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Strays

1991 · 83 min

A cheesy, slow-building creature feature that makes you side-eye your own cat, with tame scares and a straight-faced B-movie charm.

Directed by: John McPherson
Genres: Horror, Tv movie
Starring: Kathleen Quinlan, Timothy Busfield, Claudia Christian

Tagline: They have nine lives. We have only one.
Overview: A young married couple and their daughter are terrorized by a pride of ferocious feral felines.

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Directed by: John McPherson
Genres: Horror, Tv movie
Starring: Kathleen Quinlan, Timothy Busfield, Claudia Christian

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
campystrength 1 of 3
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Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
family
isolation
nature
Places: single country house
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Realism	6
Romance	2
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Complexity	3
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Genres: horror, tv movie
Directed by: John McPherson
Written by: Shaun Cassidy
Starring: Kathleen Quinlan, Timothy Busfield, Claudia Christian, William Boyett, Eve Brenner, Heather Lilly, Jessica Lilly, Gary McGurk
Music: Michel Colombier
Cinematography: Jacques Haitkin
Runtime: 83 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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