Adults who still engage in the old “What’s better, cats or dogs?” dispute will have a chance to live out their juvenile conflict this weekend with a pair of Midnight Movies. It’s going to be tough to say which is more terrifying: the 1983 flick about a rabid Saint Bernard that corners a young mom and her son in a sweltering Ford Pinto, or last year’s incredibly unnecessary curiosity (some might say monstrosity) that takes on Andrew Lloyd Weber’s feline-featuring musical. Cujo, based on a novel of the same name by Stephen King, is a study in suspense that stars scream queen Dee Wallace. I’ve been haunted by Cujo since I was a child. But then I saw Rebel Wilson rip off her own CGI cat skin and bite the head off a tap-dancing cockroach with a human face in Cats. All bets are off, folks. The fact that the Belcourt is already showing Cats as a Midnight Movie seems to portend its future as a cult classic. Go with God, cat lovers. Cujo midnight March 6; Cats midnight March 7 at the Belcourt, 2102 Belcourt Ave. ERICA CICCARONE
Midnight Movies: Cujo & Cats
