In contrast to other chillers by Stephen King, this fantasy from the King brain is on the light-hearted side and rather fun. A nine-year-old Drew Barrymore is quite likeable as a girl whose telepathic call for help alerts a stray cat that she's in danger. She causes it to use up quite a percentage of its nine lives, with the pièce de résistance coming as the cat does battle with an evil troll threatening to steal Drew's breath away. The trick work involved is good enough to draw the viewer into the fray, and the cat actors are intelligently deployed at all times.

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