Broadway musical Cats gets its first movie trailer and horrifies Twitter

The world renowned Broadway play Cats is moving from the stage to the screen this December in the form of a live action movie that looks like the stuff of psychedelic nightmares.

On Thursday, Universal Pictures dropped the official star-studded trailer for Cats and gave audiences their first glimpse of furry human-cat hybrids singing and dancing as if they were the most awe-inspired cast of the century.

Unfortunately, it’s more awful than anything else, and Twitter agrees.

i opened photoshop SO FAST after watching the #CatsMovie trailer pic.twitter.com/VJK0hh4zb8

— roof (@frenchalor) July 19, 2019

My cat looking at me after watching the Cats trailer #CatsMovie pic.twitter.com/c43ZLOtKQV

— FamilyIsSuchABlessing💕🤲🏻🥺 (@AnIntrovertLady) July 19, 2019

Me: I have a recurrent nightmare where #DameJudiDench is a cat and constantly pushes my stuff off the table just because she can…

Therapist: Is just a dream. #CatsMovie: pic.twitter.com/lpjMSartbJ

— Jay Smith (@jayjayathome) July 19, 2019

Me, a real cat, watching the #CatsMovie trailer pic.twitter.com/r1RfJ1dy2w

— Jess Luong⬆️🐉⛽ (@happybeefnoodle) July 19, 2019

a visual representation of twitter after the cats trailer dropped #CatsMovie pic.twitter.com/zgLgplf1QN

— katie is always right (@loserkatharine) July 18, 2019

The Cats Trailer makes the #CatsMovie look like it was filmed in Snapchat. pic.twitter.com/S5GuxkaHU2

— Cult Cinema Catacombs (@TheseFilmsExist) July 18, 2019

My cat when I showed it the #CatsMovie trailer pic.twitter.com/kaGzkVLiL9

— Sam (@samrgreen) July 18, 2019

I think we can all agree that some things are not meant to be messed with, and Cats is one of them.

Watch the trailer below, you won’t be able to unsee it

The movie will hit cinemas on 20 December 2019.

Feature image: screenshot, Universal Pictures UK via YouTube