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Description acceptable. This character’s apartment contains a statue of a king on horseback who, in a later dream, becomes melded with a creepy therapist. This character’s ghost protects her step-daughter from the deranged daughter of a washed-up actress in a sequel co-directed by Robert Wise. In one shot, bloody footprints of changing size lead away from several dead sheep to this character nonchalantly walking down the street. This character stalks a romantic rival in both a subterranean (*) pool and on an empty street, setting up a pioneering jump scare dubbed the Lewton Bus. Kiss of the Spider Woman opens with Molina’s description of this Serbian fashion artist, who likes to draw animals at the zoo. For 10 points, name or describe this shape-shifter from a horror film directed by Jacques Tourneur. ■END■
ANSWER: Irena Dubrovna [accept descriptions of the person who can change into a cat or panther in Cat People; accept Cat People or The Curse of the Cat People]
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