mattfloyd-41009 The movie somehow manages to convey all of Stephen King's success rate: the first segment is nonsensically disappointing and strangely more unintentionally as well as irritatingly humorous than scary, the second segment is much more interesting due to its more realistically imagined stakes but really needed some crucial ironing out in order to reach its full potential, and the last segment actually stands up and delivers on its fantastical promises whilst respecting the audience's intelligence for both thrills and intellect.All anthology films tend to follow the half-baked rule, in which the input turn out to be entirely uneven concerning its output. The first half of The Twilight Zone: The Movie is schmaltzily boring while its second half is fantastically ingenious, and like its more big-budgeted predecessor, Cat's Eye is all too accustomed with following that rule. (Yes, I do know that the filmmakers never intended to make such lumps within their batter as production problems and unwholesome studio interference hampered upon the film's qualities themselves, though Cat's Eye was luckier in the fate department as it wasn't plagued by traumatic on-set tragedy/violation of human & civil & artistic rights but by the complete deletion of a supposedly depressing segment that explained why the cat was by its lonely feral self in the first place. Also, unlike the 5th dimension, King is strangely all-knowing precise and more fun to be with as he knows his own admittedly far-out formula to drop some references to much more thought out scenarios- say hello, Cujo and Christine!)I have no idea why the cat had to be a framing device: the first two stories basically had him as an irrelevant cameo, and worse, the first two stories' tones heavily clash with the last one as those two felt more realistically plausible whilst the grand finale was definitely situated in family-friendly horror fantasy a la Grimm. Despite these weird tonal shifts and the lack of complete correlation between these episodes, the best of the three segments actually involves the cat itself! (Total shocker, really.) I could totally see it being its own feature as it was the only story that I felt deserved the honor of being called well made and also the only segment that was worth existing. (Sorry The Ledge but you really need to be seriously remade as you turned out to be so goofy that this humble critic was already thinking of a better version in his head whilst watching it.)

Sam Panico Cat's Eye takes three Stephen King stories, "Quitters, Inc.", "The Ledge" (both from Night Shift) and "General," an original story. The three tales are connected by a cat, who is involved in the first two stories but becomes the main character in the final part of the film.That cat starts as a stray who is chased by Cujo and is nearly run over by Christine (this film is literally Stephen King fan service, also featuring references to The Dead Zone and Pet Sematary). He hears the voice of a little girl asking for help, but he's captured by an employee of Quitters, Inc.That's the title of the first story, an exploration of "What if the Mob helped people quit smoking?" James Woods and Alan King star here and the rules for quitting cigarettes are simple. The first time you get caught, you get shocked. The second time, your wife gets shocked. The third time, your Downs Syndrome daughter (Drew Barrymore, in one of three roles) gets shocked. Oh yeah and they rape your wife. Finally, they just give up on you."The Ledge" follows Cressner (Kenneth McMillan, Baron Harkonnen from Dune) catching Johnny Norris (Robert Hays from Airplane!) and his wife in an affair. Cressner is a better man, so he challenges Johnny to walk around a building."General" pretty much saves the film, the tale of Amanda (Barrymore) and an evil gnome who tries to take her soul. General is the cat we've been following for the entire film and he's trying to save her, but her mother thinks the cat just wants to kill her bird. This part of the film is quite literally a Loony Toons movie brought to life, with the grotesque troll matching wits with our heroic cat (Frank Welker does the voices for both).This film is part of the Dino De Laurentiis era of King movies, with the producer asking King to write a role for Barrymore, who he loved in Firestarter. It's a throwaway movie, to be honest, with some fun effects at the end. It's directed by Lewis Teague, who also was in the chair for The Jewel of the Nile, Cujo, Navy Seals, the Dukes of Hazzard TV reunion and the aborted Justice League of America TV movie).Read more at bandsaboutmovies.com/2017/10/02/stephen-king-week-cats-eye-1985

atinder I really liked the opening scenes , where the cats is been chased by the dog, which is a reference to Cufo, and they Cristina the evil red car.The first story,QuittersI didn't like this story , I could not watch the cat getting electric shocks.For me that story was hard to watch , I skip the rest of that story.The ledge I liked this story better , as some decent tense, as I am scared of height also liked how the the story came to a end.Then cats ends up in family home, the mothers is not happy but there some kind of small monster in the girl room. The cats saves the night.I thought it was okay story .This was a mix bag

view_and_review Cat's Eye is a series of three short stories with the only connection between the three of them is a tabby. The first, and best, short story starred James Woods. He played a husband and father trying to quit smoking. He unwillingly signed up for treatment at a company that uses "radical" techniques to help people quit smoking. Imagine if Don Corleone managed a smoking cessation program. It was a novel concept and a good bit.The second short story starred Robert Hays who is probably best known as Ted Striker from Airplane. He played Johnny Norris, a washed up tennis player who was attempting to run off with another man's wife. This was probably the weaker of the three stories but the intrigue was brought on by the man giving Johnny a bettor's chance to have money, the girl and his freedom.The third and last story starred Drew Barrymore. Yes, Drew Barrymore starred in her second Stephen King written project. Barrymore had to have been the Dakota Fanning of the 80's. She plays a little girl that suffers from nightmares of a monster trying to take her life. The cat, she named General, helped rid her of her problem.Cat's Eye was a decent movie. It is another display of Stephen King's creativity. With three short stories it is all go. In other words, there is little time for character development or meaningless dialog. From the opening credits you are thrust right into the conflict with a resolution not too far behind.