Felidae

Felidae is a 1994 German noir mystery animated film. It was directed by Michael Schaack and released by the Trickompany animation studio. The famed nightmare sequence was directed, designed, and animated by Hayo Freitag. The screenplay, by Martin Kluger, is based on the 1989 novel by Akif Pirinçci, who co-wrote the script. The story centers around domestic house cat Francis and the grisly feline murders taking place in his new neighborhood. A cat... more

Felidae is a 1994 German noir mystery animated film. It was directed by Michael Schaack and released by the Trickompany animation studio. The famed nightmare sequence was directed, designed, and animated by Hayo Freitag. The screenplay, by Martin Kluger, is based on the 1989 novel by Akif Pirinçci, who co-wrote the script. The story centers around domestic house cat Francis and the grisly feline murders taking place in his new neighborhood. A cat named Francis moves with his owner to a new neighborhood, and no sooner has he set paw into his new home than he is greeted by the slain body of another cat. Local street cat Bluebeard is convinced that this, and the other three recent killings, must have been committed by a "can-opener" - cat slang for a human. Francis disagrees, and as he finds out more about the victims, is sure that not only is the murderer a cat, but that the killings are all connected by one common factor - each of the victims was sexually aroused at the time of death.... less