I've just , for the 2nd time watched 'House of 9' : Not sure if it was ever shown in cinemas : Nine people are snatched and dumped in a house  for the entertainment of an anonymous man who's watching them and who promises $5M to the only survivor , giving them all an incentive to  kill one another .
It appears to be set in London and yet one character is a U.S cop with a gun , and the only well- known actor is Dennis Hopper , as an Irish Catholic Priest , who's the least convincing character in it .
All the men want to get the gun because 'guns = power' . Everyone in it wants the 5M prize .
It's 'low budget' but surprisingly gripping and quite good .
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We've had Leo - cat since December 5th last year , when he was 7 weeks old , and for the first few weeks we thought he was female  .
The lady who we got him from lives not far away , though I do'nt know her exact address . Would'nt it be fascinating / lovely if Leo could again , maybe even  regularly meet his Mother - Would they recognise each other ? - Surely they would (?) . . .

I watch it about once a year , and each time notice new things in it .
I'm old enough to remember that in the 70's , when it was first shown in UK cinemas  its reputation  was such that for a while some criminals tried to excuse their wrongdoings by claiming to have become 'possessed by the devil' whilst watching it .
I can think of enough good reasons to reject Catholicism , and yet I must confess to a strange fascination , almost an attraction to its enigmatic rituals and mystique .
It's easy to parody The Exorcist but it remains a classy cinematic achievement that never loses its power to  to unsettle and to shock .