The Black Cat
The townspeople of a small English village begin to die in a series of horrible 'accidents,' and a Scotland Yard inspector arrives to investigate. But when suspicion falls on a mysterious local medium who records conversations with the dead, the grisly deaths take on a sinister twist. Is a deranged murderer on the loose, or is an even more shocking evil silently stalking in the night?
Patrick Magee (A Clockwork Orange) David Warbeck (The Beyond), Mimsy Farmer (Autopsy) and Al Cliver (Zombie) star in this atmospheric horror thriller directed by Lucio Fulci, now completely restored from original negative materials and presented in widescreen for the first time ever!
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Bad kitty! - RobBC
Lucio Fulci, one of the undisputed masters of splatter cinema, turns down the gore factor and adds a few extra smoke machines for this dark and moody supernatural thriller "freely adapted" from Edgar Allan Poe's short story. A series of macabre accidents are killing the inhabitants of a small English village, accidents that seem to revolve around a local psychic and his pugnacious pussycat. Caught up in the mystery are a visiting amateur photographer and a skeptical Scotland Yard inspector who suddenly find their own lives in danger the closer they get to the truth. Despite its creepy crawly camerawork and shadowy gothic sets there are just a few too many loose ends to Fulci's opus to garner it more than a passing nod. How are the victims related, exactly, and why were they killed? How does the psychic's eccentric little "hobby" fit into the storyline? And what about that chamber of horrors in the local churchyard? The P.O.V. cat cam does get annoying after a while but the little black feline itself is just adorable!The Black Cat - cdnboy
I found this movie a bit long to watch and quite predictable as to what was going to happen next. In the thriller style of old it still has it moments thougt it won't have you jumping out of your seats and screaming it will give you the odd thrill. A bit of blood and gore if you like that kind of stuff.
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Bad kitty! - RobBC
Lucio Fulci, one of the undisputed masters of splatter cinema, turns down the gore factor and adds a few extra smoke machines for this dark and moody supernatural thriller "freely adapted" from Edgar Allan Poe's short story. A series of macabre accidents ...The Black Cat - cdnboy
I found this movie a bit long to watch and quite predictable as to what was going to happen next. In the thriller style of old it still has it moments thougt it won't have you jumping out of your seats and screaming it will give you the odd thrill. A bit ...