Felidae (STD 4K + Blu-ray)

FELIDAE (1994, Wild Bunch Germany, 82 min.). \u201COh no, stranger. The dead come to me,\u201D whispers Jesaja, the cat Guardian of the Dead in the skeleton-filled catacombs and labyrinths of director Michael Schaack\u2019s brilliant and surprisingly graphic animated feature about a grisly series of unsolved murders among a group of domestic cats. (\u201CFelidae\u201D is the scientific name for cats.) A combination feline detective story, Gothic mystery and occult horror, FELIDAE follows green-eyed protagonist Francis (voiced by Ulrich Tukur) and his grizzled, one-eyed companion Blaubart (voiced by Mario Adorf) as they unravel the killings stretching back decades, involving death cults, genetic experimentation and a mysterious martyr religion. \nOne of the most sought-after titles among world animation fans and never before officially released in the U.S., FELIDAE marries the dark, adult themes and nightmarish imagery of PLAGUE DOGS and WATERSHIP DOWN with the family-friendly anA