Pets in Scary Movies

Now, as an advocate for the Ethical Treatment And Survival Of Household Pets In Horror Movies
(ETASOHPIHM), I watch horror movies very carefully for the roles of household pets. Very often, they
end up dead, demonic or in serious need for therapy! These are a few examples of those.

Movie: Poltergeist

Species: Dog; Bird

Name: E Buzz; Tweety

Experiences: Detected ghosts, tried to warn
humans. Bird went the way of the Dodo.

Status: Lived through the movie; Almost flushed,
then buried, dug up, whereabouts unknown.

Well, the canary just didn't survive at all. I mean he
smelled the wind change, said "The Horror!" and fell
over dead. He knew way before anybody else did
that weird stuff was about to go down. E Buzz (the
dog) was aware later that night that something
strange was going on. He saw the spooks enter the
house through the television, and then pointed right
at the wall where they set up shop. Of course
though, the humans thought he was just being funny
and ignored him. What he was really saying was
"Ghosts in the wall man! It's time to get outta
dodge!" Happily, E Buzz was not injured by the
ghosts, or any wayward humans.

Movie: Pet Sematery

Species: Cat

Name: Winston Churchill "Church"

Experiences: Seemed okay, was neutered (youch!),
hit by car and killed, went demonic.

Status: Dead (again).

Cats Are Crazy! Even though Church didn't start out
nuts, he definitely went the way of Psycho once he
was buried in the Indian burial ground. I mean really,
did anyone think that wouldn't happen? As it turns
out, Church was killed (by a human the second time,
by a car the first) , though I'll admit it might have
turned out to be a good thing, since he was demonic
and all.

Movie: Hocus Pocus

Species: Cat

Name: Binx

Experiences: Witches, a zombie, run over by a car.

Status: Dead (this time for good).

A very entertaining movie, but how creepy was it to
see the flattened Binx re-inflate after being run over
by a car? As it turns out, it might be a good thing
that he was finally killed by the witches since he was
300 years old and finally reunited with his human
sister.

Movie: The Grudge

Species: Cat

Name: Unknown

Experiences: Killed by his master's father in a
bathtub, turned demonic, taped into a closet,
follows ghost boy everywhere.

Status: Undead

What is up with that cat!!! I nearly jumped out of
my skin when that cat would show up on the
screen, and don't even get me started about that
kid. From what I gather, since the cat was killed
by a person in the "grip of a powerful rage," he's
become kind of a malevolent ghost. It also seems
to me that he's kind of attached to the kid in the
movie, who also happens to be an angry ghost.
The cat, as far as I can tell, was not killed again,
and will probably turn up in sequels.

Cujo really needs no introduction. Everyone
knows that he was a very bad dog that went a
little bit nuts and tried to kill a woman and her kid.
Eventually the woman shot and killed the dog.

What happened to these dogs??? It looks like their
skin has been ripped off or something, and not only
are they demonic, but they've also become super-
dogs. Though, in their defense, the humans
around them also turned into the Undead, so
they're not really around to feed the dogs, thus
forcing the dogs to take drastic measures to feed
themselves. Eek!

Recommendation: Shouldn't Cujo have been safe in
a nice backyard instead of roaming the countryside
sticking his nose where it didn't belong? If the bat
had bitten him in the backyard, Cujo might have
stayed back there and just terrorized his fleas
instead of those people.