B-Movies and Bad Science: Cool Cats and Bad Kitties

The Natural History Museum is bringing back its B Movies and Bad Science film series and tying it into its “Fierce! The Story of Cats” exhibition. For three Thursdays this month, catch campy, cult-classic horror films starring cats at the museum’s new NHM Commons theater. The spooky screenings will be supplemented by pre-show activities with with local cat organizations and vendors, post-film discussions and evening access to “Fierce!” First up in the lineup is 1961’s The Shadow of the Cat (Oct 9), followed by 1959’s A Bucket of Blood (Oct 16) and 1964’s The Tomb of Ligeia (Oct 23).