Aaaand the cat came back…
Part IV of my look at the horror films of Carlos Enrique Taboada: Más negro que la noche (Blacker than the Night, 1975).
Four young women are trapped in a haunted house with the murderous spirit of an old woman. Only this time, the movie is 100% on the side of the ghost (and so am I).
The moral of the story is one I can wholeheartedly endorse: be kind to kitties (or else)!
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Comments
Comment from Joshua
Time: October 6, 2007, 5:37 pm
“tractate Middoth ”
That’s why I love Braineater reviews– there’s almost always a vocabulary lesson hidden somewhere inside.
Comment from Braineater
Time: October 6, 2007, 6:08 pm
Heh. I was hoping somebody would catch that, Joshua. If you’ve ever read the M.R. James ghost story by that name, you’ll see how appropriate the reference is.
Comment from Joshua
Time: October 7, 2007, 1:19 am
Actually, I had to Google it. Apparently the story is in the public domain, so the first twenty hits are almost all transcripts of the story. I’d never even heard of MR James before that.
Braineater– Always Educational.
Comment from lyzard
Time: October 8, 2007, 5:42 am
When, oh, WHEN will people learn? - ALWAYS include a ‘legacy-gets-slightly-bigger-each-year-the-cat-survives’ clause!!
Comment from Blake Matthews
Time: October 8, 2007, 6:11 am
Oh Liz…now wouldn’t that require the people in these films to use their brains and think logically? That’s a pretty tall order there.
Comment from Joshua
Time: October 8, 2007, 7:04 am
Liz: The problem is that kitties seem so cuddly and loving, especially as they get older. Only a true cat lover understands how much they hate us humans and want to kill and eat us.
Comment from Matthew Fudge
Time: October 8, 2007, 8:55 am
Indeed, http://www.mycathatesyou.com/
Comment from lyzard
Time: October 8, 2007, 2:15 pm
If this conversation goes on much longer, you will provoke me into my trademark “Do you know how many people are killed annually by the domestic dog??’ speech. Usually I produce it it defence of sharks but, you know, it’s flexible.
Anyway, all sensible animals hate us and want to kill us.
Comment from Blake Matthews
Time: October 8, 2007, 3:26 pm
What about geckoes? We get a lot of them crawling around our houses and buildings here. They’re so cute. Do you think they want to do me in?
Comment from lyzard
Time: October 8, 2007, 4:08 pm
Well, DUH.
Comment from Blake Matthews
Time: October 8, 2007, 4:11 pm
But they eat the mosquitoes. How could they hate me? Am I that naive?
Comment from Braineater
Time: October 8, 2007, 8:42 pm
When I think of all the things I’ve seen humans do to domestic animals, I don’t blame them in the least for wanting to kill us. I’m surprised they don’t do it more often. In fact, I model my restraint on theirs.
Comment from KeithA
Time: October 8, 2007, 8:55 pm
Dogs (and I do love dogs, but I also love crazy women) are also able to hold down jobs. Very few animals hold down jobs. Dogs, horses, monkeys, maybe elephants — that’s about it, right? And dogs probably represent the most substantial non-human workforce in America. So that means they are developing their own economy. Soon, they will have no need for us, as they will be able to purchase their own Greenies.
Comment from Matthew Fudge
Time: October 9, 2007, 3:09 am
Also, after all, Pigeons are from hell. heh heh, literary reference.
Comment from Blake Matthews
Time: October 9, 2007, 6:23 am
Dave Barry said that we don’t have seeing-eye cats because, if they discovered that their master was blind, they’d immediately guide him to large, whirling pieces of machinery or into oncoming traffic.
Comment from Braineater
Time: October 9, 2007, 3:08 pm
Keith — Yes, dogs have the basis for a service-based economy… but as far as manufacturing is concerned, they still only really have one product: dogshit. I know they’re very efficient at producing it, especially in my house; but with Hollywood as their major competitor, they might have some difficulties.
Comment from HP
Time: October 11, 2007, 8:18 pm
Cats hold down jobs. They do freelance pest control. And they do it quite well.
(I never understood the persistent gender myths about dogs and cats. Cats are the perfect pets for men — they are natural born killers, and they are perfectly willing to provide affection and then disappear for a while.)
Comment from Blake Matthews
Time: October 6, 2007, 9:46 am
Nice review. Sounds like the kind of horror film I’d like to watch.