I’m just joking, people ate cats in Soviet Russia.
However, that’s because they didn’t have a gourmet brand of cat food made from human flesh. (Well, they did, but it was only available in that shop for Politiboro members.) Back here in the States, meanwhile, we witness the fatal results when one cat food company decides to save money by becoming The Corpse Grinders.
Oh, and if that doesn’t scratch that killer cat itch, take a trip down Jabootu memory lane and learn why one shouldn’t pick up Strays.
#1 by Ken on December 2, 2015 - 1:16 am
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There’s definitely a pattern developing in this roundtable…
#2 by RogerBW on December 2, 2015 - 3:54 am
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Strays:
Clearly in its depiction of animal menace this is a worthy successor to Night of the Lepus.
Ah, Claudia Christian. So many innocent science fiction fans discovered the joy of bad movies through following you.
You’d think a killer cat could slash tyres.
How can the tow truck make it? There’s no Tow Truck Guy in the credits. (Unless Dr. Sokol or Policeman is moonlighting.)
I don’t know how they do it in the USA – roving freelance tow trucks taking any vehicle that’s not nailed down, maybe? – but here in Freedom-Hating Europe, the tow truck guy generally expects to find someone on the scene to say “yes, this is my car and I want you to take it away”. And/or match a registration number on the car with the one on his paperwork, so that he knows he can track down someone to pay him later. Or something.
Obviously the cats climbed up in a pyramid and then hauled the ones at the bottom up to the grate.
I assume the network standards people weren’t prepared to show more than a very small amount of human-on-animal violence.
A film without surprises from beginning to end. Alas, there are people who actually want a film like that, and it’s not just horror fans – rom-com and action fans can be just as bad, and probably others too.
The Corpse Grinders:
Ah, the days when cat food was mostly meat.
$30 a head plus whatever is in the hobos’ pockets. That makes all the difference.
Still, at least this is a film called The Corpse Grinders which gives you corpse grinders. So many don’t carry though even that far.
#3 by The Rev. on December 2, 2015 - 10:06 pm
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The Corpse Grinders was one of the first on the list, and I figured either you or El Santo would take the hit.
Even though the cats appear annoyed (and who can blame them?) I can’t help laughing at the “cat attacks” in TCG. I find it slightly less of a drag than most of Mikels’ movies, but that’s not saying much.
The only thing I remember about Strays is the last death the cats cause. Every time I reread Ken’s review, I marvel that I managed to forgot the cat piss attack and the microwave…and then promptly forget them again. I’m almost considering watching it again for some of those ridiculous parts. Except that, unlike when I finally re-watched Hell of the Living Dead earlier this year, I will no doubt regret it.
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