Chevrolet Motor Division / General Motors Sales Division Synopsis: A collection of news stories compiled by Chevrolet includes the capture of a sea turtle, police horse transportation, a beach golfer, well diggers machine and boxing cats. Reality Cat: Boxing cats were certainly not a new novelty when this film was made (see our blog entry about the […]
Ostar Productions Starring: Maria Bello, Will Harris, Olympia Dukakis Directed by: Mikael Salomon Synopsis: Adapted from a story by Stephen King. Tess Thorne (Maria Bello) is a successful mystery writer who finds herself the victim of a brutal attack. Left for dead, she struggles with the voices inside her as she seeks revenge against those who wronged her. […]
Starring: Stimpy, Felix, Mad Cat, Clyde, Killer, Rio, Tom-Cat, and ‘Fraidy Cat Directed by: Kenny Ortega This review contains a couple of Kitty Carnage Warnings! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: In 1639 Salem, three dastardly witches, Winifred (Bette Midler), Sarah (Sarah Jessica Parker) and Mary […]
Python (Monty) Pictures Starring: Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, John Cleese, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin Directed by: Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones Synopsis: The British comedy team takes on historical drama and the legend of King Arthur and turns it on its head in this classic comedy. King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table are […]
Universal Pictures Starring: Broderick Crawford, Basil Rathbone, Bela Lugosi Directed by: Albert S. Rogell Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The greedy family members of Henrietta Winslow (Cecilia Loftus) gather in her mansion when they think she is about to die. When she doesn’t die and instead reveals that […]
Original Air Date: September 28, 1995 Starring: Christopher Lee, Susan George, Michael McGovern Directed by: Rod Stewart Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Another telling of the classic Poe tale in which a man is driven by alcohol and his strong dislike for a black cat to a heinous act which […]
Walt Disney Productions Narrated by: Vincent Price Directed by: Tim Burton Synopsis: A delightfully dark stop-motion animated classic from the brilliant mind of Tim Burton. Vincent Malloy is a seven-year-old boy who likes to pretend he is Vincent Price, ultimately losing himself in his tormented, twisted daydreams. Kitty Cameos: The film starts with a black cat appearing from behind […]
British Pathé Synopsis: Newsreel footage shows cat artist Topsy with her owner Dr. George Cooper at their home in Hertford. Topsy sketches pictures which Dr. Cooper later paints. Reality Cat: Topsy the artist cat is either a creative genius or simply a cat playing with a pencil hung from a string. We don’t know if she was […]
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Starring: Pamela Franklin, Roddy McDowall, Clive Revill, Gayle Hunnicutt Directed by: John Hough Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Adapted from the book Hell House by the original author Richard Matheson. Three experts are hired to either prove or disprove the possibility of survival […]
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Starring: Rosalind Russell, Robert Montgomery, Dame May Whitty Directed by: Richard Thorpe Synopsis: Mrs. Brandon (Dame May Whitty) is a cranky, elderly and infirmed woman who gives her niece Olivia (Rosalind Russell) a rough time. But when she hires a charming but mysterious handyman named Danny (Robert Montgomery), Olivia begins to suspect the man may have […]