The Silence of the Hams (1994)

The Silence of the Hams (1994)

Original Title: Il silenzio dei prosciutti Directed by: Ezio Greggio This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Detective Jo Dee Fostar (Billy Zane) enlists advice from serial killer Dr. Animal Cannibal Pizza (Dom DeLuise) in this spoof of crime thrillers. […]

Frankenweenie (2012)

Frankenweenie (2012)

Directed by: Tim Burton This review contains a severe Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Based on the live-action short film by Tim Burton. Victor Frankenstein (Charlie Tahan) is distraught when his beloved dog Sparky is killed and sets out to bring him […]

Fright (1971)

Fright (1971)

by Mark Murton Directed by: Peter Collinson Synopsis: Teenage babysitter Amanda (Susan George) arrives at the Lloyd residence to spend the evening looking after their young son, Tara (Tara Collinson), while they go out for a meal. A series of frightening occurrences in the gloomy old house soon have Amanda’s nerves on edge but the […]

Cela s’appelle l’aurore (1956)

Cela s’appelle l’aurore (1956)

by Ted Davis (with additional material by Linda Kay) English Title: This is Called Dawn Directed by: Luis Buñuel Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Cruelty and grace exist side by side in the sweltering Mediterranean island where hardworking and idealistic Doctor Valerio (Georges Marchal) plies […]

Playing Around (1930)

Playing Around (1930)

Directed by: Mervyn LeRoy Synopsis: Sheba Miller (Alice White) tires of her boring boyfriend Jack (William Bakewell) and starts hanging around with the more exciting Nickey (Chester Morris), not realizing what kind of business makes him so exciting. Purr Blur: In an establishing shot outside Sheba’s home, a car is turning a corner. What appears […]

Mr. Jones (2019)

Mr. Jones (2019)

by Mark Murton Directed by: Agnieszka Holland Synopsis: Welsh journalist Gareth Jones (James Norton) risks his life to expose the truth about the devastating famine in the Soviet Union in the early 1930s. Kitty Cameo: Jones’s writing is said to have influenced George Owell’s Animal Farm and the film opens with Orwell (Joseph Mawle) working […]

No One Can Touch Her (1979)

No One Can Touch Her (1979)

Original Title: Zui quan nu diao shou Also Known As: Against the Drunken Cat Paws; Flying Claw Fights; 14 Demons; Thirteen Evil Bandits Directed by: Shan-Hsi Ting Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Lin Chin (Ling Chia) is the daughter of a martial arts teacher who […]

The Sadist (1963)

The Sadist (1963)

by Mark Murton Also Known As: Sweet Baby Charlie Directed by: James Landis Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A trio of teaching colleagues, Doris Page (Helen Hovey), Ed Stiles (Richard Alden), and Carl Oliver (Don Russell), are driving to Los Angeles for a Dodgers game. […]

The Yangtse Incident (1957)

The Yangtse Incident (1957)

Also Known As: Battle Hell Directed by: Michael Anderson Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A recounting of the incident in which the H.M.S. Amethyst was shelled and trapped on the Yangtse river, caught in the midst of the Chinese Civil War. Kitty Cameo: The ship’s […]

Night of Violence (1965)

Night of Violence (1965)

Original Title: Le notti della violenza Directed by: Roberto Mauri Synopsis: A mysterious masked man is killing women Purr Blur: A call girl named Carla Pratesi (Hélène Chanel) nervously leaves her home after receiving mysterious phone calls. As she walks to her car she is startled by a Poor Cat Screech and a white cat […]