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Garfield’s Thanksgiving (1989) follows our favorite lasagna-loving cat as he battles a dreaded diet and navigates Jon’s disastrous attempts at holiday cooking. Luckily, Grandma saves the day. Thanksgiving television in the late 1980s had its own rhythm: football games, parades, and a handful of animated specials that promised family warmth and familiar laughs. Among them, one…
Garfield’s Halloween Adventure aka Garfield in Disguise (1985) is the perfect mix of Saturday-morning nostalgia and Halloween-night spookiness. Think trick-or-treating, pirate ghosts, and plenty of lasagna-fueled attitude. If you grew up watching network television in the 1980s, you probably remember a half hour of spooky October fun that featured a lasagna loving cat with a slow…
In the cozy mystery The Black Cat (1941), a wealthy matriarch’s heirs are killed one by one. A black cat is key to uncovering the killer. Black Cats in Greek Mythology and Christian Traditions In Western horror cinema’s great saga of cats, one type of feline stands out: the black cat. The fear of these…
Eye of the Cat (1969) follows a scheming nephew and his lover as they plot to kill a wealthy aunt, only to face her vengeful clowder of killer cats. Eye of the Cat‘s splendid and mildly psychedelic pre-opening credits sequence tells us that cats will be front and center in this film. We are only…
In Disney’s oddball sci-fi romp The Cat From Outer Space (1978), a telepathic alien cat crash-lands on Earth and needs $120,000 worth of gold to fix his spaceship. Disney Family Entertainment in the 1960s and 1970s For children growing up in the 1960s and 1970s in the US, Disney and PBS (Public Broadcasting System) were…
Mye Hoang’s Cat Daddies (2022) is an entertaining glimpse into the lives of eight men who unapologetically adore their feline companions and challenge the old adage that dogs are man’s best friend. Cat Daddies Review How it all started Cat Daddies is the first feature-length documentary by director, producer, and editor Mye Hoang. “I’ve worked in independent film…
The movie Felidae (1994) is an animated film noir about a cat detective named Francis who unravels a sinister conspiracy involving science, cults, and serial feline killings. Felidae is far from your run-of-the-mill animated detective tale. It dives into the fur-filled whirlpool of murder, scientific experimentation, dark cults, and vengeance—all starring cats as the key players….
I’ve watched a lot of documentaries about cats, and I can confidently say there’s a lot more to the genre than internet compilations or cute kitten clips. Cat documentaries go far beyond fluff; they reveal how cats shape cultures, comfort humans, and create communities around the world. Some focus on the bond between people and…
Stephen King’s Cat’s Eye (1985) weaves three tales of peril through the eyes of a stray cat who ends up being the hero of the story. In the early 1980s, Stephen King’s movie career flourished, with numerous adaptations of his books and stories making their way to the big screen each year. Cat’s Eye was one…
Pixar is breaking tradition with Gatto, an animated film set in the heart of Venice. Slated for release in summer 2027, this project marks a major artistic shift for the studio and introduces a fresh type of story — darker, moodier, and more visually daring. Here’s everything you need to know. A Cat, Venice, and a…
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…
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…
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…
A sassy cat leads a small-town FBI chase in the ’90s comedy caper That Darn Cat (1997). That Darn Cat (1997) Walt Disney Productions is now synonymous with animation, but during the 1960s, its primary focus was live-action family films. The studio system’s practices of actors signing multi-picture deals with one company were starting to…
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. Plot Summary Accepting an interior design job from a mysterious client in London, who offers a hefty advance of £50,000 but remains vague about the specifics, American architect…
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…
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. However, King’s most interesting use of cats would come from one of his strangest…