The Cat with Hands

Short British horror film, released in 2001. A mixture of live-action and stop-motion animation, it was written, directed, and animated by Robert Morgan.

It focuses on an old man telling his younger companion an old folk tale about a cat that has human hands in place of its front paws, and of the terrible things that the cat does.

It can be viewed here.

This work provides examples of:

 * And I Must Scream
 * Based On a Dream: The director has said that the film was inspired by recurring nightmares that his sister had when she was young, about a cat with hands that * caused people to convulse. He changed the story up a bit, but the surreal, dreamlike quality of the film is true to its origins.
 * Body Horror
 * Cats Are Mean
 * Hong Kong Dub: "Tongue."
 * Stop Motion
 * Stop Motion