Wilbur Gray, a horror writer, has stumbled upon a terrible secret, that cats are supernatural creatures who really call the shots. In a desperate attempt to get others to believe him, Wilbur... Read allWilbur Gray, a horror writer, has stumbled upon a terrible secret, that cats are supernatural creatures who really call the shots. In a desperate attempt to get others to believe him, Wilbur spews three tales of feline horror.Wilbur Gray, a horror writer, has stumbled upon a terrible secret, that cats are supernatural creatures who really call the shots. In a desperate attempt to get others to believe him, Wilbur spews three tales of feline horror.
- Lucy (segment "Quebec Province 1975")
- (as Katrina Holden)
- Barrington (segment "Hollywood 1936")
- (as Jean LeClerc)
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- TriviaThe little girl who plays Lucy in the "Quebec Province 1975" segment of the film is Katrina Holden Bronson, the adopted daughter of Jill Ireland and Charles Bronson.
- GoofsIn the "Hollywood 1936" segment of the film, Edina says "I tawt I taw a puddy tat!" quoting the famous catchphrase of Tweety, but Tweety would not be introduced in an animated cartoon until 1942, six years after this story takes place.
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Angela (segment "Quebec Province 1975"): [after falling victim to Lucy's witchcraft] Lucy, please make me big again. I won't tell Mommy about the cat. I won't tell her about anything. Lucy, please! I promise!
Lucy (segment "Quebec Province 1975"): You're not such a big girl anymore, are you, Angela? Why, you're no bigger than a mouse!
- ConnectionsFeatured in Atlantic City (1980)
In LONDON 1912- The aged Miss Malkin (Joan Greenwood) decides to leave her fortune to her large number of cats. Of course, her greedy nephew and the unscrupulous maid (Simon Williams and Susan Penhaligon) have other ideas, leading to skullduggery, death, and ferocious feline intervention! This one has a nice, EC comics-style ending!
In QUEBEC PROVINCE 1975- Young Lucy (Katrina Holden Bronson) and her cat, Wellington, move in with her aunt (Alexandra Stewart) after the passing of her parents. Lucy's insufferably bratty cousin, Angela (Chloe Franks) does her best to make life miserable, not knowing that there's far more to Lucy -and Wellington!- than she or her oblivious parents could imagine. For lovers of occult creepiness and comeuppance!
In HOLLYWOOD 1936- When horror movie actor, Valentine De'ath (Donald Pleasence) loses his wife and latest co-star, Madeleine (Catherine Begin) in a tragic "accident", he suggests her stand-in, Edina Hamilton (Samantha Eggar) for the part. Of course, all is not as it appears to be, and Valentine and Edina are in for a very rude awakening, delivered by Madeleine's faithful, highly intelligent kitty. Pleasence and Eggar have a blast hamming it up for this segment! Co-stars John Vernon.
The wraparound concludes, proving all too late that Wilbur has good reason to be afraid. This is quite good, and arguably the best killer cat movie ever made!...
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