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The Black Cat is a 1934 American pre-Code horror film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer and starring Boris Karloff and Béla Lugosi. It was Universal Pictures ' biggest box office hit of the year, and was the first of eight films (six of which were produced by Universal) to feature both Karloff and Lugosi. In 1941, Lugosi appeared in a comedy horror ...
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The Black Cat: Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer. With Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Julie Bishop. American honeymooners in Hungary become trapped in the home of a Satan-worshipping priest when the bride is taken there for medical help following a road accident.
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- Edgar G. Ulmer
- 1934-05-07
The Black Cat (1934) is a classic, enigmatically disturbing horror film from Universal Studios in the 1930s. It became Universal's top-grossing film of the year. The visually intriguing, austere, landmark horror film - a tale of European post-war anguish and death, was expressionistically directed by Edgar G. Ulmer.
Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 10/29/23 Full Review Lucas C The Black Cat is a great movie. Bela Lugosi is great as Dr Vitus Werdegast and Boris Karloff is amazing as Hjaimar Poelzig.
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- Boris Karloff
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Horror icons Boris Karloff (Frankenstein) and Bela Lugosi (Dracula) star in the shocking classic The Black Cat based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe. After a...
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Honeymooning in Hungary, Joan and Peter Allison share their train compartment with Dr. Vitus Verdegast, a courtly but tragic man who is returning to the remains of the town he defended before becoming a prisoner of war for fifteen years. When their hotel-bound bus crashes in a mountain storm and Joan is injured, the travellers seek refuge in ...
Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer. Like a monster from the id, director Edgar G. Ulmer’s morbid jewel—Universal’s top-grossing release of 1934—is a catalog of public fascinations in the 1930s: Edgar Allan Poe (whose story “suggested” the film); megastars Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi (in their first of six Universal collaborations); modernist architecture; postwar trauma; psychiatry ...
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