Catsick Blues
So... We have this guy named Ted who lost his cat and for some reason, believes that he needs to murder 9 people to get his cat back from the dead. So he goes around with a cat mask killing people. And also with a big cat dildo strap on...
On the other hand, we have Claire, who lost her celebrity cat in a terrifying way.
Both meet on a pet grief meeting and Claire ends up having a one-night thing with Ted.
It is the only time their storylines intertwine, as far as I could tell, until the very last bit when Ted thinks it´s a good idea to... kill Claire? Torture her till his cat Patrick comes to life?
It´s a bit confusing...
I do like the movie, the photography and editing are good and the soundtrack is really cool. I actually downloaded the band´s album where the theme song comes from.
The movie has plenty of gore and it´s quite disturbing, especially when Claire loses her cat. It also does a bit of social commentary, basically saying that social media is turning us into real jerks. There´s a scene where the video of Claire rape´s leaked (yeah, she got raped by the guy who killed her cat. There you go...) and she finds out people made react videos to it. That scene is pretty revolting because through the whole time you feel Claire´s anguish and you sympathize with her.
As for Ted... We never know how his cat died. We just know his death triggered something that made him go into a murderous rampage in the beliefs that would bring him back. Also, the final scene is the police playing a tape of when Ted was a boy and adopted baby Patrick. The video also shows him playing with the kitten and getting his black cat mask and everything is so happy and innocent.
And since I have a black kitty I sympathize with Ted. I´ll probably snap and kill people just to bring Minipu back when he dies...
Cat Sick Blues got bad reviews though I don´t think it´s a bad movie, nor an extremely disturbing one. It is not for everyone but it´s a pretty cool movie and it´s worth a watch.
