The Uncanny - movie trailer

The Uncanny (1977) starring Peter Cushing, Ray Milland, Donald Pleasance, Samatha Eggar

The Uncanny is an anthology movie. Wilbur Gray (Peter Cushing) is an eccentric writer who has written a novel. He’s trying to convince his agent (Ray Milland) to publish his latest, about — cats! He documents his thesis that household cats are intelligent, in control, and murderous when necessary. This serves as the framing device for three horror stories about the murderous cats.