Cats 2019: Every Song Ranked From Least To Most Horrifying
4. Macavity: The Mystery Cat
The terrifying sexual energy in this film comes to a head in this song number, also known as the "catnip orgy" and also "the only time Taylor Swift actually shows up in the film, despite featuring prominently in the trailer".
In this sequence, Taylor Swift's Bombalurina comes down lying on a prop moon with sparkling high heels on, crooning and dancing to introduce the villain that's been appearing throughout the film. She shakes catnip over the crowd of gathered cats and puts them in a sensual trance, getting them to dance in a way that's half sexual and half drunk - before finally, the audience sees a naked and furry Idris Elba ,which is less sexy, and more terrifying, than it sounds.
Up until this moment, Idris Elba's Macavity was seen wearing a hat and coat, looking like the slinking, hidden threat that he is. But in this scene, he's "naked", his fur the exact same colour as his skin, but shinier and hairier, with no patterning to break the image of Idris Elba wearing a skin tight body suit.
It's the horniest part of the horny death cult movie, which elevates it on this list.