Kat (2001) User Reviews

Kitty litter

[McBuff · 2/10 · 27 September 2007]

Clichéd, tiresome psychological thriller/horror movie with a one-note central performance by Liv Corfixen, whose titular feline is accidentally possessed by a demon, when it happens to gate-crash an occult seance by the upstairs neighbours. Eventually it turns into a panther-like monster, attacking targets of its owner's jealous rage, like her two-timing boyfriend (a miscast Martin Brygmann) and her ditto roommate (Charlotte Munck). Only Pilmark as the cop on the case manages to rise above the material and emerge unscathed from this incoherent and unintentionally funny piece of dreck. After the risible teen-horrors "Sidste Time", "Mørkeleg" and now this, the time seems ripe for director/horror buff Martin Schmidt to try his hand out at other genres.

AWFUL

[lindapige · 1/10 · 7 June 2001]

I saw Kat yesterday and it was presented by the instructor who told us about the movie and wished us a "unpleasant" experience. He was right - it was unpleasant. It had no story, yet the actors were OK, they used cheap tricks to scare us, some were unwillingly funny as the computer graphics were plainly horrible. The worst movie I have ever seen in a theater.

It is utter crap

[Morlos · 1/10 · 23 June 2003]

One of the worst films to come out of Denmark... EVER. Please, do not waste time nor money on this. Martin Schmidt has done two films previously to this "Sidste Time" which is excellent and "Mørkeleg" which is crap, but not as much crap as "Kat".

One of the worst ever!

[ThomasEikrem · 1/10 · 4 December 2003]

Easily one of the worst horror movies ever! Martin Schmidt directs with the talent (or rather lack of it) of a 10 year old Fangoria fan. Avoid at all costs!

Bad Kat

[solton100 · 1/10 · 25 October 2017]

I can not understand that such good actors will be in such a miserable movie Kat is to date the worst horror movie I have seen. Zentropa Entertainments should be ashamed to publish such a movie. It's simply bad with bad effects, etc. There should be a law prohibiting sending such a crappy movie into cinema and DVD.

Everyday Horrors

[frankgaipa · 1 January 2003]

The blurb called this the story of Maria's fear that "her boyfriend's cheating on her" raising a "psychic connection to a series of bestial killings..." For me, from the very start, it was about owning a cat, about noisy upstairs neighbors, about friends who, as of course they very well ought to, know their weird-seeming relations better than one can oneself. This is a film that uses the mundane to create its horror. So it's much scarier than dreck like the American "Ring."

An excellent touchpoint is "Cat People."

Bad acting, OK EFX

[Pac Man · 5/10 · 28 April 2005]

Well, I was quite surprised about Corfixen's bad acting, she has a very monotone voice and acting skills, and I thought she would have made it better. The only highlight of the actors was Soren Pilmark, who is as good as always, and Brygmann who was also quite good.

Quite interesting story and okay chock effects.

But the kinda-gross end was the best part of the entire movie - the rest was pretty dull.

If you like a spooky story about demons with some quite bad acting from the lead roles, but wants some nice horror effects, go see this movie. Otherwise, do not...

Scary

[Steen Langstrup · 10/10 · 13 June 2001]

I am the writer of the novel, that KAT is based upon. I feel the need to speak up for this movie. I do find it to be too far away from the book, but this is a very scary movie anyway. I see it as one of three most scary movies to have been made in Denmark ever. It is by far the best Martin Schmidt-movie up to this date.The music made by Gary Chang is brilliant.

Entertaining

[Soendbjerg · 10/10 · 3 July 2001]

I have seen this movie Kat and was quite entertained. It might not be the most innovating horrormovies, but still better than the string of teenagescreamflicks that has hit us lately. The movie is based on a book by Steen Langstrup, but there´s not much left of the original story. Which is a shame because the book is better than the movie. But still Kat is an entertaining movie. No more and no less.

Why haven't I heard anything about this movie?

[disciple128 · 9/10 · 10 January 2002]

This has to be one of the best horror films of 2001! Not only is it surprisingly fresh and original at times, it's really scary as well. The story is simple, yet complex and the actors are great! It is also a beautiful film in terms of cinematography and set design. When that white cat steps out of the shadows and we get to see it's mussels move as it is closing in on it's victim, that's pure genius! My interest in Danish horror has risen at least 200%! Keep it up!