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Review 2DiscussionA review by John Chard
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Written by John Chard on Mon Oct 01 2018
Weird and hypnotic creeper.
The first, and arguably in terms of their dual performances, best teaming of Horror legends Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi is this almost bizarre Edgar G. Ulmer directed piece. Based around a story by Edgar Allan Poe, The Black Cat sees a young couple, Peter & Joan Allison (David Manners & Julie Bishop), who while on their honeymoon in Budapest meet the mysterious scientist Dr. Vitus Verdegast (Lugosi). When the bus taking them to the hotel crashes and Joan is injured, the trio wind up at the home of Verdegast's old acquaintance Hjalmar Poelzig (Karloff). Where the...
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Released
Original Language
English
Budget
95745.00
Revenue
236000.00
Keywords
- chess
- prisoner of war
- hungary
- black and white
- train
- storm
- psychiatrist
- black cat
- spiral staircase
- high priest
- newlywed
- pre-code
- based on short story
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- female corpse
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