The Leopard Man | 100 Movies Bucket List

I'd never heard of this film before, but after looking it up I really liked the premise, so I was looking forward to seeing it.

I liked this film.

Being that the film is a little over an hour, it's great to get into everything quickly. We know exactly what's going on, we have an idea of who these people are, and we're into the story right away.

It does a great job of creating tension and genuine fear. We are scared for characters we don't even know.

One of my favourite things about the film is that it's essentially a creature feature, which is a genre I love no matter what form it comes in.

For a film made in the 40s, I thought the design of the leopard itself was great. If anything I just wanted to see a lot more of it.

Because while the scenes with the leopard were great, there's quite a lot going on outside of it, and not all of it feels necessary to the story. It's so plot-driven that we don't need to know the characters to enjoy the story, so the more we see of their lives, the more it feels like we're being taken away from the main event.

But that being said, the darker scenes almost completely made up for this. You don't have to be invested in the characters' lives to be invested in their deaths!

Getting to the end, it does feel like things are a little bit unfinished, and maybe slightly rushed.

Overall, reading that this film is a cult classic makes sense to me - this isn't the type of film you'll hear the general public talking about, but I'm glad that it has found its place amongst horror lovers.