticism, and a hideous 'Catman' - essentially a horror-mystery hybrid - set in classy Gay Paree. I liked the atmosphere and wasn't deterred by the pacing of The Catman of Paris. Middling image quality but I had never seen it before and, being my penchant, will re-watch. Lads Newman and Jones give another emboldening commentary plus the fab Republic Pictures Story documentary (longer than the film!) The Imprint Blu-ray has fans who will enjoy.