Directed by: David Schmoeller
This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning!
Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film!
Synopsis: Karl Gunther (Klaus Kinski) is the twisted landlord of an apartment building where he spies on his female tenants from the ventilation system . . . and that’s just the beginning!
Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): In the opening scene a woman (Sherry Buchanan) enters a mysterious room. A white kitten is sitting on a desk.
The kitten belongs to Gunther, the son of a former ruthless Nazi, and is the only other living thing in the attic, not counting the mutilated woman (Sally Brown) Gunther keeps in a cage. Oh, and the numerous rats.
Gunther is gentle with the kitten and cradles it as he writes.
He notes that his captive hasn’t been drinking her milk. He offers it to his kitten instead.
Kitty Carnage Warning! Gunther has created a device like a file box but with numerous knives inside, a kind of miniature iron maiden. While he is in the air duct he hears a loud meowing scream. He rushes back to the attic to find the kitten’s tail sticking out of the device. He pulls on the tail which comes off in his hand. “Sorry, Kitty,” he offers.
Final Mewsings: Kittens don’t choose to live with Nazi offspring.
Many thanks to Mark Murton for letting us know about the cat in this film.
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