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4.0 out of 5 stars
Good Kitty!, September 15, 2005
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I saw this movie on tv a couple of years ago and laughed myself silly. At the time I had a cat that looked identical to the nasty kitty in this film. Good B-Movie! No microwaving kitty!!!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Odd little horror movie, February 26, 2004
This review is from: Strays [VHS] (VHS Tape)
This movie isn't necessarily BAD...I just wouldn't call it GOOD. Its actually kind of neat, as far as horror movies go, the characters weren't unlikeable, and the concepts are all solid but...its not scary.
I mean...the bad guy is a house cat! I thought through out the whole movie "He's...kind of cute." So what if he attacks people, so does my cat. I don't scream and run away and lock doors and call the police. I throw him on the couch. That shows him who the dominant male is. The shots of cats swatting against the camera made me laugh more than shriek, and I have to wonder how cats are able to latch on to people's necks and make themselves incapable of being thrown off. Its not like cats have tentacles that wrap around you, and I doubt a domesticated cat has the power of nine men. Plus the main villain cat in this movie wasn't evil, he just needed to be neutered. I guess this is really a fine showcase of how to not take care of cats: don't treat them well and they'll lead prolitariate revolutions against you.
By the way, know what the shocking closing shot of this movie is? A kitten. Oooooooooooh!! Scary!!! My pants are drenched!!
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Hilariously bad, but sets a bad precedent., May 24, 2010
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Okay, I enjoy campy horror movies as much as the next girl. But feral cats as villains?
I didn't find the "villains" all that scary. I've dealt with my cats when they are angry. Sure, I joke about pulling back a bloody stump when they are angry, but that's not the reality. They can give you bad scratches and bites, but kill you? They are tiny. Fifteen pounds, max. When my cats misbehave, I pick them up by the scruff (with my other hand supporting their weight. You can hurt an adult cat when holding it by the scruff alone.) and threaten to eat them. If they are *really* pissy, I throw a blanket over them. In the dark, with their movements restricted, they calm down.
And the use of water as a magic kryptonite cat repellent is hilarious. Spraying a cat with water will stop a cat from scratching the sofa. It will *not* stop an angry cat mid-attack. It'll just piss the cat off more.
This movie was obviously made by someone with *NO* experience with cats. It shows a remarkable lack of understanding dealing with them.
Now I'd find this funny, but if there weren't sinister implications behind all of this. Cats are more likely to be abused than any other domestic animal. There are a lot of people out there with an irrational hatred and fear of cats. This movie feeds that fear. I'm afraid that it might lead to cats being abused, especially by children who don't have enough perspective to see how horrible and unrealistic this movie is. As such, I can't rate it higher than a one.
Cats are misunderstood by people who don't try to see things from the perspective of a tiny predator. They can be more loving than dogs in the right circumstances, but as long as the media continues to portray them this way people will see them as tiny terrorists. And some will use that perception as an excuse to abuse them.
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