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Cat Sick Blues

Cat Sick Blues

2016
Comedy Horror
94 min NR Australia
5.645 / 10
5.3 IMDB

When Ted’s beloved cat dies, the trauma triggers a terrible mental breakdown. His broken brain prompts him to bring his feline friend back – all he needs is…

Personnel // Cast & Crew

Director Dave Jackson
Starring
Matthew C. Vaughan / Shian Denovan / Rachel Rai / Cat Commander / Noah Moon / Meg Spencer / Andrew Gallacher / Jeni Bezuidenhout

How Viewers Describe This Film

Common themes and sentiments

disturbing unique grim unsettling psychological intense deranged tragic memorable audacious bleak shocking

Reviews

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Isabelle Moreau
Apr 17, 2026
3.0 / 5
3.0

'Cat Sick Blues' is a film that defies easy categorisation, blending elements of psychological horror with a darkly romantic, albeit twisted, narrative. The performances, particularly from Matthew C. Vaughan as the grief-stricken Ted, are commendably committed. He navigates…

R
Rupert Finch
Apr 17, 2026
2.5 / 5
2.5

In the crowded landscape of independent horror, 'Cat Sick Blues' attempts to carve out its own niche with a premise that is undeniably memorable, if deeply unsettling. Matthew C. Vaughan shoulders the burden of Ted’s psychological unraveling with…

G
Genevieve Dubois
Apr 17, 2026
4.0 / 5
4.0

A truly unique and deeply affecting exploration of grief's darker corners, 'Cat Sick Blues' is a film that lingers long after the credits roll. The narrative, driven by Ted's traumatic loss and subsequent mental collapse, is handled with…

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Marcus Bellweather
Apr 17, 2026
2.0 / 5
2.0

One approaches 'Cat Sick Blues' with a certain morbid curiosity, and it certainly delivers on its promise of psychological disturbance. The central conceit, a man seeking nine human lives to resurrect his cat, is as outlandish as it…

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Eleanor Vance
Apr 17, 2026
3.5 / 5
3.5

Director Unknown crafts a disquieting descent into madness with 'Cat Sick Blues.' Matthew C. Vaughan delivers a performance that is both unsettling and, at times, surprisingly sympathetic as Ted, a man unravelled by the loss of his feline…

FAQs

While 'Cat Sick Blues' certainly contains elements of horror, its focus on psychological breakdown and a deeply personal, albeit deranged, motivation sets it apart. It leans into the grotesque and the disturbing, but the narrative is fuelled by a character study of extreme grief rather than conventional jump scares or supernatural threats. The film offers a more character-driven, psychological exploration of terror.