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Sybil

Sybil. Daniel Petrie, 1976.
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Edition screened: Warner 30th Anniversary Edition DVD, released 2006. English language. Runtime approximately 187 minutes.

Summary: Depictions of a decapitated cat.

Details:
1) A series of drawings illustrate Sybil’s nightmare involving a decapitated cat. Two drawings showing the dismembered animal are shown consecutively, 59:42 through 1:00:02. A third drawing is shown 1:00:25-1:00:34.

2) We share Sybil’s actual nightmare in which she is pursued by a decapitated cat. We first see the screeching cat in a trash can with only its head protruding. Following is a 1-second shot of a headless cat howling from a tree (2:08:30), and the head alone staring up from the floor of the barn loft (2:09:27-2:09:29).

1973 Bally Monte Carlo in one arcade, and other pinball machines in another arcade.