Also Known As: Thérèse Raquin Directed by: Charlie Stratton Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Based on an Emile Zola novel. Thérèse (Elizabeth Olsen) is raised by her Aunt Madame Raquin (Jessica Lange) and roped into marrying her ailing Cousin Camille (Tom Felton). The loveless marriage […]
Category Archives: Horror
Ghostbusters II (1989)
Directed by: Ivan Reitman Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The team is back in business when a resurgence of spectral energy signals something bad is about to happen. Kitty Cameo: The Ghostbusters have taken odd jobs after their business is shut down. Dr. Peter Venkman […]
The Dog Who Saved Halloween (2011)
Starring: Inky Directed by: Peter Sullivan Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Zeus the dog (voiced by Joey Lawrence) and the Bannister family move into a new neighborhood but even with Halloween approaching the father, George (Gary Valentine) suspects eerie goings-on next door. Featured Feline: Neighbor […]
The Watcher in the Woods (1980)
Directed by: John Hough Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Dark Disney film about a family who moves into an eerie country house only to find mysteries and strange forces in residence. Kitty Cameo: The older daughter Jan (Lynn-Holly Johnson) visits the small cabin of the […]
Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
Directed by: Roman Polanski Synopsis: Rosemary Woodhouse (Mia Farrow) and her husband Guy (John Cassavetes) move into a high rent apartment where the neighbors take an unusual interest in their lives. Purr Blur: In the scene’s climatic scene, Rosemary goes upstairs where several people have gathered. One elderly woman is holding a black cat on […]
Spellbinder (1988)
Directed by: Janet Greek Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Young attorney Jeff Mills (Timothy Daly) saves a mysterious woman named Miranda (Kelly Preston) from being assaulted one night and falls in love, only to find she isn’t exactly what she seems. Kitty Cameo: Jeff takes […]
Shadows – “The Witch’s Bottle”
Original Air Date: September 17, 1975 Directed by: Vic Hughes Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: In this episode of this horror anthology series aimed at younger viewers, a teenaged girl named Jill (Georgina Kean) and her brother Steve (Jasper Jacob) visit their uncle in an area […]
Buffy the Vampire Slayer – “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered”
Original Air Date: February 10, 1998 Directed by: James A. Contner Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Xander (Nicholas Brendon) blackmails Amy (Elizabeth Anne Allen) into using witchcraft to exact revenge for being dumped, but things go terrible awry. Kitty Cameo: At one point Amy changes Buffy […]
Humanoids from the Deep (1980)
Directed by: Barbara Peeters Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Mutated fishmen wreak havoc on a small California coastal town. Purr Blur: At one point Carol Hill (Cindy Weintraub) is looking for the family dog (which, unknown to her, ran afoul of the creatures the night […]
Magic (1978)
Directed by: Richard Attenborough Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Corky (Anthony Hopkins) is a struggling magician who finds sudden success when he incorporates ventriloquism and a dummy named Fats into his act but things go wrong when Fats seems to be telling Corky what to […]