The 1981 movie Roar features director Noel Marshall, his wife, actress Tippi Hedren, and a small cast of actors, three of whom are the couple’s real-life family, as they cohabitate with untrained cats, including lions, tigers, pumas, and jaguars. Difficult to categorise, it is situated somewhere at the intersection of delusion, magic tricks, and horror. The film rests on a flimsy storyline that attempts to make visual and narrative sense of the reality showcase of humans living with over 50 wild apex predators. Although the film was filled with breathtaking footage of tussles and dangerous encounters, it was a box-office failure. With a budget that swelled to 17 million, it took 11 years to make and earned only two million dollars. The value of a film such as Roar, however, lies beyond its box office intake, presenting celluloid documentation of the complexities of human and animal encounters. In each scene, the animals display what has been traditionally thought of as agency by exercising violence, as well as benevolence, holding the right to decide if, when, and how to utilise their power.