Tales from the Crypt: Dig that Cat... He's Real Gone starts as scientist Dr. Emil Manfred (Gustvas Vintas) convinces a homeless bum named Ulric (Joe Pantoilano) to undergo a little experiment, an experiment to surgically implant the nine lives portion of a cat's brain into Ulric's. Manfred carries out the operation & once Ulric reawakens Manfred shoots him through the head, to both of their pleasure Ulric comes back to life with no ill effects & then the men's attention turns to how much money the can make out of Ulrich's remaining eight lives. However greed, sabotage & murder all play a part as things don't quite turn out as Ulrich had hoped...
This Tales from the Crypt story was episode 3 from season 1, directed by the one of the show's regular executive producers & producers Richard Donner I liked this episode. The darkly comic script by Terry Black was based on a story from the comic book 'The Haunt of Fear' & is what a good tale from the crypt should be, it has a good premise that you can relate to, it moves along at a nice pace & most important of all it as one of those highly satisfying ironic, morbid, twisted twist endings where things just turn out bad. The character's are good as is the dialogue which is pretty amusing at times & overall it's quite a clever concept that works well despite it initially sounding rather silly, Dig that Cat... He's Real Gone is a terrible title though.
There's not much gore here, someone is shot in the head, someone is stabbed in the back & there's a bit of violence but nothing that graphic. There's a cool side show carnival atmosphere to this as they literally sells tickets to people to let them see him die in ever more extravagant set-pieces designed to kill Ulrich in front of a paying audience & it even becomes a spectator sport as audience members enter a raffle to throw the switch which will electrocute Ulrich, in a strange way this foreshadowed the fact we are now fascinated with watching real-life disasters as evidenced by all the TV reality shows out there. The acting was good especially the over-the-top carnival Barker played by Robert Wuhl.
Dig that Cat... He's Real Gone is a twisted little tale from the crypt with a neat ending, well worth a watch & better than the first two Tales from the Crypt episodes.
This Tales from the Crypt story was episode 3 from season 1, directed by the one of the show's regular executive producers & producers Richard Donner I liked this episode. The darkly comic script by Terry Black was based on a story from the comic book 'The Haunt of Fear' & is what a good tale from the crypt should be, it has a good premise that you can relate to, it moves along at a nice pace & most important of all it as one of those highly satisfying ironic, morbid, twisted twist endings where things just turn out bad. The character's are good as is the dialogue which is pretty amusing at times & overall it's quite a clever concept that works well despite it initially sounding rather silly, Dig that Cat... He's Real Gone is a terrible title though.
There's not much gore here, someone is shot in the head, someone is stabbed in the back & there's a bit of violence but nothing that graphic. There's a cool side show carnival atmosphere to this as they literally sells tickets to people to let them see him die in ever more extravagant set-pieces designed to kill Ulrich in front of a paying audience & it even becomes a spectator sport as audience members enter a raffle to throw the switch which will electrocute Ulrich, in a strange way this foreshadowed the fact we are now fascinated with watching real-life disasters as evidenced by all the TV reality shows out there. The acting was good especially the over-the-top carnival Barker played by Robert Wuhl.
Dig that Cat... He's Real Gone is a twisted little tale from the crypt with a neat ending, well worth a watch & better than the first two Tales from the Crypt episodes.