Director: Mary Patel-Gallagher
Year: 2026
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Psychological
Plot:
Working a dead-end job, a woman becoming increasingly frazzled over her problematic life is taken to a party with her friends, where a bit of drug use designed to lower her inhibitions instead brings out an imaginary cat-figure that compels her to live out her violent impulses.
Review:
Overall, this was a generally solid attempt at this style of genre entry. Among the better elements here come from the rather intriguing first half that sets up a series of intriguing explanations for her burgeoning psychological condition that makes far more sense than it normally should. The exploits of her job weigh heavily on her, with the go-nowhere role of being a customer service representative for an insurance company that tries to deny claims to everyone who calls, the lack of a social or love life, and being reluctant to let her parents back into her life, which leaves her so unfulfilled that she begins spiraling out afterward. The fact that the mysterious stranger who takes a fancy to her after meeting at a party she’s basically dragged out to, which is handled rather well in terms of setting her up to lower her inhibitions and get more used to the outside world as a whole.
That sparks the arrival of the imaginary friend that shows up and starts talking to her, urging her to give in to her baser instincts and start getting out of her rut in life. The unsettling appearance of a walking, talking furry appearing to her and urging her to sleep with him or to kill others makes for some intriguing work here involving how deeply she falls into this mindset almost immediately after meeting him. These are handled well enough and given enough time to matter throughout here, yet the whole idea of what’s happening never makes much sense. There’s not much here as to why the cat specifically pops up in her life, as we’ve had zero knowledge of her affection for cats before, and the reason for its primary instigation into causing everything to spiral the way it does seems to be missing as a result. This does make it feel a bit weaker as it goes along and does bring this down as a result.
Overview: **.5
An intriguing enough if problematic psychological horror effort, there’s enough going on here to be worthwhile in some regards even though the flaws here are more than enough to hold this down overall. Those with an interest in the subject matter or who aren’t bothered by the issues here will want to give it a short while moist others out there should heed caution.
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