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Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Miss Paisley’s Cat (S3.E12, 1957)

In Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Miss Paisley’s Cat (S3.E12, 1957), a lonely woman avenges her cat’s death by killing the neighbor she blames. Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American TV anthology series that aired from 1955 to 1965 on CBS and NBC. Hosted by the legendary filmmaker himself, the show often explored themes and narrative styles that were in…

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The Case of the Black Cat (1936): Hollywood’s First Murder Mystery With a Cat

The Case of the Black Cat (1936) features Perry Mason and a cat named Clinker at the center of a bizarre murder mystery. Many sources cite the 1934 film The Black Cat, featuring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi, as the first cat-centric horror movie. However, aside from the title and a brief mention, the film has…

The Three Lives of Thomasina

The Three Lives of Thomasina (1963): A Deep Dive into Disney’s Most Philosophical Animal Film

A cat believed dead, a healer feared as a witch, and a town that rediscovers its heart—The Three Lives of Thomasina is no ordinary Disney story. Disney’s shift from dogs to cats in film Walt Disney was a lifelong dog lover, so his early productions, Lassie Come Home (1943) and Old Yeller (1957), prominently featured dogs rather than cats. However, The…

The Legacy (1978) movie review

The Legacy (1978): A Creepy White Cat and a Deadly Inheritance

In The Legacy (1978), a group of strangers trapped in an English mansion are mysteriously killed off one by one—always in the presence of a white cat. Book Giveaway Before we dive into The Legacy (1978). take a moment to enter this book giveaway to win a copy of the newly released Meow! Cats in…

Greydon Clark's Uninvited

Uninvited (1988)

In Greydon Clark’s Uninvited (1988), a killer mutant cat terrorizes a group of unsuspecting partiers aboard a luxury yacht. In his autobiography, On the Cheap: My Life in Low Budget Filmmaking, American director/producer Greydon Clark states, “Any picture can be made for any amount. It is just the compromises we’re willing to make.” His methods align with…

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Sleepwalkers (1992)

The Sleepwalkers movie is a chilling Stephen King tale about a mother-son duo of shape-shifting, vampiric creatures with a deadly fear of cats. Author Stephen King is known for prominently featuring felines in a handful of his stories, most notably Pet Sematary and Cat’s Eye, but King’s most interesting use of cats would come from one of his strangest…