TODAY'S NEWS: In the catalog of cheap tricks that filmmakers use to make the audience jump, the Yowling Cat is one I find quite annoying. I mean, it just doesn't make sense. How often does your cat drop noisily on you like that? You could argue that the cat is anxious due to the killer lurking behind the curtains, but I doubt that. I suspect that most cats don't care whether there's a psychokiller in the house, as long as he's not running the vacuum cleaner.