I was telling my girlfriend as I put on The Cat Creature that there was a time when I wanted to watched every animal attack movie, and had a big list of 'em. She was not surprised.
Not sure what the allure is and not sure how The Cat Creature escaped that list, but Tubi had it come up, expiring soon, and I flipped it on. I did not call it was a made for TV movie, and that's always fun, less obvious ad breaks than some of these I've seen, I'll say. From ABC on December 11 1973 to my living room today...
I noticed the name Robert Bloch on this movie's credits and took interest. I didn't know his name was on so many movies, I only knew Psycho and actually he does have a fair share of credits on IMDb. This movie also has one of my favorite tropes, random lore about Egypt and tombs. You see, black cats are summoned by an amulet and start to kill people, and that's about it in this movie.
This is a fun enough B made for TV movie. This has some good cat shadows and shots, some great scenes of many cats roaming around and some good Egyptomania bullshit. Its not the most scary or fast paced but it's decent enough. There's a subplot about a ring that leaves a mark, and there's some good investigating scenes. I liked it fine, 3.5.
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