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The Black Cat (1934)

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Budget $95,745

Running Time
1 hour, 5 minutes

Country USA

Studio Universal

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Other Titles
• The Black Cat
• The House of Doom (1934)
• Die Schwarze Katze (1934)
• The Vanishing Body
• House of Doom



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Genre: Crime, Adventure, Horror, Suspense, Occult, Revenge, Devil, Murder, Escape, Hostage, Police, World War I

Tagline: Things you never said before or even dreamed of!

Plot: This highly regarded Universal horror classic was the first pairing of Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. Bela plays Dr. Vitus Verdegast, a mysterious traveler who returns to the art-deco mansion of his old military commander, the Satan-worshipping Poelzig (Karloff). The two horror stars wander through the hallways looking at dead girls floating in glass tanks. They also play chess for the lives of a newlywed couple stranded at the mansion (David Manners and Jacqueline Wells). Dr. Verdegast deals with a black cat that paralyzes him with fear, and Poelzing conducts a Satanic Mass in Latin.

Cult director Edgar G. Ulmer made a name for himself with this bizarre masterpiece, which is filled with dreamy camera movements, and fanciful Bauhaus style architecture (Ulmer worked for many years as an art director for Max Reinhart and F.W. Murnau). This is one of the best (and weirdest) of all the Universal horror films of the 1930s. Classic monster lovers who fondly remember films like the original FRANKENSTEIN and DRACULA should do themselves a huge favor in seeking it out.

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 Directed by
Edgar G. Ulmer
Detour, The Man From Planet X, The Amazing Transparent Man
 Written by
Edgar Allan Poe
The Raven, Pit and the Pendulum, House of Usher
Edgar G. Ulmer
Detour, The Man From Planet X, The Amazing Transparent Man
 Cast
Boris Karloff
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein
Bela Lugosi
Plan 9 from Outer Space, Dracula, Ninotchka
David Manners
Dracula, The Mummy, A Bill of Divorcement
Julie Bishop
Sands of Iwo Jima, The High and the Mighty, Action in the North Atlantic
Egon Brecher
Rebecca, Kings Row, Heidi
Harry Cording
The Adventures of Robin Hood, Red River, Captain Blood
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