I'D RATHER BE TURNED INTO CAT FOOD  (2025)

"A gloriously weird and wildly introspective punk rock puppet show for the  soul...a film that is worthy of being wrestled with...The acting is    exceptional...Come for the puppets, stay for the crisis of faith."

                                                                                      Film Threat

 

"This is not a film that tries to please anyone: it's rough, uncomfortable, strangely funny and deeply personal... a punk scream disguised as a children's show... a mix of nihilism, black humor and inexplicable tenderness... It's an uncomfortable experience, yes.  But also a brave one--- original, raw and very, very alive."

                                                                           Film Critical Space

 

"Raucous... very brash...Takes the tone of something like Sesame Street or Mister Rogers' Neighborhood and makes it adult...Unexpectedly sympathetic...passionate in a critical way without becoming harsh or stubborn...Extremely creative...it strongly taps into that punk and anarchic vibe while holding on to a curious yet frank tone." 

                                                                                                        Film Carnage

 

"It's a very funny film...It's great!"        Creating Dangerously Podcast

 

"Tantalizing." 48 Hills (San Francisco News + Culture)

 

"I’d Rather Be Turned Into Cat Food... blends animation and puppetry into a cynical philosophical discussion trying to tease out the truth about life, love, and God." Berkeleyside (Berkeley, CA)

 

"A strange confluence of My Dinner With Andre, Sid and Nancy and Sesame Street." MovieFone

 

WHO LOVES YOU  (2021)

"Expresses punk spirit in visual form." Skylight Webzine

 

RUBY'S SONG  (2020)

"A vaguely surreal, weirder-than-it-actually-seems, love story between a disembodied mannequin head and a headless mannequin, ending, of course, in tragedy." Austin Chronicle

 

ME LOVE TO DRIVE ON THE SIDEWALK  (2018)

"...features Muppet-style puppets in a musical punk rock, Sesame Street-ish dystopia."  San Antonio Current

 

SHILO KLOKO  (2018)

"PLATINUM" award (highest rating) “Shilo Kloko presents the audience with wildly imaginative and, at times, disturbing images... to create a world simultaneously dreamlike and nightmarish; but one that is always fascinating to experience." The TVolution.

 

“Puppetry, animation, dance and even a choir, Shilo Kloko will keep you intrigued and full of wonder.” My Haunt Life

 

AN EVENING OF EVIL CAT FILMS at Santa Cruz Museum of Art (2017)

“Hilarious.” Downtown Santa Cruz

 

THE PARTRIDGE ENEMY (2016)

“A rocking mash-up of insane puppet performances.” Do LA

 

HEARTBEAT (2011)

“The Japanese-language 'Heartbeat' stars blunt force with a side of Saturday morning cartoon in two and a half minutes of anime-ish action.  Its peppy soundtrack and bright colors are set against stabbings, car accidents and other urban adventures.  Fun for the whole family!” LA Observed

 

NETWORK CAMPAIGN FOR "AFRICA'S BEST CHANNEL" (2010)

“Lively"  "Fun” Shoot Magazine

 

PACHELBEL KANON (2009)

“A joy for all ages!” LA Animation Examiner

 

“Whimsical” PBS.org

 

PUSSY DA RED NOSED REINDEER (2000)

"Hilarious."  New Times (Phoenix)

 

"Very funny."  New Times (Los Angeles)

"Grossly humorous."  Colorado Springs Independent
 

ATTACK OF THE HUNGRY HUNGRY NIPPLES (1997)

(featured in Manga Entertainment's General Chaos: Uncensored Animation)

 

"The pic's funniest entry." Variety

 

"'Attack of the Hungry Hungry Nipples'... features some of the most inspired writing in the package.  Imagine a Ren and Stimpy episode too mad for even old John Kricfalusi, replete with deranged, lactating nipples, an evil cat... and a flying Richard Nixon baseball bat uttering a Samuel Jackson patois. Senseless fun for the whole family.”

                                                                                 Austin Chronicle

 

"Titilating... so unbelievably bizarre, one must see it to believe it."

                                                                                 Animation Blast

 

"A demented four minutes of animation."  Campus Circle

 

"Manic" Boston Phoenix

"A hip-hop-influenced riot of strange characters that sears with savage narration and a logic falling somewhere between Matt Groening and Ice Cube."  Detroit Metro Times

 

"Edgy, off the wall, with the weirdest story and characters imaginable."  Orange County Register

 

"Blatantly offensive... brain-twisting!"  Philadelphia City Paper

"Gross but sublimely absurd."  TNT

 

THE HAPPY MOOSE (1995)                   

         "Hilarious...Side splitting...You will hurt yourself laughing at

this bawdy fairy tale."  Chicago Sun Times

 

"A solid hit."  Chicago Tribune

 

"Evil Cat Animation brings sparkling Disney-like style to 'The Happy Moose', in which Jake LaMotta tries to tell three dubious kids a rambling, incoherent fairy tale."  Washington City Paper

 

"Hilarious... delightfully lewd" The Michigan Daily

 

"Truly funny...hilarious"  The Montreal Mirror

 

"Bizarre"  New Times (Phoenix)

 

"A foul-mouthed bull attempts to entertain a group of children with a story about a moose with enchanted weasels living in his pants."  World Cinema

 

"Quite amusing... a bedtime story contining more expletives than a dictionary."  Sausalito Marin Scope

 

"A faux-French fractured fairy tale."  TV Guide

 

"Clever writing."  The Washington Post

 

 

THE EVIL CAT DOES WASHINGTON (1994)

"Masterful."  "Terrific."  Los Angeles Reader

"Hilarious."  Pasadena Weekly

 

"Hilariously skewers the nation's first family."  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

 

THE CAT, THE COW & THE BEAUTIFUL FISH (1992)

"An exercise in abstract lunacy."  DVD Empire

 

JEAN JEAN AND THE EVIL CAT (1987)

"...American animation that satirizes French panache with warped charm." Boston Globe

"Howlingly funny." San Francisco Examiner

 

"A delightful quickie."  San Francisco Chronicle

"Droll." San Francisco Examiner