AARRRGGGHHHH! Never before has one actress caused me more pain than Sandy Duncan, that perky ne'er do well who fills my life with homicidal tendencies! But I digress...This movie is made by a little known company I never heard of, Disney Pictures. This is the second cat based movie I had to watch for the Movie Pit, and I'm all outta love for...

The Cat from Outer Space

It starts out in some neck of some woods. A frog-like UFO crashes to Earth, and what terrifying hellbeast should emerge but... a common, low-budget housecat with a supposedly "magic" collar. The Domino's Pizza-ish Army captures the UFO, but the cat remains on the loose.

Later, the cat hooks up with some slob, portrayed by a real life no-name slob. The cat communicates with the human telepathically, which means some dirtbag talks over any and all closeups of the cat. Real "special effects" here. Anyway, the cat needs the slob's help of repairing his UFO, and to do so, he needs a $100000 piece of gold shrunken down to the size of a candy bar. Why he couldn't have just bought a candy bar-sized piece of gold, it's beyond me.

Obviously, to get such pricey fuel, the cat helps the human rig sports game with his telekinetic abilities. The slob bets on basketball games and horse races, and the cat fixes them so the slob wins. Yes, a Disney film that shows us gambling is indeed not wrong, as long as a telepathic hell-spawn cat rigs the game. I am *so* relieved. Really.

Anyway, they venture back to the Budweiser frog craft spaceship and a so-called happy ending takes place. 'Happy' meaning that the fact this movie ended was enough to make me happier than I've ever been.

There is a lot in this movie that caused my head to ache with the pain of hopeless frustration. The special effects are anything but special. Turning the camera to give the illusion of "floating humans" is enough to make any Special FX guru to bust out laughing. The Ten Commandments had better special effects, especially considering the fact that the Ten Commandments came out 22 years before Cat from Outer Space. You'll be hard pressed to find likeable characters in this movie, which ranged from the "I don't care" slob to the OVERLY PERKY YOU COULD SCREAM stylings of Sandy Duncan.

*crying bitterly* Times are tough, such as money problems, and I need new Stereo AV cables for my PlayStation. I need a good, hot lunch. And then, to have to watch this movie, oh brother... just drag me out to the street and drop a diesel engine on my skull. *having a diesel engine dropped on my skull*

4 out of 5 cheesi

Joe Mamma