A TERRIFYING moment was caught on a camera showing a pet cat clawing at its owner’s face in a frenzied attack when she tried to hide in a suitcase.

Anna Colarusso, 21, from Lagrangeville, New York, was left with bloody gashes on her face after cat Sam sliced her face with his claws.

The 7-year-old feline pounced on the kennel worker after being startled when she popped out of the case.

He stalked her around the living room for nearly a full minute, hissing and clawing at her as she screamed and tried to defend herself.

Colarusso said she tried to get in the case to prove to her boyfriend she could fit inside.

She said, “I was in the suitcase because I’m 5-feet-tall (1.52-meter-tall) so my boyfriend wanted to see if I could fit in. Sam then got startled by me popping out of the suitcase.

“I think he was scared as hell and felt threatened, which is understandable, he had never ever attacked me like this.”

(SD-Agencies)