I liked much of Cat Sick Blues because it's twisted and different. Its opening is very strong (killer music, man) and parts of it are enjoyably visceral, like the scene where Ted remembers his cat exploding.

Other parts of Cat Sick Blues are unpleasant, and bad unpleasant, even for horror. Case in point: the rape scenes. The argument against pornography is that it objectifies women: it turns them into sexual objects. Very obviously, that goes for rape and murder, and women seem to exist only in this movie to become brutalized. Additionally, the barbed, phallic prosthetic that Ted wears is nothing short of disgusting.

These major shortcomings aside, much of Cat Sick Blue can be enjoyed: its tone, editing, colour, and sound are all well done. There are some great images, like Ted running down the canal, scaring away the seagulls, as well as the opening credits. I especially like the music and the screwed up mood Cat Sick Blues shoots for. Additionally, our leads, played by Shian Denovan and Matthew C. Vaughan, both bring a lot to the film. Shian especially, a beautiful and talented young actress. (Go Scotland!)

...But I can't condone the rape scenes. I know horror is meant to appeal to the senses, but those scenes are gratuitous. And the less said about Ted's prosthetic the better.

Now there seem to be a couple of short movies - which I have not watched, so can't say or tell you what to make of them. But they all seem to have the main role (baddie) in common. I reckon the theme is similar in them too. You have someone who lost his cat and is ... well "mourning" in a way that is not really good for others. And that is putting it mildly.

There is a lot of sick stuff here, some can be seen other things only heard. Like the sexual attack our main heroine has to endure. Right after something horrible happens to her cat. One of the major issues being that the acting talent is not enough to convince us of much here.

On the other hand, it is not like the script is super tight or the direction would remind one of any great horror movie legend either. Now not everyone can be the best in what they do - or it may also be the lack of money the movie had (or didn't have). There are some interesting concepts and ideas ... but the production values are not helping.

This feels a bit like amateur hour, but it has some bright (violent) spots. Overall disgusting and appalling - which you can see as a badge of honor or as something you are not going to watch for sure. That will be up to you. But it never goes as extreme as other movies have gone (there is one scene in particular where our main bad guy is rewatching a video tape and it seems like was going to do something horrible in the video ... but we cut away or rather he rewinds to a different place/timecode, to watch a different kind of sick moment instead)

Ted (Matthew C. Vaughan) puts on a cat costume and appears to be randomly killing people, for reasons that are revealed later, or sooner if you read Amazon's description. Claire (Shian Denovan) is raped and her Internet sensation cat is killed by her rapist. She needs support for the lost of her cat. Here is where she meets Ted.

The film is strangely different. The sound track is off-beat and at times is annoying as in during the dorm killings. Perhaps the theme of the film is that the lost of a pet is a reason for not having one. This film is not for everyone and is on the "concept" side of filming, but not really an art film, just bizarre. Winner of 2015 Best Australian feature, director and actress at A Night of Horror International Film Festival. The film had a few good scenes, some that didn't work, and others that were downright bizarre like the dorm killings and that whole long sequence near the end.

Guide: F-word, sex, rape,, nudity (Danae Swinburne, Shian Denovan)