tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58386445187398869562024-03-08T04:17:28.783-05:00THE HORROR CATSA Celebration of Felines in Horror Movies and TelevisionDr Bloodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17904860037603156527noreply@blogger.comBlogger403125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838644518739886956.post-546336364305905192016-02-14T02:39:00.000-05:002016-02-14T03:04:05.550-05:00Spirits of the Dead (1968)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae101/horrorcats/cats/tomai681cat.png" height="216" width="400" /></div><br />
In "Metzengerstein", Roger Vadim's first segment of this horror anthology based on short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, Contessa Frederique de Metzengerstein (Jane Fonda) keeps a cheetah cub as part of her menagerie.<br />
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Although it is clearly played by another big cat, as an indication of the passage of time (and used once to compliment Frederique's inner rage), the cheetah becomes fully grown as the story progresses.<br />
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The French-Italian co-production "Spirits of the Dead" was originally titled "Histoires extraordinaires" and was released in the UK as "Tales of Mystery and Imagination" in 1973.Dr Bloodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17904860037603156527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838644518739886956.post-59466762952307701912016-02-07T18:17:00.001-05:002016-02-07T18:27:36.174-05:00Elle (2016)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae101/horrorcats/cats/elle1cat.png" height="224" width="400" /></div><br />
A cat plays a small but important part in Paul Verhoeven's "Elle".<br />
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When Michèle (Isabelle Huppert) opens the door to let her pet back inside, a masked intruder seizes the opportunity to force his way into her home too.<br />
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In the second episode of season 10 of The X-Files, while Agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) interview Jackie Goldman (Rebecca Wisocky), the crazy woman unexpectedly throws an apple at a therapy cat.<br />
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A black cat crosses the screen against a creepy rooftop background to mark the passage of time in Charles F. Klein's short adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's famous story.<br />
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Detective John River (Stellan Skarsgård) briefly inherits the cat which belonged to his dead partner Jackie 'Stevie' Stevenson (Nicola Walker) in the second episode of this supernatural crime drama.<br />
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Stevie's cat does not appear in any further episodes.Dr Bloodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17904860037603156527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838644518739886956.post-35130299164383053822015-10-31T20:31:00.000-04:002016-02-14T03:04:34.142-05:00The Cat and the Canary (1979)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae101/horrorcats/cats/tcatc791cat.png" height="224" width="400" /></div><br />
In the prologue to this comedy-mystery, a tuxedo cat stalks a caged canary but comes to a very nasty end.<br />
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The gratuitously lingering shot of the cat's hanging body paves the way for more violence to come but will deter most sane people from watching any more of Radley Metzger's remake.<br />
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Released in the USA in 1978, a year earlier than in the UK.Dr Bloodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17904860037603156527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838644518739886956.post-71058204648364145002015-08-21T01:30:00.000-04:002015-08-21T17:12:07.048-04:00The End of The Horror Cats?After four long years, it's time for <b>The Horror Cats</b> to take a well deserved nap.<br />
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With nearly 400 posts (and more than three times that number of screencaps and cat appearances noted), there are simply no more cats in horror movies and television left to celebrate.<br />
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Apart from one, that is: Ser Pounce from the excellent "Game of Thrones" TV series. One last feline actor of note, even if he doesn't really do anything. He's a cat, so what do you expect?<br />
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We did intentionally omit three movies (which have strikethroughs in the A-Z) due to the subject matter, but other bloggers have mentioned them recently and spared us from the unhappiness. Nobody wants to see cruelty to animals whether it's fake or not, certainly not us.<br />
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As this is the final post for a while, <b>The Horror Cats</b> wish to take this opportunity to give a long overdue shoutout to the other bloggers who share our obsession.<br />
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Linda Kay's <b>Cinema Cats</b> – <a href="http://www.cinemacats.com/" target="_blank">http://www.cinemacats.com</a> – has received the baton (not to mention the catnip mouse) and will continue to collect together the notable (and not so notable) feline actors in ALL genres of movies and television. It's a very entertaining and informative site. Check it out!<br />
