Directed by: Clive Fleury

Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film!

Synopsis: Police officers Kelly Wheatstone (Patsy Kensit) and Frank Yanovitch (Robert Reynolds) are on the trail of a killer who paints portraits of his victims.

Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): The killer owns a Bengal tabby cat with white markings which he actually uses to help kidnap his victims. The cat is first seen in the artist’s studio ducking beneath a chair where a dead woman is posed.

The next victim (Vanessa Steele) is surprised to find the cat in her home but as soon as she picks the animal up she is snatched by the killer.

This same woman wakes up in the killer’s studio and thinks she can escape until she sees the killer holding the same cat.

A confusing subplot leads us off on a storyline involving the two officers, but Kelly opens a window in her home to find the tabby cat, who screeches and runs away.

Kelly later finds the cat inside her home and is then attacked.

Kitty Catapult: Frank confronts the killer and pulls a gun on him. The killer incredibly grabs and throws his own cat at Frank, causing him to drop the gun. The cat screeches again. It should be noted all of the cat screams in this film (and there are many) are the same; the famous “poor cat” sound effect used across many movies (considered to be the Wilhelm scream of cat screeches).

Final Mewsings: Killers should not throw their cat sidekicks.

Many thanks to Nick Wale for letting us know about the cat in this film!

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