For instance, The Greasy Strangler from Jim Hosking – this synopsis mentions that an oily, slimy, inhuman maniac is the killer, which sounds completely over the top and bad, however, Hosking presented the audience with something so ridiculous that the audience absolutely loved it. Cat Sick Blues never quite reaches the status of either of these, and positions itself in the middle which certainly doesn’t do itself any favours. When you first read about the synopsis online, it’s truly a film that you cannot ignore as it sounds like it could go one of two ways it will either be one of the most depraved pieces of cinema you’ll ever witness, or it will be the most ridiculous piece of cinema you’ll ever witness. But it’s not all about butchering people – Ted meets a woman called Claire who also lost her cat in a traumatic way, and between them, some form of disturbing romance begins. Whilst carrying out his murders he decides he truly needs to encompass the vibe that his dead cat was giving off whilst alive, so he slowly turns himself into a cat to conduct his killings.
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In order to bring back his dead cat, Ted believes he just needs nine human lives to complete the resurrection, and therefore becomes a serial killer. Ted is not your average young man he’s in a state of turmoil after his cat dies and suffers some form of breakdown as a result of this. The mistake that has been made here is that my taste is a little different to those who found something in Dave Jackson’s film, however, that doesn’t mean I couldn’t find the merits in this peculiar telling. It seems that Cat Sick Blues came to my attention in a similar way it’s been recommended to me on numerous occasions as an extremely fucked-up film that they believe will be like catnip to my senses. The problem with Marketing is, once the film is out into the world, you cannot stop other people from marketing it in completely the wrong way, to the wrong audience and ending up doing nothing positive with their intended popularity through word of mouth. You can really see how much passion and effort went into it.Marketing does a lot for a film it helps it find the right audience and really give it the home deserves, a little bit similar to a welfare shelter for cats and dogs. The film was made entirely in Australia and started its life as a short, which was funded through a campaign on Kickstarter to be upgraded into a feature, with stunning results, that really show through the amazing work from all the actors and extras on screen, the directing by the very talented Dave Jackson, who co-wrote the wonderful, yet bizarre script with the skilful Andrew Gallacher, as well as all the work done by the rest of the team. This is definitely not a film for everyone and some scenes are hard to watch, as there are trigger warnings for victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse, however this is one film that, although confronting, will take its viewers on a crazy roller-coaster ride through just about every emotion known to man. Vaughan), who is trying to bring his dead cat back to life by taking the lives of 9 humans, whilst dressed as the "Catman" with the use of a large black cat mask, razor sharp claws and yes, a gigantic strap-on cat penis! It mainly follows the lives of 2 very different people Claire Ellis (Played by Shian Donovan), who is stricken with grief after her internet famous cat was accidentally killed by a very creepy and rather dangerous fan who came to her house one day and Ted Henson (Played by Matthew C. Cat Sick Blues is crazy, sick, twisted, even sometimes hilarious and by far the most "different" horror film I have ever seen!