The Shadow of the Cat 1961
6.3 / 10
The Shadow of the Cat
Tabitha, once the placid, gentle and devoted pet, adopts all the characteristics of a ferocious, wild animal following the murder of her mistress. The three guilty people are all trapped by the cat's power and each will come to untimely deaths of horrific proportions without anyone being able to solve the mystery that surrounds their brutal death.
Tabitha, once the placid, gentle and devoted pet, adopts all the characteristics of a ferocious, wild animal following the murder of her mistress. The three guilty people are all trapped by the cat's power and each will come to untimely deaths of horrific proportions without anyone being able to solve the mystery that surrounds their brutal death.
Videos & Photos
All 1 Videos & 8 Photos
cast
Full Cast & Crew
... Walter Venable
... Beth Venable
... Jacob Venable
... Clara, the Maid
... Michael Latimer
... Edgar Venable
User reviews
See All 1 Reviews23 Jun 2021 by slayrrr666
Following their relatives’ murder, a group of relatives gathered together at her house to read her will find their servants and other guests more concerned with killing the pet cat who had witnessed the incident and must try to find a way of stopping them from doing so. This one was quite a decent and somewhat enjoyable enough effort. One of the more enjoyable elements here is the fact that this one really goes quite nicely with the traditional style of efforts featuring that old-school film style. Playing on the archetype of the old-dark-house mysteries with the idea of relatives gathered together to read the will of a recently-deceased relative only to find themselves involved in a greater horror while staying there, that one gives this a great ploy for having suspenseful moments due to this type of storyline. From the large grand layout and Gothic design of the house, there’s plenty to like here while this one plays out the rather fun notion of what’s going on as the film’s main focus here on taking on measures to find the cat and silence it which plays out throughout the film. These are quite fun from trapping it within cages and trapping it to chasing it around the house and other means of disposing of it which makes for a rather striking and somewhat fun efforts, while there’s some rather good stuff to be had here with the later revenge tactics to showcase the cat going around the house with them being paranoid about it to the point of rather comical natures of what’s going on here. That in itself is the biggest problem with the film, in that it’s central premise is so ludicrous and laughably played-out here that it really strains itself way too often to the point of the cast themselves pointing out how insane the film’s plot actually is. That’s never a good sign, and it’s helped along by the fact that this one really strains the credibility of the action here with the relatives going for the cat in such contrived and increasingly bizarre ways that it feels somewhat silly to have them play out as they do. The last flaw here is the fact that this one really doesn’t have all that great of a pace here which really stumbles with all the time spent on doing some rather than dealing with the cat as the family squabbles over the money or the group conniving about finding ways to stop the cat which are so stuffy and bland that it doesn’t feature much of any interest during these parts. It’s enough to really make it stumble along during the mid-section when it’s not involved in anything, and these here do hold it down rather significantly. Today’s Rating/PG: Violence and tense themes of animal abuse.
Release Date:
May 01, 1961 (United Kingdom)
Run Time:
1hr 19`
MMPA Rating:
Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United Kingdom
Status:
Released
Plot Keywords:
Related Movies To
The Shadow of the Cat
Following their relatives’ murder, a group of relatives gathered together at her house to read her will find their servants and other guests more concerned with killing the pet cat who had witnessed the incident and must try to find a way of stopping them from doing so. This one was quite a decent and somewhat enjoyable enough effort. One of the more enjoyable elements here is the fact that this one really goes quite nicely with the traditional style of efforts featuring that old-school film style. Playing on the archetype of the old-dark-house mysteries with the idea of relatives gathered together to read the will of a recently-deceased relative only to find themselves involved in a greater horror while staying there, that one gives this a great ploy for having suspenseful moments due to this type of storyline. From the large grand layout and Gothic design of the house, there’s plenty to like here while this one plays out the rather fun notion of what’s going on as the film’s main focus here on taking on measures to find the cat and silence it which plays out throughout the film. These are quite fun from trapping it within cages and trapping it to chasing it around the house and other means of disposing of it which makes for a rather striking and somewhat fun efforts, while there’s some rather good stuff to be had here with the later revenge tactics to showcase the cat going around the house with them being paranoid about it to the point of rather comical natures of what’s going on here. That in itself is the biggest problem with the film, in that it’s central premise is so ludicrous and laughably played-out here that it really strains itself way too often to the point of the cast themselves pointing out how insane the film’s plot actually is. That’s never a good sign, and it’s helped along by the fact that this one really strains the credibility of the action here with the relatives going for the cat in such contrived and increasingly bizarre ways that it feels somewhat silly to have them play out as they do. The last flaw here is the fact that this one really doesn’t have all that great of a pace here which really stumbles with all the time spent on doing some rather than dealing with the cat as the family squabbles over the money or the group conniving about finding ways to stop the cat which are so stuffy and bland that it doesn’t feature much of any interest during these parts. It’s enough to really make it stumble along during the mid-section when it’s not involved in anything, and these here do hold it down rather significantly. Today’s Rating/PG: Violence and tense themes of animal abuse.
