The first story follows James Woods as he signs up for a treatment to quit smoking. He quickly realizes he’s getting more than he bargained for when the head of the treatment center explains to him that he will be under 24 hour surveillance. If he is to relapse, they will abduct his family and force him to watch them be tortured. This is a good story with some great suspense building up to the climax.
The second story involves a retired Tennis player in the midst of an affair with a wealthy criminals wife. When the criminal gets word of this he orders the capture the tennis guy and forces him to sidle along his skyscraper apartment to get to the other side. If he makes it, he will get a ton of money and his wife. If he doesn’t...well, he dies. This is probably the weakest segment of the movie. It comes off more as a crime thriller than horror.
Finally, the third story stars a young Drew Barrymore who finds the cat and wants to keep it. Her mother is more than against it and forces the cat to stay outside at night under the belief that cats steal peoples breathe when they sleep. Unbeknownst to her, there is a tiny creature actually looking to steal her daughters breathe and it’s the cats calling to put a stop to it. This is the only story to feature any sort of supernatural horror. It plays more like a children’s fantasy story but has decent creature effects and is fun.
Overall Cat’s Eye won’t be the best anthology horror you can watch. It’s far from the worst though. It’s way of tying the stories together is unique and none of the stories are actually bad. They are however, pretty middle of the road. Be on the lookout for some awesome nods to King’s Novels as well.
Body Count:2
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