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Ancient Egyptians associated them with gods.

And in the modern day, its interchangeably lucky or not if a black cat crosses your path.

JamesCasting The Runes, as Niall MacGinnis Satanic cult leader affably trolls Dana Andrews with his witchcraft.

He gets flattened by a tyre at one point, but the curse affords him a swift return.

Dont expect it to tango.

It has a broken back, West deadpans after the serum drives Rufus to attack on the first attempt.

Unsurprisingly, Rufus winds up in much worse shape than Binx.

Church does indeed return, but with an awful stench and some serious personality problems.

The murderous toddler has his own zombie familiar in the form of Church.

Haunted pussies (Or Pussession)

Other cats are more obviously possessed by forces from beyond.

The cat is suitably perturbed by the ordeal and runs off when its over.

Its a dogs life for some of these kitties.

Conscience and feline avengers

Horror fiction has found some interesting uses of a cats piercing glare as well.

LikeThe Telltale Heart, the story features a guilty protagonist projecting his heavy conscience upon an outwardly un-self-conscious proxy.

We let them prowl about just as they like, hardly noticing them, Grey pleads.

And all the time, theyre watching us, spying on us, making sure that we behave.

Of course, not all conscientious cats are working for good.

The two women are somehow awoken by a black cat, and they embark upon a mission of revenge.

It also formed the basis of a screenplay by Stephen King (him again!

), for 1992sSleepwalkers.

After all these evil cats, what can we say?

Without a cat to chase after, she winds up adopting a Newt instead.

Jump scares

Youre in a dark room.

The killer/monster/poisonous mist has gotta be around here somewhere and your guard is up.

Oh, its just the bloody cat.

And only then does the xenomorph comes and gets you.

Cheers, Jones, you little shithead.

(Is someone throwing it?

Donald Glovers Troy yelps in a Halloween episode ofCommunityfilled with cat scares.)

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