'The Uncanny' (1977)

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'The Uncanny' (1977) is a spooky compendium of killer cat stories co-produced by Rene Dupont, Claude Heroux and Milton Subotsky of Amicus Studios. There are three fiendish tales directed by Denis Heroux which are cloaked by a wraparound story set in Montreal, Canada in 1977, in which Wilbur Gray (Peter Cushing) desperately strives to convince wealthy publisher Frank Richards (Ray Milland) that cats are evil.

Ray Milland

Peter Cushing

Story 1 : London, England in 1912. Stars Joan Greenwood, Susan Penhaligon and Simon Williams.

Story 2 : Quebec, Canada in 1975. Stars Alexandra Stewart and supercat Beef Wellington.

Story 3 : Hollywood, USA in 1936. Stars Donald Pleasence in a meta-world story as ladies man VD (Valentine De'ath), with Catherine Begin and Samantha Eggar falling for the star actor.

Donald Pleasence

'The Uncanny' is one of the great horror anthologies. If you like creepy cats, check it out!

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petrolino Revered Member "People aren't supposed to look back. I'm certainly not going to do it anymore." - Kurt Vonnegut @petrolino Posts: 23,332	'The Uncanny' (1977) May 14, 2017 3:30:14 GMT pimpinainteasy likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by petrolino on May 14, 2017 3:30:14 GMT Paul Leni's 'The Cat And The Canary' (1927) : Jacques Tourneur's 'Cat People' (1942) : Robert Wise's 'The Curse Of The Cat People' (1944) : Carole Lombard :
	"Movies are the enemy of the novel because they are replacing novels. Novelists shouldn’t write for the movies, unless, of course, they discover they’re no good at writing novels." - John Irving

pimpinainteasy Elite Member @pimpinainteasy Posts: 5,839	'The Uncanny' (1977) May 14, 2017 14:26:59 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by pimpinainteasy on May 14, 2017 14:26:59 GMT there was a raymond carver story with a cat in it. involved two couples. the ending was damn creepy.

mcavanaugh Elite Member @mcavanaugh Posts: 5,100	'The Uncanny' (1977) May 14, 2017 18:11:08 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mcavanaugh on May 14, 2017 18:11:08 GMT May 14, 2017 14:26:59 GMT pimpinainteasy said: there was a raymond carver story with a cat in it. involved two couples. the ending was damn creepy. Sounds like Carver's story "Neighbors."

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May 14, 2017 18:11:08 GMT mcavanaugh said:

May 14, 2017 14:26:59 GMT pimpinainteasy said:

there was a raymond carver story with a cat in it. involved two couples. the ending was damn creepy.

Sounds like Carver's story "Neighbors."

no. its WHAT'S IN ALASKA?

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'The Uncanny' is one of the great horror anthologies. If you like creepy cats, check it out!

For a while, I was semi-obsessed with cats, and so the idea of this movie appealed to me. However, since it was so long ago that I watched it on TV, my memories of it are extremely vague.

**spoilers if you haven't watched the movie**

I think there was a woman who was fed on by her cats, wasn’t there? And I’m pretty sure Peter Cushing didn’t end up winning in the end.

But the part I remember most is the story with the girl and her cat named Wellington (I remember this clearest of all – as the name was uttered over a dozen times), whose mean cousin tormented her and poor Wellington, then somehow she got shrunk down to itty-bitty size and stepped on. Her mum walked in, looked down and was like, “Bleh, what a mess.” and wiped it up, none the wiser.

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May 16, 2017 22:25:29 GMT Chalice_Of_Evil said:

'The Uncanny' is one of the great horror anthologies. If you like creepy cats, check it out!

For a while, I was semi-obsessed with cats, and so the idea of this movie appealed to me. However, since it was so long ago that I watched it on TV, my memories of it are extremely vague.

Your memory has served you well! That's the movie alright. Cats are cool.

"Movies are the enemy of the novel because they are replacing novels. Novelists shouldn’t write for the movies, unless, of course, they discover they’re no good at writing novels." - John Irving

'The Uncanny' (1977)

Post by petrolino on May 14, 2017 0:58:31 GMT

Post by petrolino on May 14, 2017 3:30:14 GMT

Post by pimpinainteasy on May 14, 2017 14:26:59 GMT

Post by mcavanaugh on May 14, 2017 18:11:08 GMT

Post by pimpinainteasy on May 15, 2017 3:28:59 GMT

Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on May 16, 2017 22:25:29 GMT

Post by petrolino on May 20, 2017 23:13:03 GMT