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The Black Cat

Name: The Black Cat
Genre: Horror, Drama, Fantasy
Released: 1989-04-09
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 4.8

★ 4,8 /10 (29 Votes)

1989 EN 89 min

Overview

When a horror film based on the same source material as Suspiria and Inferno goes into production, the evil witch the story is based upon manifests herself and not only begins to terrorise the actress set to portray her on screen, but reveals plans to wreck havoc and bloodshed throughout the world.

Release date

09/04/1989

Votes

Popularity

1.2

Between dreams & nightmares... between reality & fantasy... lies the terror of

Genres

Horror Drama Fantasy

Status

Released

Original title

Il gatto nero

Language

Runtime

89 min

Florence Guérin

Anne Ravenna

Urbano Barberini

Marc Ravenna

Caroline Munro

Nora

Brett Halsey

Leonard Levin

Luisa Maneri

Sara

Karina Huff

Esther Semerani

Alessandra Acciai

Nadine

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Giada Cozzi

Sybil

Jasmine Maimone

Antonio Marsina

Repairman

Michele Soavi

Carl - film director (uncredited)

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**Ugh, such a frustrating and ridiculous mess.** I am usually very "forgiving" when it comes to horror movies, to the point where I can acknowledge and value the general idea and overlook the narrative flaws. If the film as a whole is fun to watch, it has a well developed atmosphere and it features a decent amount of horror elements, I'm pretty much okay with it ... but the story has to make SOME sense, at least. Well, "The Black Cat" (or any of the many other titles that this movie has) is an example of a flick that is just frustrating to sit through. Director Luigi Cozzi may not entirel…

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