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Summary: Didn't really seem like a Fulci film.
Review: The Black Cat (Lucio Fulci, 1981)Always remember, the title credits say the film is �freely� adapted from Poe's story. �Freely� may be the understatement of the year. Best not to think on Poe's tale until the final ten minutes. The killer kitty is at the center of the story, causing a series of accidents in a small Scottish town whose inspector, Wilson (Fulci regular Al Cliver), gets expsterated and calls Scotland Yard. They send in Inspector Gorley (David Warbeck, who also teamed with Fulci for The Beyond the same year). Gorley and Wilson, with the help of plucky American photographer Jill Trevers (sixties biker bad girl Mimsy Farmer), try to solve the crimes while working out what an aging, eccentric mystic (Patrick Magee) has to do with it all. And now, the part that will make Fulci fans wonder who really directed this movie: there's no eye scene, and there's no spider scene. In fact, it's almost as if Fulci wanted to tone down the gore and make an atmospheric, gothic horror/romance, but without the romance (except for one sex scene that would barely rate a PG-13 today). Fulci himself considers this movie a disaster. Who am I to disagree? Well, I will, at least in part. It's certainly watchable enough, if confused. It's not Zombi or The Beyond, but it's got its endearing points. Worth a free rental. ** ½
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Summary: fucio fulci is back again with the most terror film .
Review: The black cat is one of my scarist movie the i have seen about
a cat.since stephen kings cat eyes i found this very good and
very intersting.how the devils cat follow the victims and killed
them one by one .this film is very good i loved it and it has
a very good endig. it has blood but no gut sences but i like it.
a lot fist time seen it.the black will scare you were ever you go in the
nigt. you will be afriad.by henry. may 23,2002 thurday
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Summary: An interesting Fulci film, with a minimal level of gore.
Review: The name Lucio Fulci is infamous among the circles of horror fans, and a synonymous of gore, and blood soacked films. However, in the case of the black cat, this does not apply. The black cat is freely adapted from a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, and its more like a mystery film, than a horror film, since the gore level is minimal. The story is about a series of murders that take place in a small english village, and the investigation of a scotland yard inspector, who tries to reveal the murderer, suspecting him to be a local medium who has the ability to communicate with the dead. This is not the typical fulci film, and fans who expect that it will be gory will probably be disappointed as it tends to be more like a mystery than a horror film. As far as the supplements of the disc are concerned, they're minimal, with only a fulci biography and a theatrical trailer. The quality ( on the Anchor Bay DVD )of the picture is sharp, with vibrant colors but there are some occasional blemishes and scratches, and the most disturbing thing is a set of two vertical lines that appear every now and then on the right side of the screen , and keep appearing till the very end of the film. The sound is in mono, the dialogues are clear with no hissing and crackles. All in all, not the typical fulci flick, but a pleasant film to watch aimed mainly for the fans.
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Summary: Slow and fairly boring
Review: There just wasn't a whole lot to this movie. While the camera work was excellent, the story fell apart many times. Several things happened for seemingly no reason (e.g. the woman's bed began shaking and her windows blew out yet she never spoke to anyone about it and it made no sense! Or, woman finds an underground crypt/torture chamber yet never tells anyone and it's never visited again!). Very little gore and fairly boring.
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Summary: Moderately entertaining Fulci
Review: This film was okay. I liked it a lot better than MANHATTAN BABY. It is basically watchable but reminds me in a way of things like THAT DARN CAT. The cat in question is so obviously trained and is just not really menacing at all. If you are looking for SCARY this is not likely to do much but make you fall asleep.
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Summary: THE MASTER LUCIO FULCI HAS OPEN A NEW TERROR THE BLACK CAT
Review: THIS IS ONE OF MAY FAVORITE FILMS BY LUCIO FULCI SINCE THE HOUSE BY THE SEMENTARY .AND ZOMBIE. DEMONIA.MANHATTAN BABY. THE STORY
ABOUT A DIBOLICAL CAT FROM HELL IS VERY GOOD . ITS ABOUT A DEMON CAT THE WILL ATTACK PEOPLE THE HE DONT LIKE HIM.IT TAKES PLACE IN A OLD TOWN OF TERROR WERE PEOPLE SEEMS TO START DYING FOR SOME REASON. I CANT TELL YOU NO MORE YOU HAVE GOT TO SEE IT I RECOMED
IT 5 STARS #1 MOVIE MAY 30.02 THURSDAY
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Summary: One of Lucio Fulci's best!
Review: This is one of my favorite Fulci films. I personelly think the only reason this film is marked down is for its lack of gore, which I find unjust. Shure the film doesn't have a lot of gore. But the plot, cinematography, and the super natural overtones were superbe! Any Fulci/Poe fan should check this one out. Also if anyone even remotely liked the Black Cat story in Roger Corman's Trilogy Of terror should see this film aswell(interesting bit of trivia: Fulci made this film as part of a tribute to Roger Corman's The Black Cat in Trilogy Of Terror). jak
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