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Anne Billson's <b>Cats on Film</b> – <a href="http://www.catsonfilm.net/" target="_blank">http://www.catsonfilm.net</a> – hasn't been updated recently, but it's also full of interesting information and high-resolution pictures.<br />
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Additionally, there have been quite a few blog posts about cats in horror movies.<br />
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Our allies at <b>The Horror Club</b> have some "Horror Cats" articles:<br />
<a href="http://thehorrorclub.blogspot.com/2014/04/10-horror-cats-that-need-your-attention.html" target="_blank">10 Horror Cats that need your attention right meow!</a><br />
<a href="http://thehorrorclub.blogspot.com/2014/06/10-more-horror-cats-that-need-your.html" target="_blank">10 more Horror Cats that need your attention right meow!</a><br />
<a href="http://thehorrorclub.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-10-horror-cats-have-returned.html" target="_blank">The 10 Horror Cats have returned!</a><br />
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<b>Dr Blood's Video Vault</b> has several rather amusing Top Ten lists:<br />
<a href="http://www.drbloodsvideovault.com/2012/06/top-ten-creepiest-catladies.html" target="_blank">The Top Ten Creepiest Catladies</a><br />
<a href="http://www.drbloodsvideovault.com/2011/07/top-ten-most-evil-cat-deaths.html" target="_blank">The Top Ten Most Evil Cat Deaths</a><br />
<a href="http://www.drbloodsvideovault.com/2011/07/top-ten-most-heroic-cats.html" target="_blank">The Top Ten Most Heroic Cats</a><br />
<a href="http://www.drbloodsvideovault.com/2011/07/top-ten-scariest-cats.html" target="_blank">The Top Ten Scariest Cats</a><br />
<a href="http://www.drbloodsvideovault.com/2012/06/my-top-ten-sexiest-catgirls.html" target="_blank">The Top Ten Sexiest Catgirls</a><br />
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And various other bloggers have continued to add more of the same:<br />
<a href="http://www.horror.land/paws-for-thought/" target="_blank">Paws for thought – 20 Horror Cats</a><br />
<a href="http://horrorpedia.com/2014/11/22/feline-fear-cats-in-horror-films/" target="_blank">Feline Fear! Cats in Horror Films</a><br />
<a href="http://whatculture.com/film/5-films-with-cat-based-horror-mayhem.php" target="_blank">5 Films With Cat Based Horror Mayhem</a><br />
<a href="http://imaginemdd.blogspot.com/2013/11/pleasing-siamese-cats-in-film-tv-books.html" target="_blank">Pleasing Siamese Cats in Film TV Books</a><br />
<a href="http://www.zyra.at/fakecats.htm" target="_blank">CATS; often faked-up or badly dubbed in movies</a><br />
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Last, but certainly not least, is our good friend Nicholas Tana, the creator of <b>Hell's Kitty</b> – <a href="http://www.horrorcats.com/" target="_blank">http://www.horrorcats.com</a> and <a href="http://hellskitty.com/" target="_blank">http://hellskitty.com</a> – a fantastic horror-comedy webseries, comicbook, and upcoming movie featuring a possessed cat and her caregiver's struggle to find a girlfriend.<br />
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R.I.P. <a href="http://horrorcats.blogspot.com/2012/05/hells-kitty-2011.html">Angel</a>, the star of the <b>Hell's Kitty</b> show, who sadly passed away last month.<br />
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Since everyone already knows that the internet is powered by cats, there have been scores of YouTube videos, forum posts, Facebook groups, and now there's even a documentary dedicated to "Cats in Horror Movies" (as a special feature included in Arrow's Vincent Price blu-ray collection). It's certainly not like there aren't enough cats to go around!!!<br />
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It's great that so much interest still remains in this extremely niche subject. What's even better is that there may be a couple of new horror movies featuring cats in significant roles again eventually.<br />
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For now, however, we're feeling very tired. We're going to eat a bag of tuna treats, drink some milk, and snuggle down in our baskets.<br />
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Meow!The Horror Catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00643331012340570699noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838644518739886956.post-25214458691841179152015-08-20T20:44:00.000-04:002015-08-20T20:55:56.961-04:00Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (2001)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae101/horrorcats/cats/megtoc1cats.png" height="224" width="400" /></div><br />
These briefly shown feral cats aren't actors. They actually live in the Colosseum in Rome in real life.<br />
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Having pointed them out, Gabriella Francini (Diane Venora) reminds Stone Alexander (Noah Huntley) of the seemingly obvious historical fact that lions and tigers and Christians were all in the Colosseum two-thousand years ago. <br />
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Although animal fights are known to have been staged in the Colosseum, there is no historical record of <i>damnatio ad bestias</i> ever occurring there.Dr Bloodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17904860037603156527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838644518739886956.post-87289615659695542532015-08-19T19:52:00.000-04:002015-08-20T20:45:12.597-04:00Doppelganger (1993)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Nathan</span></div><br />
