Movies Like The Night of a Thousand Cats (1972)

The Night of a Thousand Cats is a 1972 horror film from René Cardona Jr. with a MovieMagicScore of 5.2/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Eye of the Cat and Serpent's Lair.

Horror

Eye of the Cat

1969

A man and his girlfriend plan to rob the mansion of the man's eccentric but wealthy aunt. However, the aunt keeps dozens of cats in her home, and the man is deathly afraid of cats.

5.3

MagicScore

Serpent's Lair

1995

Tom is seduced by Lilith, a succubus who's out to drain him and destroy his marriage.

4.1

MagicScore

The Corpse Grinders

1971

When the Lotus Cat Food Company finds itself in financial trouble, the owners decide to find a new, cheap source of meat -- the local graveyard. Only one problem -- soon cats develop a taste for human flesh, and tabbies are tearing out throats all over town.

4.0

MagicScore

The Incredible Shrinking Man

1957

A dangerous combination of radiation and insecticide causes the unfortunate Scott Carey to shrink, slowly but surely, until he is only a few inches tall. His home becomes a wilderness where he must survive everything from spiders living in the cellar to his beloved cat.

7.5

MagicScore

House

1977

Hoping to find a sense of connection to her late mother, Gorgeous takes a trip with her friends to visit her aunt's ancestral house in the countryside. The girls soon discover that there is more to the old house than meets the eye.

7.3

MagicScore

Cat People

1942

A Serbian émigré in Manhattan believes that, because of an ancient curse, any physical intimacy with the man she loves will turn her into a feline predator.

6.9

MagicScore

The Cat and the Canary

1939

Ten years after the death of millionaire Cyrus Norman, his will is to be read out to his six relatives, including Joyce Norman and Wally Campbell. Organized by Norman's lawyer, Crosby, the six meet at Norman's eerie New Orleans Gothic mansion. During the reading, the superstitious housekeeper declares that someone will be dead by midnight. Wally fears for Joyce when she is declared the sole inheritor, but all are alarmed when Crosby turns up dead.

6.9

MagicScore

The Uninvited

1944

A brother and sister move into an old seaside house that has been abandoned for many years on the Cornwellian coast. They soon discover that it is haunted by the ghost of the mother of their neighbor's granddaughter, with whom the brother has fallen in love.

6.9

MagicScore

The Shadow of the Cat

1961

Tabitha, once the placid, gentle and devoted pet, adopts all the characteristics of a ferocious, wild animal following the murder of her mistress. The three guilty people are all trapped by the cat's power and each will come to untimely deaths of horrific proportions without anyone being able to solve the mystery that surrounds their brutal death.

6.8

MagicScore

#10

Apartment Zero

1989

In a rundown area of Buenos Aires, at the dawn of the 1980s, Adrian LeDuc owns both a struggling movie theater and a shabby apartment building filled with eccentric, squabbling tenants. To make ends meet, Adrian takes in a roommate, Jack Carney, but soon begins to suspect that the quiet American is responsible for a series of political assassinations that are rocking the city.

6.7

MagicScore

#11

Felidae

1994

A domestic house cat named Francis investigates the grisly feline murders taking place in his new neighborhood.

6.7

MagicScore

#12

Apocalypse Z: The Beginning of the End

2024

When a kind of rabies that transforms people into aggressive creatures spreads across the planet, Manel isolates himself at home with his cat, relying on his wits to survive; but soon they must go out in search of food, by land and by sea, dodging many dangers.

6.7

MagicScore

#13

Cat's Eye

1985

Three short stories linked by a stray cat that roams from one tale to the next, in this creepy triptych that begins as Dick tries to quit smoking by any means necessary. Next, we meet Johnny, an adulterous man who's forced by his lover's husband onto a building's hazardous ledge. Finally, Amanda is threatened by an evil gnome who throws suspicion on the family cat.

6.7

MagicScore

#14

A Quiet Place: Day One

2024

As New York City is invaded by alien creatures who hunt by sound, a woman named Sam fights to survive with her cat.

6.7

MagicScore

#15

Goodnight Mommy

2015

In the heat of the summer lays a lonesome house in the countryside where nine year old twin brothers await their mother’s return. When she comes home, bandaged after cosmetic surgery, nothing is like before and the children start to doubt whether this woman is actually who she says she is.

6.7

MagicScore

#16

The Cat with Hands

2001

The story of a cat who, legend has it, longs to become human.

6.6

MagicScore

#17

The Cat

1992

A cat from outer space teams up with a young girl and an old man to fight a murderous alien that possesses people.

6.6

MagicScore

#18

Tales of Terror

1962

Three stories adapted from the work of Edgar Allen Poe: 1) A man and his daughter are reunited, but the blame for the death of his wife hangs over them, unresolved. 2) A derelict challenges the local wine-tasting champion to a competition, but finds the man's attention to his wife worthy of more dramatic action. 3) A man dying and in great pain agrees to be hypnotized at the moment of death, with unexpected consequences.

6.6

MagicScore

#19

Critters

1986

Carnivorous aliens arrive unannounced at a Kansas family farm; two intergalactic bounty hunters soon follow, determined to blow them off the planet.

6.5

MagicScore

#20

The Comedy of Terrors

1964

An undertaker who hasn't had any 'customers' in a long time is forced to pay one year's back-rent. To get money he starts to kill people, which brings absurd results.

6.5

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Night of a Thousand Cats?

The top films similar to The Night of a Thousand Cats by MovieMagicScore are Eye of the Cat (5.3), Serpent's Lair (4.1), The Corpse Grinders (4.0). Each shares horror themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Night of a Thousand Cats worth watching?

The Night of a Thousand Cats holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.2/10 from 39 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Night of a Thousand Cats?

The Night of a Thousand Cats (1972) is a horror film directed by René Cardona Jr., starring Anjanette Comer, Zulma Faiad, Hugo Stiglitz.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Night of a Thousand Cats?

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