by Mark Murton Director: Roy Ward Baker Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Seductive vampire Carmilla Karnstein (Ingrid Pitt) and her family target the beautiful and the rich in a remote area of late eighteenth-century Germany. Purr Blur: Carmilla’s first victim, Laura Spielsdorf (Pippa Steel), has […]
Category Archives: Long-Haired
The Lost World (1925)
Directed by: Harry O. Hoyt Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Based on the novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A group of explorers discover a land where dinosaurs still roam. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): At the beginning of the longest version of the film, reporter […]
Modern Problems (1981)
Directed by: Ken Shapiro Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Air traffic controller Max Fielder (Chevy Chase) is splashed with radioactive waste and gains telekinetic powers which he uses to try to win back his girlfriend Darcy (Patti D’Arbanville). Kitty Cameo: Near the beginning of the […]
The French Dispatch (2021)
Directed by: Wes Anderson Synopsis: A collection of stories are presented taken from a publication called The French Dispatch, a magazine started by a American midwestern editor living in the French town of Ennui-sur-Blasé. Purr Blur: Near the beginning of the film a waiter is carrying a tray full of various items up to the […]
On the Buses – “Gardening Time”
by Mark Murton Original Air Date: May 20, 1973 Starring: Tiberius Grant Director: Bryan Izzard Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: A bus staff garden competition organised by the area manager’s wife has only two entrants: Jack (Bob Grant), who wants the prize money, and the Inspector, […]
Lampshades on Fire (2015)
Music Artist: Modest Mouse Directed by: Jorge Torres-Torres Synopsis: The music video for this Modest Mouse song is composed of a series of intriguing and bizarre images. Kitty Cameos: As most of the images in this video, the cats appearances are fleeting. The first is a longhair calico who is seen for just a few […]
Scream Time (1983)
by Mark Murton Directors: Michael Armstrong and Stanley A. Long Synopsis: This horror anthology film comprises three tales. The second of which, Dreamhouse, is of interest to us and concerns a young married couple who move into a new house where the wife begins to see grisly visions of a murder that seems to have […]
Angus, Thongs And Perfect Snogging (2008)
by Mark Murton Starring: Benny and Jimmy Director: Gurinder Chadha Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Eccentric but loveable Georgia (Georgia Groome) deals with the ups and downs of being a teenager. Featured Feline: The titular Angus makes his first appearance sitting outside the family home during […]
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936)
Directed by: John Cromwell Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: An American boy named Ceddie (Freddie Bartholomew) is shocked to find out he is in fact a British Earl. Kitty Cameo: When Ceddie and his mother (Dolores Costello) travel to England they stop at the cottage […]
Luxury Cats’ Home (1958)
British Pathé Synopsis: Newsreel footage of a cat hotel in Holyport, Berkshire, England. Reality Cats: Two little girls carry a large brown tabby cat to the hotel. The narrator explains the home, run by Mrs. Mollie Turney, is a place where people leave their pet cats when they go away for a short time, and […]