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Cats

Original title: La noche de los mil gatos
  • 1972
  • R
  • 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
3.9/10
948
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Cats (1972)
Horror

A wealthy playboy kidnaps and murders young women, feeding their corpses to his horde of felines.A wealthy playboy kidnaps and murders young women, feeding their corpses to his horde of felines.A wealthy playboy kidnaps and murders young women, feeding their corpses to his horde of felines.

  • Director
    • René Cardona Jr.
  • Writers
    • René Cardona Jr.
    • Mario A. Zacarías
  • Stars
    • Anjanette Comer
    • Hugo Stiglitz
    • Zulma Faiad
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  • IMDb RATING
    3.9/10
    948
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • René Cardona Jr.
    • Writers
      • René Cardona Jr.
      • Mario A. Zacarías
    • Stars
      • Anjanette Comer
      • Hugo Stiglitz
      • Zulma Faiad
    • 33User reviews
    • 29Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Anjanette Comer
    Anjanette Comer
    • Cathy
    Hugo Stiglitz
    Hugo Stiglitz
    • Hugo
    Zulma Faiad
    Zulma Faiad
    • Dancer
    Christa Linder
    Christa Linder
    • Christa
    Tere Velázquez
    Tere Velázquez
    • Woman Who Shoots Doves
    Barbara Angely
    • Barbara
    Gerardo Zepeda
    Gerardo Zepeda
    • Dorgo
    Jorge Russek
    Jorge Russek
    • Husband
    Delia Peña Orta
    • Cathy, the daughter
    John Kelly
    • Stranded doctor
    Marcelo Villamil
    • Dancer's lover
    • Director
      • René Cardona Jr.
    • Writers
      • René Cardona Jr.
      • Mario A. Zacarías
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    Dethcharm

    "Dorgo! The Cats Are Hungry!"...

    Sophisticated, international playboy, Hugo (Hugo Stiglitz) loves women. He flies around in his helicopter, wearing enormous sunglasses, while various females smile like they've got coat hangers stuck in their mouths.

    Hugo hovers. He zooms.

    He takes women back to his fortress-like bachelor villa / monastery, where his faithful servant, Dorgo (Gerardo Zepeda) awaits, looking as though he spends his days inhaling oven cleaner.

    Inside, Hugo shows off by tossing cats like beanbags, into their enclosure. Soon, it's time for Hugo to unveil his collection of severed heads. He's a man of many talents. Murdering his girlfriends for their noggins is one of them. This allows him to feed their bodies to his cat swarm. Hugo doesn't believe in being wasteful.

    It's not long before he's airborne again, hovering over women and their swimming pools. They can't ignore his subtlety, since he floats three feet above them!

    They want to go with him. They must go with him!

    Yes, he rides a motorcycle too. It allows him to hover closer. Hugo is persistent, and always gets his female lover / head donation / cat food. Hugo is a haunted man. He only loved one woman. Her head is his favorite. All of his "girlfriends" have one thing in common: Their heads are more productive in their plastic boxes than they were on their shoulders!

    THE NIGHT OF A THOUSAND CATS must be witnessed by every living being!

    Hugo waxes philosophical! He plays chess while smoking his pipe! He hovers over more swimming pools than an Olympic diver! He is irresistible to women! The pointlessness of this movie is beyond measure. Is it a metaphor for life itself? Only Hugo knows for sure.

    P.S.- I want a villa / monastery! I want a Dorgo! I want a thousand cats! Where's my helicopter? Let's fly!...
    EyeAskance

    Zestfully unconscionable horror sleaze.

    Eccentric tycoon ladies' man uses his private helicopter to prowl female rooftop sunbathers. Once he gets them to his crumbling stone mansion for a dinner date, he sexes them up before adding them to his "collection"(a row of glass jars containing pickled human heads...the victims' other remains are fed to his pit full of ravenous kitties).

    This is actually a semi-stylish junkyard horror outing with a few effective sequences. The story, however, is rather convoluted and comic-bookish...more discerning horror fans may find the goings-on a bit juvenile. That said, I still maintain that this is worth a look, especially if morally unsound oddities are your bag. With a bit less restraint in bloodshed and boob-shots, this could have been near-classic stuff.

    5.5/10
    1Tera-Jones

    Would Have Liked It Without the Cat Cruelty

    There are some scenes where real cats are used cruelly -- He dunked a real cat under water in a swimming pool -held it down, throwing a real cat... if they had of used fake cats then I would not have minded - we get the idea that the guy is cat crazy and cruel at the same time without hurting real cats. I do NOT believe in hurting real animals over a freaking film.

    Yea I would have liked this one a little better without the cruelty... and so many helicopter scenes (that's how he does it, flies around in his chopper to find women to woo, kill and feed his cats plus himself).

    Once with this film is enough for me... I barely made it to the ending with him being cruel to real cats.

    1/10
    1fozzi331

    If you really like helicopters.....

    This movie should be called Night of 1000 Hours of Helicopter Scenes. If you want to see some sick guy spend twenty minutes flying a helicopter, then somehow seducing a woman by buzzing around her house and stalking her, then maybe you would like this walking disease. Also, instead of 1000 cats, more like 70, and during the climatic end scenes, only 10 cats, with the same scene shown over again until you want to puke. Only good for making fun of. The one redeeming thing about this film was the video I saw it on was made out of yellow plastic, I had never seen that before. In conclusion, I would rather have toxoplasmosa than see this again. Thank you.
    bloodemurder

    For the lovers of the sick and twisted, there are some pleasures.

    This movie was recommended to me by an ardent lover of the sick and twisted. I thought that the worst was given away too early, and the film does get caught up in the tedious and seemingly unlikely hunt for new victims. Yet, the film is brief, and does offer enough consistency in characters to allow the genre fan to dispense with realistic expectations. It's not a bad psycho-killer flick - it's horrificly bad.

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    • Trivia
      Sites on Hugo and Christa's helicopter tour of Mexico City include the Palace of Fine Arts, La Reforma, and the Angel of Independence monument.
    • Goofs
      At 27:00, there are not enough black pieces to force checkmate in the position shown on the chessboard.
    • Quotes

      [first lines]

      Christa: I would like to stay with you forever.

    • Connections
      Featured in Obscurus Lupa Presents: Strays (2016)

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    • Release date
      • August 3, 1972 (Mexico)
    • Country of origin
      • Mexico
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • La nuit des mille chats
    • Filming locations
      • Mexico
    • Production company
      • Avant Films S.A.
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 33 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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