THE BLACK CAT – IT PURRS, IT STALKS, IT KILLS!
We all know director Lucio Fulci for his depraved nasties like New York Ripper, but if you’re wondering why in France he’s held in the same esteem as Hitchcock, then the deliciously eerie The Black Cat is a great place to start.
Inspired by the Edgar Allen Poe tale, this black cat is a malevolent moggy that stalks through a sleepy English town appearing to fulfil the murderous wishes of its owner, the sinister psychic medium Professor Miles (Patrick Magee in fine deranged form). What Professor Miles has not reckoned on is his cat turning him into the next mouse to slowly kill!
High on gothic atmospheric thanks to the moody cinematography of Sergio Salvati, this unusual Fulci tale of claustrophobic terror is a little seen gem that compares to the best output of the Hammer and Amicus studios.
THE BLACK CAT (cert. 18 – overall DVD rating – feature is 15) will be released on DVD (£12.99) by Shameless Screen Entertainment on. The film will be presented remastered in 1.85:1 with English 2.0 sound. Also included on the disc is a Shameless original trailer gallery.
Watch the Trailer: http://onlinemoviepromo.com/player.php?id=1717 Title: The Black Cat Quotes: “plenty of unpleasant, wince-inducing incidents – and emphasis on mood and atmosphere perhaps more reminiscent of an old-style Hammer film” – Kinocite.co.uk “The Black Cat benefits greatly from a wonderful cast of Eurosleaze veterans… The unusual English setting is wonderfully realized by Sergio Salvati’s evocative scope photography, which prowls along the ground, soars over rooftops, and creeps into dark, dusty corners when it’s not too busy flashing back and forth between close ups of actors’ (and cat’s) eyes.” – Mondo-Digital.com “This film gives us a fine example of a more subdued Fulci, operating in a more gothic mode. Helping Fulci along this time is long-time cinematographer Sergio Salvati who turns in some of his finest work. The cat’s interesting POV is wonderfully rendered as well as numerous carefully-planned crane shots, a rarity in the cost-conscious cinematic world which Fulci inhabitated. Accompanying the stunning image is an inspired score from Pino Donaggio, probably the best soundtrack of Fulci’s entire filmography.” – PulsingCinema.com Available from   |
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[...] wondering why in France he’s held in the same esteem as Hitchcock, then the deliciously eerie The Black Cat is a great place to [...]
Awesome film thats less gory then usual but has the winning Warbeck and the pretty Farmer in it. The cat is fun to watch and the film has the best Suspria like scene with a set of cats eyes that evolves Argentos witch at the window eyes to the next level of terror.
And to see the cat blink like a warlock is fun in itself as well as Farmers stand off with the feline using her camera flash to fend the cat off.
Fulci’s most mature (use the term quite thinly) film butifully presented had a pre cert years ago which was darker than most versions of city of the living dead, im actually quite glad to see whats going on in the darker scenes. A good telling of the edger allen poe story and expertly filmed scenes the directer at his best. Keep releasing them shockers boys