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6 out of 7 people found the following review useful: Better than average Troma, 11 June 2005 Author: TheatreX from Louisville, KY
This is an amusing Troma offering (a "presents", not a Troma original, thankfully) and it is far better than their usual offerings. An Egyptian statuette of a cat possesses local kitties to give up their catty behavior and become buxom young ladies. This is low budget with decent humor and if you're a cat lover you'll understand it better than if you aren't. Seeing these woman still act like cats and goofy things like a prisoner being tied up in yarn are some of the more amusing bits. There's a guy that is monitoring cat behavior with some weird machine, his grandpa was killed by cats and therefore he's following them around looking for clues. Along comes a hitch hiker that fled Houston for less weirdness & finds only more in THIS here town. This isn't your average "let's make a movie because I found a camera" kind of film, either, the folks at the helm had a pretty decent idea what they were doing and there are quite a few inspired bits, like when asked her name, one young woman yells it out a few times, like what a cat might hear when its owner is calling. Overall this is a fun movie, not meant in any way to be scary, just goofy and amusing. 8 out of 10 stars.
5 out of 6 people found the following review useful: Creative low-budget charmer of a flick., 4 May 2000 Author: Frank Habets (fhabets@yahoo.com) from Ottawa, Ontario
When I first rented this movie, I was expecting a cheesy soft-core porn, good for laughing at, not laughing with. What a pleasant surprise when I discovered that it's actually a charming comedy. The low budget limitations are more than compensated for thanks to the creative script. There's even a goofy romance element to the plot that could even qualify this a date movie (but just make sure that you and your date share a taste for the whimsical).
4 out of 5 people found the following review useful: Troma does it again, 1 November 2001 Author: William Brown (wdbrown) from Salem, Oregon
When it comes to trashy films no one makes them like Troma, and, while this is hardly a masterpiece, Teenage Catgirls in Heat has all the ingredients of good entertainment.Come now, do we expect anything more than cheesy special effects from the Troma team? Do we expect erudite dialogue and interwoven subplots? Of course not. What you get when you insert the cassette is exactly what you would expect. Lots of naked girls, a simple plot with simple-minded characters, and humor that is often wickedly satirical. Take for instance when catgirl Carrie Vanston is asked her name and she replies as if she is being called to dinner, "C-L-E-E-E-E-E-O-H-H! C-L-E-E-E-E-E-O-H-H!" or when she hesitantly touches the truck seat before entering the vehicle. In fact my only criticism is that there wasn't enough of Miss Vanston.Teenage Catgirls in Heat may not be on a par with one of our Northwest Microbrews, but it is curiously refreshing and entertaining.
4 out of 5 people found the following review useful: So incredibly bad that it's a hoot to watch, 11 April 1999 Author: johnv-3 from texas
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
It's almost impossible to review this film, as it's in a category that makes Ed Wood's efforts appear almost Speilberg-like in comparison. I saw this movie on cable, and this alone is a credit to the film's producers, in that they got someone to buy it. This is the type of movie that has cult potential, right up there with Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. It's that bad. In fact, it's so bad I watched it twice, enjoying the exquisite awfulness of it all.Where to start. Without spoiling any of the plot, such as it is, let us just say that the movie involves an Egyptian cat goddess (portrayed by a 60's vintage table piece that was probably picked up in the discount bin at Goodwill), a number of VERY busty young women (where they were picked up is anyone's guess) portraying humanized female cats in search of mates (don't ask), sundry stubble fields in Texas (where the movie was shot), and several very embarrassed looking felines, who if they could talk would be probably be suing their agents (or the ASPCA) right now.This is the sort of movie where production values don't exist. Most of the movie takes place at night, and to achieve this illusion the world's cheapest blue filter was used. It doesn't make things look dark, but it certainly gives you a good chance to see if you're blue-green colorblind. The various 'special' effects are of such quality that you can almost hear the film's director debating whether to spring for pizza for the crew or buy yet another 'visual' effect. The dialogue defies description, although, at the risk of a small spoiler, the sight of the female lead achieving orgasm while yelling "Meow, Meow, Meow" at the top of her lungs was worth the pain of watching the rest of the film.The above not withstanding, the movie is a hoot to watch. The young actors give it a good shot, and no one is taking anything seriously. The willingness of the actresses to walk in the nude or semi-nude through those Texas stubble fields takes courage rarely seen in filmmaking. Whether this film was a film school project gone wild, or whether everyone involved in creating the production had one too many Lone Star beers is impossible to determine. The credits at the end of the film list dozens of contributors and supporters, leading me to think that the film was paid for by passing the hat at local bars near Texas A&M. In any event, see the film if you get a chance. It deserves more word of mouth promotion to get it into cult status. After all, few have the courage to make the truly bad nowadays.