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Patrick Highsmith's cat Nathan is soon spotted by his potential housemate Holly Gooding (Drew Barrymore). At first, it looks like she doesn't like cats.<br />
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Once Patrick (George Newbern) explains that Nathan makes his own clothes and is mostly an outdoors cat, things seem to improve.<br />
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Sadly, Nathan's time enjoying the kitchen counter is not to last. The poor tabby doesn't make it to the end of the movie either.Dr Bloodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17904860037603156527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838644518739886956.post-80197432481167624922015-08-18T02:14:00.001-04:002015-08-18T02:18:52.514-04:00Amnesiac (2015)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae101/horrorcats/cats/amne1cats.png" height="301" width="400" /></div><br />
A home video which shows two cats on top of a fence (before the black and white one is cuddled by its very young owner) sets the scene for things to come. <br />
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The black and white cat enjoys Christmas in more vintage footage.<br />
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In the present day, two ginger toms tuck into a pot roast dinner which is provided for them by a character known only as Woman (Kate Bosworth).<br />
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Apparently, Woman is a veterinarian and also has another cat to cuddle.<br />
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The gingers, who are meowing and frantically scratching at a cupboard in the basement, lead Man (Wes Bentley) to a shocking discovery.Dr Bloodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17904860037603156527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838644518739886956.post-56859301646428084482015-08-14T14:33:00.000-04:002015-08-21T17:13:56.772-04:00The Mummy Lives (1993)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae101/horrorcats/cats/tml1cat.png" height="227" width="400" /></div><br />
Beware of Egyptian doctors bearing gifts, especially when Dr. Mohassid (Tony Curtis) is the reincarnated high priest Aziru and his gift is a ginger cat!<br />
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The cat seems friendly enough to start with. <br />
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But that's really no way to hold a cat!<br />
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You might just get your eyes scratched out!<br />
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"The Mummy Lives" was inspired by Edgar Allen Poe's story "Words with a Mummy".Dr Bloodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17904860037603156527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838644518739886956.post-31467376940350648422015-08-09T12:52:00.000-04:002015-08-21T17:13:05.891-04:00Hide and Seek (2005)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sebastian</span></div><br />
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The Callaways have a cat, and Emily (Dakota Fanning) loves him.<br />
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After getting a noisy but hard to see "cat in the closet" jump scare, David (Robert De Niro) perhaps doesn't love Sebastian quite so much.<br />
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Sebastian only makes two more appearances. He lounges by the fireplace and later watches David clean his teeth.<br />
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Tragically, Sebastian doesn't make it to the end of the film alive. Emily's imaginary friend Charlie is the suspected murderer.<br />
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Three grey Main Coon-mix cats (trained by Animal Actors, Inc.) played the part of Sebastian.Dr Bloodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17904860037603156527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838644518739886956.post-90708250277076337242015-08-08T11:42:00.000-04:002015-08-21T17:12:48.044-04:00The Haunting of Seacliff Inn (1994)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae101/horrorcats/cats/thosci1cat.png" height="288" width="400" /></div><br />
When Susan Enright (Ally Sheedy) returns to ask Lorraine Adler (Maxine Stuart) if she will change her mind about selling the house, it's obvious that there's something wrong. Not only is the front door left open, but Lorraine's ginger cat is seen sitting on the kitchen table eating a pie. <br />
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According to <a href="http://www.humanehollywood.org/" target="_blank">Humane Hollywood</a>, "The pie was actually cat food placed in a pie tin."Dr Bloodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17904860037603156527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838644518739886956.post-81243760186544900432015-08-06T04:47:00.000-04:002015-08-15T20:01:58.822-04:00Tomcat: Dangerous Desires (1993)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae101/horrorcats/cats/tcdd0cat.png" height="302" width="400" /></div><br />
From the title of this cheesy erotic-thriller, you can be sure that there are plenty of cats and cat references throughout. <br />
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First, there's the laboratory cat whose brain cells are harvested by scientist Jacki (Maryam d'Abo) to cure Tom (Richard Grieco) of his inherited genetic illness. <br />
