Cat's Eye (1985), directed by Lewis Teague, Studio Canal 4k remaster, encoded in 10 bit HEVC with AAC sound, including 5.1 remaster, original theatrical stereo, director's commentary track, and subtitles in five languages.

IMDb : https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088889/

Video encoded in two-pass 12.5 Mbps x265 10bit with the veryslow preset for archive quality image. Audio encoded separately with Apple AAC for the highest-quality AAC sound available.

Subtitles converted to VobSub and repositioned.

Note : I guess I can see why Stephen King and anthologies go together like small towns and dark secrets, the guy is first and foremost a short story writer, after all, doorstop novels notwithstanding. Here he's on a similar vibe of ironic comeuppance and unforeseen consequences as in Creepshow, but with less of a supernatural slant, at least until the last of the three stories. It's not bad, all in all, although you can mostly see where things are going, especially in the first two parts, and the third is only unpredictable because it's kind of weird and nonsensical. On the other hand, some strong performances from Drew Barrymore, James Woods, Alan King, and Robert Hays, and it moves at an entertaining clip.

A stray cat moves through three different stories, the first about a man desperate to quit smoking who joins a supposedly miraculous program which turns out to have unforeseen consequences for both him and his family, the second a typical story about an abusive rich dude whose wife has an affair, leading to the rich asshole plotting complicated revenge only to have the tables turned (see also the last story in Creepshow), and the third about, well, Drew Barrymore and a tiny troll.

This is a nice looking remaster, maybe a little grainier than is ideal, and the color in the first part is slightly odd, but all in all it's nice, clean, and with good contrast and color. 5.1 remaster sounds good, stereo track is fine too, commentary track is an interesting look at the work of often underrated director Teague.

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