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Overview

User Rating:
5.6/10   839 votes
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Director:

Lucio Fulci

Writers:

Lucio Fulci (screenplay)
Edgar Allan Poe (story)
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Release Date:

10 February 1984 (USA) more

Genre:

Horror more

Tagline:

Flesh Ripping Felines!

Plot:

Robert Miles is a psychic that can communicate with the dead. He also has the ability to control the mind of his cat (who incidentally is black)... more | full synopsis

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NewsDesk:

'Cat in the Brain' - DVD Review
 (From FEARnet. 14 May 2009, 7:36 AM, PDT)

User Comments:

Interesting and atmospheric but.... more (34 total)


Cast

  (Credited cast)
Patrick Magee ... Prof. Robert Miles
Mimsy Farmer ... Jill Trevers
David Warbeck ... Inspector Gorley
Al Cliver ... Sgt. Wilson
Dagmar Lassander ... Lillian Grayson
Bruno Corazzari ... Ferguson
Geoffrey Copleston ... Inspector Flynn
Daniela Doria ... Maureen Grayson
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Lucio Fulci ... Doctor (scenes deleted)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

The Black Cat (International: English title) (USA)
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Runtime:

92 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

English | Italian

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

England, UK more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

The role of Professor Miles was intended for Donald Pleasence. more

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: What appears to be fishing line can briefly be seen holding up the bats as they attack Jill. more

Quotes:

[Sergeant Wilson sees Jill coming out of an underground crypt]
Sergeant Wilson: Miss, let me give you some advice, don't go down there anymore.
Jill Trevers: Why not?
Sergeant Wilson: My Grandad used to tell me when I was a lad that the dead like to be left alone. They're not very hospitable.
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Referenced in Demonia (1990) more


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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Interesting and atmospheric but...., 20 April 2001
6/10
Author: Paul English from Ireland

"The Black Cat" is an interesting and atmospheric 'stab' at being an English Gothic film. The first half is has more gore and succeeds in heightening the suspense only for a rather ineffective summation and climax. Patrick Magee plays the part of a median who controls the mind of a cat.

The deaths are suitably impressive and deserved by the characters concerned aside from the supremely sexy Mrs Grayson (Giallo/Sleaze/Horror favorite Dagmar Lassander) who never fails to 'light up' the screen.

Not Fulci's best; but reasonably enjoyable nonetheless.

6/10 (I refuse to grade films out of four stars)

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