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Second, Tom's new girlfriend Imogen (Natalie Radford) shares a Siamese cat. Despite claiming, "I'm keeping the cat!" when she breaks up with Dale (Sean Orr), Imogen forgets to take the cat with her when she hurriedly packs her things and leaves Dale's house.<br />
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Last but not least, two black and white cats watch Tom and Imogen play a potentially deadly game of hide and seek in a lumber mill near the end. Tom hisses at the cats and gets a hiss back from one as a reply.<br />
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Although Tom's character and infidelity are reminiscent of Guillaume De Marchaux from The Twilight Zone's "<a href="http://horrorcats.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-twilight-zone-cat-and-mouse-1989.html">Cat and Mouse</a>" (1989) episode, the story is completely different. "Tomcat" is more of a Frankenstein-genre movie at its core.Dr Bloodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17904860037603156527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838644518739886956.post-50910050671398633262015-08-04T22:03:00.000-04:002015-08-05T02:45:42.914-04:00Apaches (1977)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae101/horrorcats/cats/apac1cat.png" height="280" width="400" /></div><br />
Unlike all the annoying children in this infamous British public information film from the late '70s, the farm cat remains completely unscathed during their game of hide and seek.<br />
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Although there are no more cats in it, you can watch the full public domain version of "Apaches" here: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0GyRz_lOQA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0GyRz_lOQA</a>.Dr Bloodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17904860037603156527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838644518739886956.post-4523384296878114242015-08-03T14:28:00.000-04:002016-01-28T19:27:45.728-05:00Blacker Than the Night (1975)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Becker</span></div><br />
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Also known as "Más negro que la noche", this is the quintessential Mexican horror cats movie.<br />
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Directed by Carlos Enrique Taboada, the story features four very beautiful but annoyingly ailurophobic women who move into a creepy old house which one of them has inherited from her aunt.<br />
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Becker (or "Bequer"), whose fur is "blacker than the night" (hence the title), is an extremely important part of the many strange, bizarre, and often deadly supernatural events which occur.<br />
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<a href="http://horrorcats.blogspot.com/2014/09/mas-negro-que-la-noche-2014.html">Remade by Henry Bedwell in 2014.</a>Dr Bloodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17904860037603156527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838644518739886956.post-27725955464289437712015-08-02T18:04:00.000-04:002015-08-05T02:46:07.865-04:00The Hotel!! (2002)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae101/horrorcats/cats/thote1cat.png" height="204" width="400" /></div><br />
In this Thai supernatural thriller, after the chief of police jokingly asks the hotel ghost to reveal itself, a black cat provides a much needed jump scare by leaping out of nowhere, landing awkwardly in the centre of the dinner table, and of course, hissing. <br />
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Making a hasty escape through the hotel room window, the "ghost cat" leaves the puzzled guests and hotel owner to debate how it even got into the room in the first place. There are no trees nearby which it could have climbed and jumped from. Also, none of the hired workers owns a cat.<br />
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Having seemingly vanished into thin air, the cat is never seen again and makes no further appearances once it has leapt out of the hotel room window.<br />
Dr Bloodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17904860037603156527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838644518739886956.post-66972280170039008202015-08-01T00:24:00.002-04:002015-08-06T03:23:47.852-04:00The Last Exorcism Part II (2013)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae101/horrorcats/cats/tlep21cat.png" height="289" width="400" /></div><br />
You simply can't have a visit to a zoo as a weak <i>homage</i> to "<a href="http://horrorcats.blogspot.com/2011/04/cat-people-1942.html">Cat People</a>" (and its subtextual predatory warnings) unless you have a lion and a tiger there.<br />
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Amusingly, Chris (Spencer Treat Clark) doesn't use the opportunity to add "So are you!" when Nell (Ashley Bell) exclaims "She's beautiful!" about the white Bengal tiger.<br />
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Perhaps he's just being tactful. Nell doesn't have a good history with cats due to certain events in "<a href="http://horrorcats.blogspot.com/2011/12/last-exorcism-2010.html">The Last Exorcism</a>" (2010).Dr Bloodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17904860037603156527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838644518739886956.post-47451418412104713302015-07-29T03:07:00.000-04:002015-08-06T03:34:42.361-04:00The Gallows (2015)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae101/horrorcats/cats/tgal1cat.png" height="320" width="400" /></div><br />