Cast & Crew of
The Shadow of the Cat
Directors & Credit Writers
Cast
... Walter Venable
... Beth Venable
... Jacob Venable
... Clara, the Maid
... Michael Latimer
... Edgar Venable
... Louise Venable
... Inspector Rowles
... Andrew
... Ella Venable
... The Grandfather
B
Bunkie... Cat (uncredited)
RB
Rodney Burke... Workman (uncredited)
VC
Vera Cook... The Mother (uncredited)
AC
Angela Crow... The Daughter (uncredited)
JD
John Dearth... Constable Hamer (uncredited)
... Ambulance Man (uncredited)
PE
Peter Evans... Constable (uncredited)
... The Doctor (uncredited)
... The Son (uncredited)
Produced By
Videos & Photos of
The Shadow of the Cat
Videos ( 1)
Photos ( 8 )
Related Movies To
The Shadow of the Cat
Kraven the Hunter (2024)
0 /10
Kraven Kravinoff's complex relationship with his ruthless gangster father, Nikolai, starts him down a path of vengeance with brutal consequences, motivating him to become not only the greatest hunter in the world, but also one of its most feared.
Run Time: 2hr 7` . MMPA: R . Release: 11 Dec 2024
Director: Paula Casarin , Dominic Fysh , Helena Henry
Producer: Mary Vernieu , Tessa De Nicola , Raylin Sabo
Stars: Aaron Taylor-Johnson , Russell Crowe , Ariana DeBose , Fred Hechinger , Alessandro Nivola , Christopher Abbott
Alarum (2025)
0 /10
Two married spies caught in the crosshairs of an international intelligence network will stop at nothing to obtain a critical asset. Joe and Lara are agents living off the grid whose quiet retreat at a winter resort is blown to shreds when members of the old guard suspect the two may have joined an elite team of rogue spies, known as Alarum.
Run Time: 1hr 35` . MMPA: R . Release: 16 Jan 2025
Director: Michael Polish
Producer: Matthew Helderman , Sheila Jaffe , Gwen Osborne
Stars: Sylvester Stallone , Scott Eastwood , La Monde Byrd , Willa Fitzgerald , Beau Bommarito , Mike Colter
Sniper: The Last Stand (2025)
0 /10
To stop an arms dealer from unleashing a deadly superweapon, Ace sniper Brandon Beckett and Agent Zero are deployed to Costa Verde to lead a group of elite soldiers against an unrelenting militia. Taking an untested sniper under his wing, Beckett faces his newest challenge: giving orders instead of receiving them. With both time and ammo running low in a race to save humanity, the team must overcome all odds just to survive.
Run Time: 1hr 39` . MMPA: R . Release: 21 Jan 2025
Director: Danishka Esterhazy , Joshua Clark , Ria van Heerden
Producer: Lance Samuels , Haley Wiseman , Jason Knight
Stars: Chad Michael Collins , Ryan Robbins , Manuel Rodriguez-Saenz , Arnold Vosloo , Scott George , Sharon Taylor
Nosferatu (2024)
0 /10
A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.
Run Time: 2hr 13` . MMPA: R . Release: 25 Dec 2024
Director: Robert Eggers , Max Horn , Matus Kukuca
Producer: Chris Columbus , Matthew Stillman , Pavel Mrkous
Stars: Bill Skarsgård , Lily-Rose Depp , Nicholas Hoult , Aaron Taylor-Johnson , Emma Corrin , Willem Dafoe
Werewolves (2024)
0 /10
A year after a supermoon’s light activated a dormant gene, transforming humans into bloodthirsty werewolves and causing nearly a billion deaths, the nightmare resurfaces as the supermoon rises again. Two scientists attempt to stop the mutation but fail and must now struggle to reach one of their family homes.
