by Linda Kay
English Titles: City of the Living Dead; The Gates of Hell
Directed by: Lucio Fulci
This review contains a mild Kitty Carnage Warning for rough handling!
Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film!
Synopsis: A priest commits suicide and opens the gates of Hell in the small town of Dunwich, leading to zombies and mayhem.
Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): In one scene a psychiatrist named Gerry (Carlo De Mejo) is listening to his patient Sandra (Janet Agren) who is lying on the doctor’s couch petting an adorable fluffy little gray tabby kitten.
Later in the scene Sandra suddenly screams and throws the kitten into a nearby chair, examining a set of scratches on her hand. She and Gerry ponder the reason for the cat’s sudden attack since the kitten had always been docile before. No one seems to put together that her sudden screaming was a perfectly legitimate reason for the kitten to claw!
Final Mewsings: Kittens should always be part of therapy, that is unless the patients are truly unhinged.
Many thanks to Nick Wale and Melanie for letting us know about the cat in this film.
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