Review The Cat Creeps (1930)

Doctor Omega

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A Lost Movie.......


Disappearances and strange goings-on in a spooky old mansion.



I've cut together the only surviving shots from THE CAT CREEPS, a lost movie. The soundtrack is also missing. But at least we can appreciate these few moments, which were preserved in a comedy short entitled BOO!


 

Doctor Omega

Member: Rank 10


Also surviving are the four double-sided sound discs recording the soundtrack of The Cat Creeps. Those who have heard the disc note the lack of a musical soundtrack except during the beginning and end credits; the somewhat patchy and stilted dialogue; and scary sound effects such as wind and rain, eerie howls, and creaking doors. By the same token, no less an authority than film historian William Everson, who had a chance to listen to those sound discs, concluded “it seems to be fair to assess The Cat Creeps as a better-paced and less creaky film that we have reason to expect.”
 
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