Born for Hell (1976)

Born for Hell (1976)

Original Title: Die Hinrichtung Also Known As: Naked Massacre Directed by: Denis Héroux Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Loosely based on the Richard Speck murders, an unstable American Vietnam deserter named Cain Adams (Mathieu Carrière) terrorizes a home full of female nurses. Featured Feline: Living with […]

I, Monster (1971)

I, Monster (1971)

by Mark Murton Starring: Little Cat Directed by: Stephen Weeks This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out Of The Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film. Synopsis: In this reworking of Jekyll and Hyde, Victorian psychologist Charles Marlowe (Christopher Lee) invents a drug which will release his patients’ inhibitions. Using […]

Sugar and Spite – Behind the Scenes of The Uncanny

Sugar and Spite – Behind the Scenes of The Uncanny

There have been many movies involving cat attacks in which a subject finds themselves on the wrong side of flying fur and threatening claws. And there are have many movies about cats taking revenge on abusive or evil people. But The Uncanny stands alone as one of the most extensive examples of cat-centric revenge ever […]

The Uncanny (1977)

The Uncanny (1977)

Starring: Ashley, Sugar, Wellington Directed by: Denis Héroux This review contains a couple of Kitty Carnage Warnings! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Author Wilbur Gray (Peter Cushing) tries to convince publisher Frank Richards (Ray Milland) to consider his book of terrifying cat stories which he […]

Thriller – “The Devil’s Ticket”

Thriller – “The Devil’s Ticket”

by Ted Davis Original Air Date: April 18, 1961 Directed by: Jules Bricken Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: In exchange for riches and fame, neglected artist Hector Vane (Macdonald Carey) accepts a pawn ticket from the Devil (John Emery) in his temporary role of pawn shop […]

The Vampire Lovers (1970)

The Vampire Lovers (1970)

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 […]

Gentlemen Don’t Eat Poets (1995)

Gentlemen Don’t Eat Poets (1995)

by Mark Murton Original Title: The Grotesque [UK] Also Known As: Grave Indiscretion [USA Video] Director: John-Paul Davidson This review contains a minor Kitty Carnage Warning! Synopsis: Sir Hugo Coal (Alan Bates) is too wrapped up in reconstructing the bones of a dinosaur to notice that his wife (Theresa Russell) has taken a particular liking […]

Scream Time (1983)

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 […]

Hell Of The Living Dead (1980)

Hell Of The Living Dead (1980)

by Mark Murton Italian Title: L’inferno dei Morti Viventi Also Known As: Virus; Night of the Zombies Director: Bruno Mattei Cat Out Of The Bag Alert! This review contains a spoiler for this film. Synopsis: After an experiment has gone wrong, a virus that turns people into zombies spreads throughout New Guinea while a female […]

The Sitter (2017)

The Sitter (2017)

Also Known As: Charlotte Wakes, Darkness Wakes Starring: Raph Directed by: Simon Richardson Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Charlotte (Aisling Knight) accepts a job cat sitting for a creepy couple in a creepy country home which leads to creepy happenings. Kitty Cameo: The man of […]