I've been searching for the name of this film for years. I only remember 'the ledge' section from when I saw it as a kid, but not the others. Planning to give it another watch, to see how I feel now, some twenty or so years later.
A stray tabby psychically called to a little girl's side to fight a monster connects three short PG horror stories in (Stephen King's) Cat's Eye, a movie that gets some points by starting on a Cujo joke (a film also directed by Lewis Teague). Each story has one big star attached and is pretty timid in terms of gore (more DC's House of Mystery than EC's Tales from the Crypt), and of course, your mileage will vary with these. The first two - James Woods signing up for an insane quit-smoking program and Robert Hayes becoming the target of a vertiginous bet - are too adult in premise for even older kids to really tap into, but the third, in which the cat has an epic battle with a tiny troll to protect (an also tiny) Drew Barrymore is the opposite. (That said, an animal in jeopardy could be harrowing to SOME kids.) Each story does play on fear and has good moments of suspense. They're also linked through the theme of second chances - reprieves - including the cat's. But ultimately, you're there for that last story, with its giant prop set for the actor playing the troll to run through and it's insane fight for a little girl's soul.
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Jummies
The first two segments were cool. I remember reading Quitter's Inc in Night Shift and it was really good. The last segment was just fucking weird.few visible scars
A decent 'portmanteau' film of the Amicus type, but mostly it's good for being a horror in which the cat is the good guy.acoltismypassport
I've been searching for the name of this film for years. I only remember 'the ledge' section from when I saw it as a kid, but not the others. Planning to give it another watch, to see how I feel now, some twenty or so years later.Videl
Stephen King!moviesmylife875
Great movie love it all but Quitters Inc is the best segment love James Woods 80s classic anthology!Siskoid
A stray tabby psychically called to a little girl's side to fight a monster connects three short PG horror stories in (Stephen King's) Cat's Eye, a movie that gets some points by starting on a Cujo joke (a film also directed by Lewis Teague). Each story has one big star attached and is pretty timid in terms of gore (more DC's House of Mystery than EC's Tales from the Crypt), and of course, your mileage will vary with these. The first two - James Woods signing up for an insane quit-smoking program and Robert Hayes becoming the target of a vertiginous bet - are too adult in premise for even older kids to really tap into, but the third, in which the cat has an epic battle with a tiny troll to protect (an also tiny) Drew Barrymore is the opposite. (That said, an animal in jeopardy could be harrowing to SOME kids.) Each story does play on fear and has good moments of suspense. They're also linked through the theme of second chances - reprieves - including the cat's. But ultimately, you're there for that last story, with its giant prop set for the actor playing the troll to run through and it's insane fight for a little girl's soul.