Truly Dreadful Film

One of my all time favorites.

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

It's from this cartoon onwards that Tom and Jerry would start to get that crazy pace that we are used to. This one have some funny moments and some unnecessary.The Story is that Tom is hearing some scary stories on the radio, and he gets really frightened of it, Jerry, takes this to his advantage, to get rid of Tom.There are some funny moments, such as the 9 lives being sucked out of him, or Tom attacking Mammy.But The unnecessary ones are REALLY unnecessary, take as a example a scene of Jerry messing on a vacuum cleaner, making Tom think that it'sa ghost, when Tom realizes the truth, Jerry is turning the switch on and off. Then he laughs. He Looks at Tom. He plays with the vacuum switch again. Then he points at somewhere. He start laughing again. Then he starts playing with the vacuum switch again. Then he start laughing one more time. Then he start switching on and off again. Then he start to slow down and realizes that he just saw Tom. Then he goes a little bit to the front to see if Tom was really there. Then he gulps. Then he looks at the Audience.I Think you get where I am going.Rather Slow, if you don't have nothing else to do, I recommend you to give it a try.

Now I liked Fraidy Cat in general, though it is quite slow even for a Tom and Jerry cartoon- usually Tom and Jerry goes at a breakneck pace- and there are times when the animation isn't always that great as Tom looks a little odd here. Plus Fraidy Cat could have done with being a minute shorter. Criticisms aside, what I do like about Fraidy Cat is that it is different. The story isn't humorous, but it is a macabre and effective one, and the music is really good. Even the sound effects are very effective, they added to the atmosphere almost flawlessly. Plus there are some good gags, despite the fact the cartoon isn't very funny. The nine lives gag was clever, and the ending with Mammy Two Shoes was a nice, fun surprise. Overall, decent but not great cartoon from our favourite cat and mouse. 7/10 Bethany Cox

Here is a Tom & Jerry cartoon that is perfect for Halloween. I know it doesn't have much creepiness, but has the 'trick' as in "trick or treat," as Jerry did to Tom with the window blind and the vacuum-cleaner with a collared-shirt hanging on it to make it like a ghost. But I still like to put it on my list of Halloween cartoons.In this short, Tom was listening to the "Witching Hour," a ghost-story program on the radio, and being frightened by the horror story being told. Halfway into the story, the dramatics (hair standing on end, heart leaping into throat, icy chills on spine) begin happening to Tom . . . literally. And Jerry has observed everything and laughing to himself, thought he highen Tom fears by scaring him.I love the ending, it was a little funny. And you know, this short is the first of four cartoons in which Tom attacks Mammy Two Shoes; the others being A Mouse in the House, Part-time Pal and Nit-Witty Kitty. And also this short is the first of twenty-five cartoons where Tom speaks too. So anyway, I love this short.

Jerry spies Tom listening to a creepy story on the radio and seizes the opportunity to scare his nemesis.I didn't find this particular episode that funny: the humour seemed rather constrained and the whole set up was kinda lame (Jerry is essentially the 'bad guy' in this one, tormenting poor Tom for no particular reason).There is the occasional flash of inspiration (such as Tom's literal 'heart in mouth' experience, and the moment when his nines lives are sucked out of his body), but, on the whole, this effort lacks the frenetic pacing, excellent animation and sheer wit of most of T&J's other cartoons.