Title: Fulci meets Poe
Review: Directed by horror master Lucio Fulci (NOT Luigi Cozzi as it says on this site) THE BLACK CAT is unrelated to the old Karloff movie, but is "freely adapted" from the Poe story.The plot centres around a black cat (obviously) whose appearance to people soon leads to gruesome fatal "accidents" ranging from suffocation and impaling to premature burial. Naturally police are called in to investigate and they seek the help of a psychic, Myers (Patrick MaGee from CLOCKWORK ORANGE). But unknown to them, Myers has a strange power over the cat which enables it to hypnotize people.THE BLACK CAT contains some good shocks for horror fans but the poor English dubbing makes the movie seem daft. The story is also rather slow and pretentious and Pino Donnagio's score is irritating, but the movie is still good late night viewing.
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