The Black Cat (1934)
The Black Cat (1934)
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Boris Karloff
Hjalmar Poelzig
Bela Lugosi
Dr. Vitus Werdegast
David Manners
Peter Alison
Julie Bishop
Joan Alison
Egon Brecher
The Majordomo
Harry Cording
Thamal
Lucille Lund
Karen
Henry Armetta
The Sergeant
Albert Conti
The Lieutenant
John Carradine
Cult Organist
Virginia Ainsworth
Cultist
John George
Cultist (uncredited)
Albert Pollet
Waiter (uncredited)
Edgar G. Ulmer
Director / Story / Costume Design / Set Designer
John J. Mescall
Director of Photography
Peter Ruric
Screenplay / Story
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 7, 1934
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 3m
Budget$95,745
Box Office$236,000
Genres
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Wiki.
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 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.
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