THE NIGHT OF A THOUSAND CATS (1972)

 Hugo Stiglitz stars here as a woman-killing psycho, named Hugo, who grinds up his victims and feeds them to his cats.  He also keeps their heads in glass jars for some reason.  I had only seen Stiglitz play the good-guy/hero role in stuff like CITY OF THE WALKING DEAD and CEMETERY OF TERROR before so this was something different for him.  I mean it would have been something different if Hugo acted any differently but after watching this I'm starting to think Mr. Stiglitz is not such a great actor since he doesn't really do anything which would give you a clue that he's playing a nutso strangle-happy guy.  He does fly around in a helicopter a lot which seems like a strange way to stalk women but hey whatever works for ya.  There's also a big burly henchman named Dorgo which reminds me of MANOS, THE HANDS OF FATE and then I feel better that I'm watching this crappy movie instead of that one.

 One strange thing, among many, in this movie is why a guy who we see treating his cats like shit(he chucks one over  a fence like it's a piece of trash and drowns one in a pool) keeps a thousand of them at his place.  I guess he just digs watching them eat.  Perhaps this is answered in the uncut 90 minute version.  I've only seen the American DVD which is just over 1 hour long so I imagine there's quite a bit missing here.

 Made in Mexico and directed by bad-movie legend Rene Cardona Jr. this movie is also known as BLOOD FEAST which seems like a horrible title for a movie featuring a guy that just chokes out his victims but I suppose the cats do get a blood feast of sorts.
 I would recommend this only if you're a big fan of trashy Mexisploitation cinema since it does get pretty monotonous after awhile(and that's only the hour-long cut!). You would be better of just watching  Rene's more exciting NIGHT OF THE BLOODY APES which he made with his dad a few years before for superior bloody south of the border thrills.

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