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Eye of the Cat

1969 · 102 min

A slow-burn, cat-and-mouse thriller that mixes campy horror with a tense, twisty inheritance plot.

Genres
Horror
Tagline
Terror that tears the screams right out of your throat!
Overview
A man and his girlfriend plan to rob the mansion of the man's eccentric but wealthy aunt. However, the aunt keeps dozens of cats in her home, and the man is deathly afraid of cats.

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Horror
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • greed
  • betrayal
  • fate
  • family
  • freedom
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror6
Humour3
Realism6
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight4

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Genres
horror
Directed by
David Lowell Rich
Written by
Joseph Stefano
Starring
Michael Sarrazin, Gayle Hunnicutt, Eleanor Parker, Tim Henry, Laurence Naismith, Jennifer Leak, Linden Chiles, Mark Herron
Music
Lalo Schifrin
Cinematography
Ellsworth Fredericks, Russell Metty
Runtime
102 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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