The Best Is Yet to Be

The Comedy of Terrors (1963)

Cleopatra (real name Orangey) was one of the many dozens of “Rhubarb” cats trained by Frank Inn. Sometimes up to 30 different cats were used to get the right shots for each film.

In “The Comedy of Terrors”, Cleopatra is a very curious cat and provides a lot of humourous moments in what would otherwise be little more than a spoof of “Tales of Terror" (1962).

Alien (1979)

Jonesy. The best ship’s cat in the universe. “Here kitty, kitty, kitty. Meaow. Here Jonesy.”

Premature Burial (1962)

Artist Guy Carrell (Ray Milland) has his anxiety about premature burial increased when another Poe element is introduced into the story in the form of a small but very noisy cat trapped behind the wooden panelling of his drawing room. You can be sure that Roger Corman intended the pun about catalepsy.

Emily Gault (Hazel Court) gives the “poor wee thing” a cuddle to make up for her ordeal.

The Cat and the Canary (1927)

Hissing black cats only appear in the double-exposure effects used during Paul Leni’s silent comedy-mystery. They don’t appear at all in any of the remakes.

The Innocents (1961)

Mrs. Grose (Megs Jenkins) has a mackerel tabby on her lap in this classic black and white adaptation of Henry James’ “The Turn of the Screw”.

Since the very contented cat doesn’t appear to be bothered by all the supernatural goings-on, maybe there aren’t really any ghosts after all? Hmmmm.

The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)

Verden Fell (Vincent Price) may have buried his beloved wife Ligea (Elizabeth Shepherd) but what seems to be her pet cat is still hanging around.

The cat seems very possessive over Verden’s belongings even though he’s already thrown a cabbage at her.

After getting attacked by the cat several times, the lovely Lady Rowena (also played by Elizabeth Shepherd) is still silly enough to follow her up the stairs of the bell tower. It’s pretty obvious even without the final revealing scene that this female black cat is possessed by the spirit of Ligeia. Of course, after quite a fight with Verden Fell, this movie doesn’t end at all well for anybody.

The Uninvited (1944)

When your Irish housekeeper’s cat is too scared to go up the stairs, you know you’ve bought yourself a haunted house.

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