Run Time: 1hr 34` . MMPA: R . Release: 04 Dec 2024
Director: Steven C. Miller
Producer: Michelle Lewitt , Amanda Kiely , Craig Chapman
Stars: Frank Grillo , Katrina Law , Ilfenesh Hadera , Sam Daly , James Kyson , Lou Diamond Phillips
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera (2025)
0 /10
Big Nick is back on the hunt in Europe and closing in on Donnie, who is embroiled in the treacherous and unpredictable world of diamond thieves and the infamous Panther mafia, as they plot a massive heist of the world's largest diamond exchange.
Run Time: 2hr 24` . MMPA: R . Release: 08 Jan 2025
Director: Christian Gudegast
Producer: Gerard Butler , Glenn D. Feig , Meadow Williams
Stars: Gerard Butler , O'Shea Jackson Jr. , Meadow Williams , Jordan Bridges , Swen Temmel , Michael Bisping
The Substance (2024)
0 /10
A fading celebrity decides to use a black market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.
Run Time: 2hr 21` . MMPA: R . Release: 07 Sep 2024
Director: Coralie Fargeat , Marianne Huet , Mateo Cejoco
Producer: Tim Bevan , Steve Sebir , Alexandra Loewy
Stars: Demi Moore , Margaret Qualley , Dennis Quaid , Gore Abrams , Edward Hamilton-Clark , Hugo Diego Garcia
Elevation (2024)
0 /10
A single father and two women venture from the safety of their homes to face monstrous creatures to save the life of a young boy.
Run Time: 1hr 31` . MMPA: R . Release: 07 Nov 2024
Director: George Nolfi
Producer: George Nolfi , Morena Baccarin , Natalie Sellers
Stars: Anthony Mackie , Morena Baccarin , Maddie Hasson , Danny Boyd Jr. , Rachel Nicks , Shauna Earp
Aftermath (2024)
0 /10
A returning war veteran, stricken with PTSD, gets trapped with his teenage sister on Boston's Tobin Memorial Bridge when a heavily armed group of ex-military revolutionaries take everyone hostage.
Run Time: 1hr 35` . MMPA: R . Release: 27 Sep 2024
Director: Patrick Lussier
Producer: Jason Pinardo , Nicolas Chartier , Nathan Graham Davis
Stars: Mason Gooding , Dylan Sprouse , Dichen Lachman , Megan Stott , Kevin Chapman , Will Lyman
River of Blood (2024)
0 /10
Four kayakers take the wrong river into a jungle inhabited by a tribe of merciless cannibals.
Run Time: 1hr 26` . MMPA: . Release: 29 Aug 2024
Director: Howard J. Ford
Producer: Howard J. Ford , Frederik Nelsson , Tom Boyle
Stars: Joseph Millson , Sarah Alexandra Marks , David Wayman , Ella Starbuck , Louis James , Tiffany Hannam-Daniels
Dirty Angels (2024)
0 /10
During the United States' 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, a group of female soldiers posing as medical relief are sent back in to rescue a group of kidnapped teenagers caught between ISIS and the Taliban.
Run Time: 1hr 44` . MMPA: R . Release: 11 Dec 2024
Director: Martin Campbell , Margarita Aneva , Jamie Marshall
Producer: Boaz Davidson , Yanko Ushatov , Yariv Lerner
Stars: Eva Green , Ruby Rose , Maria Bakalova , Christopher Backus , Reza Brojerdi , Jojo T. Gibbs
The Thicket (2024)
0 /10
An innocent young man, Jack, goes on an epic quest to rescue his sister Lula after she has been kidnapped by the violent killer Cut Throat Bill and her gang. To save her, Jack enlists the help of a crafty bounty hunter named Reginald Jones, a grave-digging alcoholic son of an ex-slave, and a street-smart prostitute. The gang tracks Cut Throat Bill into the deadly no-man’s land known as The Big Thicket — a place where blood and chaos reign.
Run Time: 1hr 48` . MMPA: R . Release: 05 Sep 2024
Director: Elliott Lester , Phil Chipera , Casey Chipera
Producer: Peter Dinklage , Anders Erdén , Lauren Case
Stars: Peter Dinklage , Juliette Lewis , Esme Creed-Miles , Levon Thurman-Hawke , Leslie Grace , Gbenga Akinnagbe