Un gatto nel cervello (1990)

Director:

Lucio Fulci

Writers:

John Fitzsimmons (writer)
Lucio Fulci (writer)

Release Date:

8 August 1990 (Italy)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

A horror film director is stalked by a mad psychiatrist/serial killer bent on killing people to model the killings after the director's gory death scenes from his movies.

Plot Keywords:

Gore | Decapitation | Child Murder | Violence | Extreme Violence

Cast

Lucio Fulci	...	Dr. Lucio Fulci
David L. Thompson	...	Professor Egon Schwarz
Jeoffrey Kennedy	...	Officer Gabrielli
Malisa Longo	...	Katya Schwarz
Ria De Simone	...	Sopran ('When Alice Broke the Mirror') (archive footage)
Brett Halsey	...	Human Monster ('When Alice Broke the Mirror') (archive footage)
Sacha Darwin	...	Woman in the Oven ('When Alice Broke the Mirror') (archive footage)
Robert Egon	...	Himself / Second Monster ('Ghosts of Sodom')
Shillett Angel	...	Filipio the Producer
Paola Cozzo	...	Nurse Lilly (as Judy Morrow)
Layla Frank	...	Nightmare Victim (archive footage)
Georgia Moore	...	Nightmare Victim (archive footage)
Paul Muller	...	Nightmare Victim (archive footage)
Marco Di Stefano	...	Man run over by car ('When Alice Broke the Mirror') (archive footage)
Maurice Poli	...	Nightmare Victim (archive footage)

Also Known As:

Nightmare Concert (A Cat in the Brain) (International: English title)
Un gatto nel cervello (I volti del terrore) (Italy) (alternative title)

MPAA:

Rated R for horror violence/gore, a strong scene of sexuality and some nudity.

Runtime:

87 min | Germany:66 min | USA:93 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Germany:(Banned) (uncut) | Italy:VM14 (re-rating) (2000) | UK:(Banned) (original rating) | Italy:VM18 (video premiere) | USA:R | UK:18 (video rating: 2003)

Filming Locations:

Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Executive Cine TV

Trivia:

The title is a play on Dr. Seuss' "The Cat in the Hat".

Movie Connections:

References E tu vivrai nel terrore - L'aldilà (1981)

great gore

I really enjoyed this film. It was great to see Fulci himself take the main role and i think he did a great job as well. This is still banned here in England and was one of Fulci last films. The gore scenes are where the film shines. I think it was three people that lose their heads, we see many stabbings, a brutal chainsaw scene, the usual eyeball scenes and a few stabbings. I also really enjoyed the mini twist ending as well.

6/10