The Black Cat (1934)
- Directed by
- Edgar G. Ulmer
- Genre
- drama film, horror film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 05m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 309 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young couple gets stranded and seeks shelter in the home of a mysterious architect. The architect has a dark past and a strange connection to a fellow traveler who is also staying at the house.
atmosphericeeriepsychologicaltensedarkunsettlingmoodymelancholic
What happens
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 mystery film with the same title, which was also named after and ostensibly "suggested by" Edgar Allan Poe's 1843 short story. The film was among the earlier movies with an almost continuous music score, and it helped to create and popularize the psychological horror subgenre by emphasizing atmosphere, eerie sounds, the darker side of the human psyche, and emotions like fear and guilt to deliver its scares. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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