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The Black Cat (1934)
Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer
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Overview
After a road accident in Hungary, the American honeymooners Joan and Peter and the enigmatic Dr. Werdegast find refuge in the house of the famed architect Hjalmar Poelzig, who shares a dark past with the doctor.
Length 65 minutes
Actors
Boris Karloff | Bela Lugosi | David Manners | Julie Bishop | Egon Brecher | Harry Cording | Lucille Lund | Henry Armetta | Albert Conti | John Carradine | John George | Albert Pollet
Viewing History (seen 3 times)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/09/2024 | Computer | Broadcast | Other | 8 stars |
| 03/05/2023 | Home Theater | Blu-ray | Owned | 7 stars |
| 10/29/2011 | TV | Other | Other | 7.5 stars |
| (Average) 7.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
Finally diving into the Universal Horror box sets from Shout Select that I bought on sale a while ago. First up is a revisit of the excellent THE BLACK CAT with perhaps one of Lugosi’s best performances. The set design is also excellent, evoking a bit of neo-german-expressionism mixed with art deco while hinting at the coming socialist modernist movement mostly evinced in Eastern bloc countries after WWII. This also manages to hint at some of the horror of WWI, both through its characters’ backgrounds and the architecture.
Related to the poem by Edgar Allen Poe in name only, as hinted in the titles by the “suggested by..” credit, mainly so they could use the title. It has nothing to do with the poem plot-wise.
This clocks in at a curt 63 minutes so it’s nice and compact!
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