Cat Person is a 2023 psychological thriller film directed by Susanna Fogel from a screenplay by Michelle Ashford, based on the 2017 short story of the same name by Kristen Roupenian.

The film stars Emilia Jones, Nicholas Braun, Geraldine Viswanathan, Hope Davis, Fred Melamed, and Isabella Rossellini.

Robert initially takes this well, but later sends Margot a barrage of messages and calls her a whore.

He muses the idea of drugging Margot to induce memory loss and dropping her off at her dorm, fearing that if she left in her current injured state, she would alter the story to be in her favor, which could possibly lead to Robert getting arrested.

Margot tries to escape, but Robert drags her back inside and a physical struggle ensues.

[5][6] On June 20, 2021, StudioCanal and Imperative Entertainment announced they would be partnering in adapting the short story into a psychological thriller, with Susanna Fogel directing from a screenplay by Michelle Ashford, and starring Nicholas Braun and Emilia Jones.

[7] In October 2021, Geraldine Viswanathan, Hope Davis, Michael Gandolfini, Liza Koshy, Fred Melamed, Isaac Cole Powell, Isabella Rossellini, and Donald Elise Watkins joined the cast.

[14] Following its Sundance premiere, it received distribution offers from Netflix, Bleecker Street and Open Road Films, but StudioCanal refused due to CAA's desire for a theatrical release.

The film, which was budgeted at $12 million, was ultimately sold to Rialto Pictures and got a theatrical release in October, making only $338,541.

The website's consensus reads: "Feasting fancifully on its own coarse innovations, Cat Person is a drawn-out adaptation that doesn't land on its feet.