Lily C.A.T. (1987)

Original title

LILY-C.A.T.

Directed by

Hisayuki Toriumi

Genre

horror film, science fiction film, science fiction anime and manga, horror anime and manga

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 20m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 45 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A crew aboard a deep-space colony ship awakens from cryogenic sleep to find a shape-shifting alien creature has taken one of their forms. They must figure out who among them is the monster before it kills everyone.

suspensefulclaustrophobictensegruesomeparanoidslow-burnbleakvisceral

What happens

Lily C.A.T. (Japanese: リリー・C.A.T., Hepburn: Rirī C.A.T.) is a 1987 Japanese cosmic horror anime film written and directed by Hisayuki Toriumi, featuring monster designs from Yoshitaka Amano and character designs from Yasuomi Umetsu. An English version of the film was produced by Carl Macek and distributed by Streamline Pictures. After the closing of Streamline Pictures, the distribution rights were obtained by Discotek Media. The film is heavily inspired by Ridley Scott's Alien and by John Carpenter's The Thing. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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