Directed by: Paul Solet Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Madeline Matheson (Jordan Ladd) insists on carrying and delivering her baby, even though it is dead inside her. But when the baby named Grace is born she comes back to life and demands more than her mother […]
Category Archives: Black Cat
Lies My Father Told Me (1975)
Directed by: Ján Kadár Synopsis: David Herman (Jeff Lynas) idolizes his grandfather Zaida (Yossi Yadin) who is often at odds with David’s father Harry (Len Birman). Kitty Cameo: Zaida is a ragman who buys trash to resell and David loves to ride along with him. They visit a man who tries to get one dollar […]
The Night Of (2016)
Original Air Date: June 24, 2016 Starring: BamBam Directed by: Steven Zaillian Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains MAJOR spoilers for this series! Synopsis: A straight-laced college student named Naz (Riz Ahmed) takes his father’s cab to go to a party in New York and finds himself caught up in intrigue, drugs […]
Two Thousand Maniacs! (1964)
Directed by: Herschell Gordon Lewis This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Synopsis: A group of unsuspecting people are tricked into visiting a Deep South town in which a gruesome centennial celebration is about to take place. Kitty Cameo: During the opening credits, a group of boys run into frame. One of them is holding […]
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005)
Original Title: Moartea domnului Lãzãrescu Starring: Ricky, Lanoasa and Piti Directed by: Cristi Puiu Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The real-time trials of Mr. Lazarescu (Ion Fiscuteanu), a sick elderly man seeking medical help who finds himself shuffled from hospital to hospital looking for a […]
Porky’s Poor Fish (1940)
Directed by: Robert Clampett Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Porky Pig is the new manager of a punnish fish store but his stock is in jeopardy when a hungry cat happens by. Cartoon Cat: The short begins with a mouse walking along an alleyway. A […]
Ten Seconds to Hell (1959)
Directed by: Robert Aldrich Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: At the end of World War II, six German soldiers are employed to defuse undetonated Allied bombs in Berlin. Kitty Cameo: Eric Koertner (Jack Palance) is in the process of defusing a very dangerous bomb. He […]
Josephine and Men (1955)
Directed by: Roy Boulting Synopsis: Josephine (Glynis Johns) is a woman attracted to men who are underdogs and in need of her nurturing nature. Kitty Cameos: At the beginning of the film Josephine’s uncle (Jack Buchanan) begins to tell her story, starting with her childhood. She is seen pushing a baby pram with two cats […]
The Stepfather (2009)
Directed by: Nelson McCormick Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A remake of the 1987 horror film finds a seemingly mild-mannered David Harris (Dylan Walsh) moving in with Susan Harding (Sela Ward) and her kids who don’t realize he has a murderous past. Cat Burglars (Scene […]
Sapphire (1959)
Directed by: Basil Dearden Synopsis: British police work to solve the murder of a young woman and find that complex issues may be under the surface. Purr Blur: As Police Inspector Learoyd (Michael Craig) exits a car in one scene, what appears to be a black cat is scurrying down the sidewalk behind him. Final […]