"Many Photos" - Cats movie trailer freaks out viewers as stars like Taylor Swift and James Corden are transformed into human-faced felines

THE trailer for the star-studded movie version of the hit musical Cats was released yesterday – but first impressions were far from cuddly.

Some viewers reacted with horror at seeing celebs like Taylor Swift and James Cordon appear as strange human-faced felines.

Taylor Swift appearing as a human/cat hybrid in the trailer for the star-studded movie adaptation of the musical Cats

James Corden, centre, also features in the trailer – which some viewers have branded creepy

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Film critic Scott Mendelson described the trailer as ‘like a drug induced nightmare’[/caption]

Film critic Scott Mendelson tweeted that the trailer was “appropriately terrifying and insane, like a drug-induced nightmare. I can’t wait!”

The movie – to be released in December – also stars Jennifer Hudson, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen and Idris Elba.

It uses the actors’ faces and covers their bodies in computer generated fur as they sing and dance on a larger than life set.

But plenty of fans were left feeling unnerved by the hybrid human-cat CGI creations.

Taylor Swift makes her first film appearance in the movie adaptation of Cats

Ian McKellen is also part of the star-studded cast of Cats

Jennifer Hudson features in the new trailer for Cats

Dame Judie Dench is part of the A-list ensemble for the movie

Singer Jason Derulo also makes his movie debut in Cats

YouTube-viewer Charlotte Eller commented: “Taylor I love you but this is gonna give me nightmares.”

The trailer racked up more than 100,000 views in the first hour and the #Cats hashtag quickly became the top tending item on Twitter.

The film – directed by Brit Oscar-winner Tom Hooper – is the first movie adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s smash stage musical.

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Twitter-user Logan Van Winkle said he would be haunted by the trailer[/caption]

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Another viewer described the Cats trailer as ‘the funniest thing I’ve ever seen’[/caption]

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A viewer likened the computer-generated characters to a medieval depiction of a cat – and described the movie as ‘Garfield with a budget’[/caption]

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Twitter user Joe Passmore said the Cats trailer is scarier than that of horror movie IT[/caption]

Based on the poems of TS Eliot, Cats opened in 1981 and became one of the longest-running shows on both Broadway and London’s West End.

In a behind-the-scenes video, Oscar-winner Judie Dench called the film “an Alice in Wonderland experience.”

Swift, known for her love of cats, said cast members did extensive movement workshops to embody their feline characters.

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She said in a behind-the-scenes clip: “As a cat lover, and a cat owner, he (Hooper) told me I was going to get to go to cat school every day.

“For work! What?!”

Cats is due to hit cinemas on December 20.

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