tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5497928641398322495.post7759352769374431008..comments2024-03-23T12:33:33.918-04:00Comments on Junta Juleil's Culture Shock: Film Review: CAT'S EYE (1985, Lewis Teague)Sean Gillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00537515557596273876noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5497928641398322495.post-56208704103117691642012-11-28T02:09:18.461-05:002012-11-28T02:09:18.461-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5497928641398322495.post-53126961394916487322012-11-26T13:55:20.968-05:002012-11-26T13:55:20.968-05:00Buck,
Glad you enjoyed, and glad I could help yo...Buck, <br /><br />Glad you enjoyed, and glad I could help you properly catalogue your CAT'S EYE memories! Always good to see Christine, too.<br /><br />J.D.,<br /><br />Yeah, the General beats the pants off of Morris the Cat! I think the major horror anthology that I haven't seen is NIGHTMARES, which I recall being extremely psyched by your review during the Henriksen blogathon. I'll pick it up one of these days!<br /><br />Mike,<br /><br />Ah, thank you for the well-wishes. I can see why you'd be taken aback by the tone if you expected a serious adaptation (another great example of the tone being the silly bicycle horn closing image for "The Ledge"), I mean, the wraparound story is pretty confusing, and multiple plays of that cover of "Every Breath You Take" are a tad head-scratching, but it all sort of adds to the experience for me. I haven't seen THE ONION FIELD, but I'd like to- I see it also possesses some Ted Danson and Christopher Lloyd!Sean Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00537515557596273876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5497928641398322495.post-58560767329835539812012-11-23T23:43:08.208-05:002012-11-23T23:43:08.208-05:00Thanks for another fun review and belated well-wis...Thanks for another fun review and belated well-wishes on coming through that bastard hurricane unscathed! However, it pains me to say that I was actually let down by "Cat's Eye," although I can explain why. It seems that I had read the stories that the first two segments are based on way back at the impressionable age that most kids who are obsessed with Stephen King do, and that I found them legitimately terrifying. Unfortunately, the over-the-top, cartoonish treatment that the stories receive here just feels all kinds of wrong (the electrified floor being perhaps the worst offender). The irony is, this exact style worked beautifully in all-time favorite "Creepshow," however those stories didn't exist prior to the film so there was no legacy -- enhanced by teenage memory or no -- to live up to. Perhaps I should give "Cat's Eye" another shot, expectations properly lowered, and try to enjoy it on its own merits. After all, James Woods is always a delight and those troll effects you mentioned were pretty tasty. Speaking of Woods, I wonder if you've ever seen the movie "The Onion Field" -- it's a true crime drama from the late 70s -- and Woods is absolutely phenomenal in it. Depressing as hell, but worth seeing. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5497928641398322495.post-81896166895423396192012-11-23T14:19:34.853-05:002012-11-23T14:19:34.853-05:00Wow, I had forgotten that Woods was in this.. cont...Wow, I had forgotten that Woods was in this.. continuing his run of sleaze-tastic scumbags of the '80s. Ah, memories.<br /><br />I too have a fondness for horror anthologies and it's funny, this one tends to get overlooked but it certainly has its moments and, as you rightly point out, that cat is a helluva an actor. Way better than Morris the cat.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164105442273577128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5497928641398322495.post-43466709787044032992012-11-21T22:02:46.332-05:002012-11-21T22:02:46.332-05:00I knew I seen this before like 20 years ago as a k...I knew I seen this before like 20 years ago as a kid but wasn't sure if I was confusing it with Tales from the Darkside or Creepshow or Nightmares or some other horror anthology, until you described the breath stealing troll from the last segment and it all came flooding back lol. <br /><br />Pretty cool to see a Christine cameo, and I like the part where the shit hits the fan so to speak.<br />The description of slimey James Woods is right on too. ha.Buck Atwaternoreply@blogger.com