9 Heroic Cats That Saved The Day In Horror Movies
1. The General - Cat's Eye (1985)
Who's a good kitty, huh? Who's a good kitty? I'll tell you who, it's General from the 1985 horror anthology Cat's Eye. Another Stephen King masterpiece that has defined generations of horror fans from around the world, this film presents three different narratives all bound together by the intervention of a particular feline.
The main story focuses on the crazy trip General embarks on so he can finally reach Amanda, a girl who lives in North Carolina and who will need the cat's help at some point in the near future. You know, your regular mystical psychic connection, so favored in King's overall fiction. When we find out what is stalking Amanda, we can only praise General for his bravery.
Because of inherited superstition, Amanda's mother doesn't want General to sleep in her daughter's bed. She believes that cats steal the breath of sleeping children. What is going on is so much worse: a disgusting troll has moved into a hole in her daughter's bedroom wall and it's stealing her breath (for real) while she sleeps. The kitty is sent away, but he triumphantly returns to Amanda's house for the last battle against the evil creature. Spoiler alert: General beats the sh...