I’d argue, but I’m pretty sure the cat in Caught Stealing and the Pet Sematary remake must be on barbituates.

The Sally Field cat in Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey is pretty good! And the cat from The Cat From Outer Space!

Well you’d have small children about the house, so you have all the fun and many of the frustrations involved when keeping a pet – coupled to the existential wonder & terror of having a whole human being rising and falling based on your life choices.

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I honestly meant that to be funny, not terrifying: I apologise for being an habitual bachelor.

Sir, I am not what you call a Dog Person (I remained mortally afraid for them for many years and remain nervous enough that my default move is “Well if you’re rubbing their belly, it’s much harder for them to get the drop on you”), but even I know that is Codwallop.

In any horror story worthy of the name, cats are Anti-heroes at best! (With honourable exceptions, especially where Cat Man H.P. Lovecraft is involved).

Getting an obedient dog to act is one thing, but I can’t even imagine it for a cat. We’ll have to settle for Flow for now, I guess. I grew up with dogs and like their interactivity and dumb cheerfulness, though cats feel more cinematic for reasons I can’t articulate. I’ve been petless since getting married in 2012.

Anyway, I should watch this for animal acting, which is always a miracle, though it should’ve been about a cat.