Beasts: Baby (1976)

Mudslinger

With less than a second of time on screen, poor Muddy yowls like a banshee until Jo Gilkes (Jane Wymark) lets him out of his travelling basket. Then he's off across the fields never to be seen or heard from again. If you've seen the rest of the episode, you can't blame him either.

The Stepfather (2009)

Midnight

A real cat-induced jump scare is followed by this same cat in the closet performing a "cat scare". Yes, there is a difference. A black cat being called "Midnight" is yet another cliché but so is nearly everything else in this remake.

Baby

After David Harris (Dylan Walsh) throws the crazy cat lady, Mrs. Cutter (Nancy Linehan Charles), down her basement stairs, he gets a chance to cuddle "Baby". You know that was his real motivation, right?