Directed by Paul Schrader Written by DeWitt Bodeen   Alan Ormsby   Paul Schrader   Cast Nastassja Kinski ... Irena Gallier (as Nastassia Kinski) Malcolm McDowell ... Paul Gallier John Heard ... Oliver Yates Annette O'Toole ... Alice Perrin Ruby Dee ... Female Ed Begley Jr. ... Joe Creigh Scott Paulin ... Bill Searle Frankie Faison ... Detective Brandt Ron Diamond ... Detective Ron Diamond Lynn Lowry ... Ruthie John Larroquette ... Bronte Judson Tessa Richarde ... Billie Patricia Perkins ... Taxi Driver Berry Berenson ... Sandra Fausto Barajas ... Otis John H. Fields ... Massage Parlor Manager Emery Hollier ... Yeatman Brewer Stephen Marshal ... Moonie Robert Pavlovich ... Ted (as Robert Pavlovitch) Julie Denney ... Carol Arione De Winter ... Indian Village Mother Francine Segal ... Church Woman Don Hood ... Train Station Agent David Showacre ... Man in Bar Neva Gage ... Cat-Like Woman Marisa Folse ... Indian Girl Danelle Hand ... Indian Girl John C. Isbell ... Police Officer Roger E. Reid ... Policeman (as Roger Reid) Charles Joseph Konya Jr. ... Policeman Marco St. John ... Policeman Brett Alexander ... Cub Scout Gregory Gatto ... Cub Scout Terc Martinez ... Cub Scout David Ross McCarty ... Man in Airport Harry Hauss ... First Helicopter Pilot (as Harold D. Hauss) James Deeth ... Second Helicopter Pilot Ray Wise ... Soap Opera Man Jo Ann Dearing ... Soap Opera Woman The Black Pope ... D.J. (voice) Uncredited Cast David Blackwell ... Staring Man on Bus Craig Deroche ... Homeless Person Stocker Fontelieu ... Priest Elisha Rapson ... Girl Scout / Zoo Visitor Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer   Charles W. Fries   Max Rosenberg   Nanette Siegert   Original Music by Giorgio Moroder

Additional Info Premiere: April 02, 1982 DVD Release: January 14, 1998 Blu-ray Release: January 21, 2014 Country: Distributor: Scream Factory Websites: Production Companies RKO Pictures (presents) Universal Pictures (presents) Distributors Universal Pictures   (1982) (United States) (theatrical) Showtime Networks   (1983) (United States) (TV) MCA Home Video   (1987) (United States) (VHS) WGN   (1986) (United States) (TV) MCA/Universal Home Video   (1988) (United States) (laserdisc) (video) Image Entertainment   (1992) (United States) (laserdisc) (video) MCA/Universal Home Video   (1992) (United States) (VHS) Image Entertainment   (1998) (United States) (DVD) MCA/Universal Home Video   (2002) (United States) (DVD) Universal Home Video   (2002) (United States) (DVD) Universal Home Video   (2004) (United States) (double-billed with 'An American Werewolf in London') (DVD) Universal Studios   (2007) (United States) (HD-DVD) (DVD) Scream Factory   (2014) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD) Peacock   (2020) (United States) (video) Scream Factory   (2022) (United States) (Ultra HD Blu-ray) (Blu-ray) The Criterion Channel   (2022) (United States) (streaming) (TV) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.2 / 10 Our Rating 6.4 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 5.7 / 10 Female Users 6.1 / 10 Site Ranking #3,382 / 20,716 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 2 total ratings Almost Perfect 1 total rating Average 1 total rating Site Ranking #3,378 Van Helsing: Season 1 (2016) #3,379 Van Helsing: Season 5 (2021) #3,380 Van Helsing: Season 3 (2018) #3,381 Van Helsing: Season 2 (2017) #3,382 Cat People (1982) #3,383 Jeepers Creepers 3 (2017) #3,384 Get Low (2009) #3,385 Pulse (2001) #3,386 Jackass 3.5 (2011)