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Cat's Eye (1985) was another film that was based upon the written work of Stephen King. Two of the three stories were taken form the short story collection NIGHT SHIFT. The movie is actually a decent watch and fans of the original source material will enjoy it as well as the average fan. An added bonus is the fact that the man himself wrote the screenplay!!

The movie is about a cat that has many adventures. Along it's way, an image of a girl keeps the cat going to it's destination. Along the way, he meets a man who has a smoking problem who'll go to great lengths to try and snuff his habit and the other is a broken down tennis player who's given a chance to redeem himself by completing a simple task. The cat's final destination is a girl who's tormented by a nasty little dude. WIll the cat affect those that cross it's past? What is that little dude that lives in the hole in the wall? All answers will be answered when you watch CAT"S EYE!

A good adaptation and a nice film. The only thing I didn't like was the silliness of the last episode. Some of the events in the final chapter come off as very contrived and clichéd. Other than that I had no problems. An enjoyable movie.

Recommended.

One of Stephen King's greatest stories in My opinion turned into a live feature film is Cat's Eye! The film has three very interesting stories with some good actors including James Woods, Alan King, Kenneth McMillan, Robert Hays, Candy Clark, James Naughton, Drew Barrymore, Mike Starr, and Charles Dutton! The acting by all of these actors are very good. The stories as I mention are very good and funny in a way though the film is serious. Quitter's Inc is a unique story, The Ledge is arguably the best of the lot but My favorite one is The General. I love the little demon. He is so cute and mean looking at the same time and I am amazed how real looks! Carlo Rambaldi did an excellent job! The music by Alan Silvestri is great! If you like the cast mentioned above and love Stephen King then I strongly recommend Cat's Eye!

A stray cat thinly connects three tales of terror from the pen of Stephen King. The first is about a man named Dick Morrison (very good performance by James Woods) who is looking to quit smoking. He goes to Quitters Inc. where he meets Dr. Vinny Donatti (Alan King) who has some radical methods to make Woods smoke-free. Drew Barrymore also plays Woods' daughter. The second tale is about a former tennis pro named Johnny Norris (Robert Hays) who meets up with the hubby Cressner (Kenneth McMillian) of his lover. Hays gives in (not wanting to go to jail for the drugs Cressner has planted in his car) and tries to walk around the ledge (if memory serves correct it is on the 30th floor) to go around the building to try and win his love back. The final story and perhaps to me the weakest, although still good is about the cat (which now takes a starring role) battling a troll within young Drew Barrymore's bedroom. A big reason why this may be the weakest to me is because while it does have some great work by Carlo Rambaldi in creating the troll is there is some green screening going on. Which by my eye doesn't look very satisfying seeming the two images do not blend anywhere close to good together.

I would say this movie is like CREEPSHOW-light. Being rated PG-13 it is not loaded with gobs of gore and generally some younger audiences can watch this to get introduced to Stephen King's work.

The first two parts are based on King stories from the book NIGHT SHIFT, which I would recommend you read. Stephen King may be my favourite horror novelist and the author I have the read most of. His novels are generally pretty good, but to me it is his short stories to me really rock and I love the way he writes his shorter stories.

There are also nods to Stephen King films of this time frame as well, like CUJO (who director Lewis Teague also directed) and CHRISTINE in the opening. During the opening part Woods is watching THE DEAD ZONE as well. Finally in the final part Barrymore's mom is played by Candy Clark and is caught reading PET SEMATARY.

In the end I would recommend this one as I have enjoyed it many times over the years.

"Cat's Eye" is a well-done anthology of three horror stories scripted by Stephen King, joined together by the presence of an adorable gray tabby. The first tale has James Woods enlisting in a mafia-run quit-smoking program (headed by a deliciously hammy Alan King); the second creates ample suspense as a washed-up tennis pro (Robert Hays) is made to climb alongside a downtown highrise at the whim of a demented gambler (Kenneth McMillan); and the third has our heroic tabby battling a troll that's stealing little Drew Barrymore's breath, in a segment that's actually quite amusing. As the PG-13 rating implies, the usual extremes of King's fiction are toned-down or removed (although there are a few vicious moments, including a briefly-seen severed head), but the film doesn't suffer from it, and actually gives the more lighthearted, humorous elements a chance to shine. Definitely worth a look.

6/10

Lewis Teague's "Cat's Eye" contains three wry,humorous and creepy stories linked to the cat which roams from one tale to the next.First up there is my personal favourite "Quitters Inc.",the story of family man Mr Morrison(James Woods)who goes to a very unconventional place to help people quit smoking and has his life turned into a living hell.Secondly,there is "The Ledge",the tale of a washed-up tennis player who is forced to walk around the ledge of a hotel by a rich mobster after the tennis player steals his wife.And finally there is "The General",which involves a cat saving a little girl(Drew Barrymore)from a tiny goblin that comes in the night to take children's souls.The three stories are linked together by a cat that traverses from New York to Atlantic City to North Carolina."Cat's Eye" is more comic than horrifying.Still I enjoyed it very immensely and you should too,if you are a fan of Stephen King and his works.8 out of 10.