The handheld policeman's camera at the end captures the important fact that nutty Pfeifer Ross (Pfeifer Brown) has a black and white cat in her bedroom.<br />
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The unconcerned cat watches Pfeifer's equally insane mother brush her daughter's hair as the shaky camera pans the room three times.<br />
Dr Bloodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17904860037603156527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838644518739886956.post-11883681168594468912015-07-24T03:15:00.000-04:002015-08-06T03:09:26.845-04:00The Real Story: The Amityville Horror (2009)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae101/horrorcats/cats/trstah1cat.png" height="218" width="400" /></div><br />
A local cat makes a cameo appearance in this entertaining documentary about "<a href="http://horrorcats.blogspot.com/2011/04/amityville-horror-1979.html">The Amityville Horror</a>" which was made for The Real Story TV series.<br />
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You can now watch <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Omba0TGIbQ">The Real Story: The Amityville Horror</a> on the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/user/smithsonianchannel">Smithsonian Channel</a>.Dr Bloodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17904860037603156527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838644518739886956.post-41045767925441431362015-07-17T01:54:00.000-04:002015-08-06T03:14:32.074-04:00Final Remains (2005)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Precious</span></div><br />
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This black cat appears during the opening credits and watches his caregiver get murdered by a serial killer in the cemetery.<br />
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(Mike Holley plays a "College Guy", in case you wondered, and is not the real name of the cat.)<br />
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Also known as "Mortuary" (but not to be confused with Tobe Hooper's 2005 movie of the same name).Dr Bloodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17904860037603156527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838644518739886956.post-55782317760578982372015-07-09T16:40:00.000-04:002015-08-09T08:30:58.201-04:00Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive (1992)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Ginger</span></div><br />
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After arriving as a Christmas present, Ginger soon realises that something is very wrong in the Williams' house on Hilltop Drive. <br />
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Ginger can't wait to escape from the evil supernatural forces even in the bright sunshine. When Carli (Kimberly Cullum) starts divining for hidden graves, Ginger is scared by a sudden wind and seizes the opportunity to take off.<br />
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Although Ginger survives this made-for-TV movie, her first kittens are born with gruesome deformities which make them look like lumps of KFC.Dr Bloodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17904860037603156527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838644518739886956.post-5996852495582668062015-06-29T23:16:00.000-04:002015-07-31T23:33:54.716-04:00Paranormal Activity 4 (2012)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Kitty</span></div><br />
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This ginger cat lounges invitingly on a sofa in the new house. There's clearly no chance of a clichéd jump scare here.<br />
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When he isn't petted and is asked a question about the house instead, a disappointed Kitty jumps off the sofa and leaves.Dr Bloodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17904860037603156527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838644518739886956.post-38516421072062251672015-06-18T02:46:00.000-04:002015-07-31T14:25:06.390-04:00The Silence of the Lambs (1991)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae101/horrorcats/cats/tsotl1cat.png" height="304" width="400" /></div><br />
There are two cats in this movie. Not only does Catherine Martin (Brooke Smith) have a pet cat waiting at home for her, but Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) is led to an important clue by the late Federica Bimmel's feline companion.<br />
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And no, the answer is not that Frederica was a great big fat person who loved cats. That bit is kind of obvious.<br />
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Ironically, after rescuing this mackerel tabby from being stepped on at a party, Joanna (Lindsay Wagner) later trips over him, falls into a swimming pool, and briefly drowns.<br />
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As no good deed goes unpunished, Joanna then has a near death experience which she is not supposed to come back from. She also hears the cat's cries in one of her dreams.<br />
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This TV movie is based on the 1980 novel "Walkers" by Gary Brandner.Dr Bloodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17904860037603156527noreply@blogger.com0