KatzenAuge (1985)
51KKatzenAuge: Directed by Lewis Teague. With Drew Barrymore, James Woods, Alan King, Kenneth McMillan. A stray cat is the linking element of three tales of suspense and horror.
“Stephen King goes to the Twilight Zone in this anthology all connected to a cat who is looking for a distressed girl.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIn fact the first two stories could easily sit alongside Alfred Hitchcock Presents.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eDirector Lewis Teague is just the right director for this type of movie. A graduate of Roger Cormanu0026#39;s school of filmmaking and he had done an episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe first story has James Woods who tries to stop smoking. He visits a company that will make him stop or his loved one will suffer. He demonstrates it by electruciting the floor of a room which the cat is in.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWoods is tempted to smoke knowing he might put his wife in danger. It is blackly humorous and he realises once you stop smoking, do not put on weight.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe second story involves a casino boss who makes a bet with his wifeu0026#39;s lover, Robert Hays. If Hays manages to walk around the thin ledge of a high rise building he can have his wife, if he does not Hays will be framed for dealing in drugs which has been planted in his car.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAs Hays walks around the ledge the casino boss keeps things interesting by trying to put him off. However Hays gets an opportunity to the turn the tables.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe final story features Drew Barrymore as the troubled girl calling out to the cat. At night she is pestered by a malevolent troll who tries to steal her breath, the cat arrives to do battle with the troll.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eTeague makes reference to other Stephen King adaptations. We see Cujo and Christine make Hitchcock type appearances and even the The Dead Zone is shown playing on television.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe first two stories are very effective in a twisted humorous way. The final story feels too long and seems more aimed at kids in a Grimm fairytale type of way.”
