THE CAT CREATURE starts right off with a tour of the world's coolest house, complete with a basement full of Egyptian artifacts! Of course, there's a mummy wearing a strange, feline amulet, and a burglar (Keye Luke) steals it. Bad idea, since amulets in movies such as this ALWAYS come with curses attached!
Sure enough, the thief tries to fence his ill-gotten gains, and death-by-cat befalls him! Even the clerk at the shop isn't spared. Enter Rena Carter (Meredith Baxter), who conveniently shows up at the shop just when the clerk has gone missing. The very same shop run by the mysterious Hester Black (Gale Sondergaard), who appears to know that something spooky is going on.
Meanwhile, police Lt. Marco (Stuart Whitman) teams up with archaeologist Roger Edmonds (David Hedison), to figure out how the amulet ties in with the killings. As the deaths continue, Marco and Edmonds begin to wonder what they're really up against. Could supernatural mumbo jumbo be afoot? Annnd, what about Rena? Why is she so terrified of cats, yet seems to attract them like she's made of kippers? Hmmm.
Another crackerjack, made-for-TV horror movie from Director Curtis Harrington. Don't blink, and you might see John Carradine as the hotel manager and Peter Lorre Jr. as a doomed pawnbroker!...
Sure enough, the thief tries to fence his ill-gotten gains, and death-by-cat befalls him! Even the clerk at the shop isn't spared. Enter Rena Carter (Meredith Baxter), who conveniently shows up at the shop just when the clerk has gone missing. The very same shop run by the mysterious Hester Black (Gale Sondergaard), who appears to know that something spooky is going on.
Meanwhile, police Lt. Marco (Stuart Whitman) teams up with archaeologist Roger Edmonds (David Hedison), to figure out how the amulet ties in with the killings. As the deaths continue, Marco and Edmonds begin to wonder what they're really up against. Could supernatural mumbo jumbo be afoot? Annnd, what about Rena? Why is she so terrified of cats, yet seems to attract them like she's made of kippers? Hmmm.
Another crackerjack, made-for-TV horror movie from Director Curtis Harrington. Don't blink, and you might see John Carradine as the hotel manager and Peter Lorre Jr. as a doomed pawnbroker!...