5 out of 7 people found the following review useful: A charming, goofy comedy., 9 May 2000 Author: Frank Habets (fhabets@yahoo.com) from Ottawa, Ontario
Cheap budget? Yes. Creative script that makes up for low production values? Very much so! I first thought, judging from the title and box cover, that this'd be one of these cheezy Troma sex-flicks. Not so. This movie is an amusing exercise in whimsy, with oodles of charm and pleasantly goofy. Best appreciated by cat-lovers, who'll get the inside jokes.
2 out of 2 people found the following review useful: Poor, apart from the adorable Carrie Vanston, 15 June 2007 Author: gridoon
The first half of this movie is dull and plodding, with too little footage of the title creatures and too much footage of an annoying, overacting, unfunny, boozing "cat hunter" who becomes the hero's sidekick. The second half is a bit better, thanks mostly to the beautiful Carrie Vanston, who gives a wonderfully earnest and unembarrassed performance doing things that many other actresses would consider embarrassing (licking, hissing, scratching, rubbing herself against humans, drinking liquids, etc. like a cat). The other "catgirls" do a pretty good job too, and the occasional nudity helps, but overall this is yet another case of the Title Being Better Than The Movie - don't you just hate it when that happens? And I know it's not supposed to be taken seriously, but they still should have come up with a better excuse for the catgirls going so quickly from simply repeating sentences they heard on TV and a tape recorder to speaking perfect English. (*1/2)
3 out of 4 people found the following review useful: Not great, 30 December 2005 Author: badnuz1957 from United States
This movie begins with promise. The cinematography is fresh and interesting, and initially the plot seems good. It quickly becomes much too campy with some of the characters overacting to the 5th power. Grace Smith helped write and produce this film, but it is not even close to the quality of her other film of note, "Hope's Happy Birthday." Parting ways with Scott Perry was a good thing for her artistically. As the movie trudged on, some of the "special effects" truly took their toll on the film. The "night" scenes were obviously filmed in the middle of the day using a "night" filter on the camera lens. Bad effect. If you like "campy" films, see this one (once) to add it to your list, but I wouldn't try too hard to find it.
3 out of 4 people found the following review useful: It falls in that vast void of so so, below average movies., 26 May 2004 Author: Chuck Straub from Mansfield, CT USA
Lets face it, what do you really expect to see when you watch a movie called Teenage Catgirls in Heat? You shouldn't have the highest expectations. It's just not going to be a rival to Gone With the Wind. Still, it didn't even meet my lowered expectations. I expected something with much more humor more sexual situations, and more gore or horror. Don't get me wrong, it did have a bit of all of these. The problem is, that it never had enough of any of them to really get your attention. I wouldn't call it one of the worst movies I've ever seen but I can't say it was enjoyable either. The acting was poor, as was the plot. The film quality was awful. It falls in that vast void of so so, below average movies that are watched and easily forgotten.
3 out of 4 people found the following review useful: waste of catnip!, 5 April 1999 Author: SurgeBot from Portland, Oregon
When I put the tape in my VCR, I wasn't expecting a good film. I expected a bad, but at least moderately entertaining flick, that's all. I was sorely disappointed. The sound is bad, the picture worse, and the storyline nonexistent. The last resort of the bad Troma film, nudity, wasn't even used well. This is the single worst film I have seen in weeks! If you want good Troma, try CANNIBAL! THE MUSICAL, or TROMEO AND JULIET. This was the film equivalent of Pabst Blue Ribbon.
4 out of 6 people found the following review useful: Funny, Sexy Performances Sure To Amuse Cat Lovers, 30 April 2005 Author: hokeybutt from Milwaukee, Wisconsin
TEENAGE CATGIRLS IN HEAT (2+ outta 5 stars) Extremely silly movie... another ultra-low-budget Troma movie... which means a lot of cheap special effects, stupid jokes, gratuitous nudity and bad acting. In spite of all that... I kinda enjoyed this one. A magical cat idol transform ordinary house-cats into nubile young women in a bid to take over the world (or something like that). A cat hunter and a young drifter team up to try and stop them... but the drifter complicates matters when he falls in love with one of the "catgirls". Some of the actresses do a great job of playing cats in human bodies... speaking in a weird, mewling voice... playing with yarn... coughing up fur balls... Carrie Vanston as Cleo does an especially good job. Other than a few funny acting bits, though... there isn't much to see here. The story is stupid, the dialogue is poor and the directing is mediocre at best. Not enough sex for the softcore audience... and too much nudity for this to be a family movie (thought there were times it reminded of some of those lame Disney movies from the early '60s where people turned into dogs and things).
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