Serpent's Lair (1995)

Serpent's Lair poster

Castel Films
Starring: Jeff Fahey, Heather Medway, Lisa Barbuscia
Directed by: Jeffrey Reiner

Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film!

Synopsis: Tom (Jeff Fahey) and Alex (Heather Medway) are a young couple who move into an apartment where someone has killed themselves and almost immediately strange things begin to happen as Tom is seduced by a mysterious woman.

Featured Feline: Soon after moving into the apartment, a black cat shows up and walks into the home.

Serpent's Lair - Tom Jeff Fahey watching black cat enter home

Tom is immediately drawn to the female cat, although it spurns Alex.

Serpent's Lair - Tom Jeff Fahey holding black cat

Serpent's Lair - close up of black cat

The cat sleeps with Tom and he starts to have strange dreams of being seduced by a beautiful temptress named Lilith (Lisa Barbuscia).

Serpent's Lair - black cat on Tom in bed

Alex and the black cat do not get along and it doesn’t help when the cat leaves a dead rat on Alex’s pillow.

Serpent's Lair - black cat lying on Tom Jeff Fahey in bed

Lilith shows up in real life and continues her seduction but is never seen at the same time as the black cat. Hmmmm.

Serpent's Lair - close up of black cat's face

The black cat continues to hate on Alex, pooping on her shoe, knocking over her candlesticks and tripping her so she falls down the stairs.

Serpent's Lair - black cat knocking over glass candlestick

Serpent's Lair - black cat pooping in woman's shoe

Serpent's Lair - black cat running in front of Alex to make her fall down stairs

Cat Cattle Call: After a time more and more cats show up in and around the house, including a white cat which Lilith likes.

Serpent's Lair - group of cats outside door with Tom Jeff Fahey at night

Serpent's Lair - group of cats outside door with Tom Jeff Fahey in daytime

Serpent's Lair - Lilith Lisa B petting white cat in hallway with Tom Jeff Fahey

The cats are even present when Lilith has sex with Tom.

Serpent's Lair - cats sitting around bed as Lilith Lisa B and Tom Jeff Fahey have sex

Eventually Tom realizes Lilith is a succubus who takes on the form of a cat. He tries burning herbs to rid the home of the demons. The cats seem unaffected.

Serpent's Lair - Maine Coon cat sitting on table