Black Cat (Widescreen): Amazon.ca: Patrick Magee, Mimsy Farmer, David Warbeck, Al Cliver, Dagmar Lassander, Bruno Corazzari, Geoffrey Copleston, Daniela Doria, Lucio Fulci, Sergio Salvati, Vincenzo Tomassi, Giulio Sbarigia, Biagio Proietti, Edgar Allan Poe: DVD

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3.0 out of 5 stars Didn't really seem like a Fulci film., Jan 29 2004

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Robert P. Beveridge "xterminal" (Lakewood, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Black Cat (Widescreen) (DVD)

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. ** �

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2.0 out of 5 stars Fulci meets Poe, Mar 14 2003

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BD Ashley "vidiot_y2k" (Otago, New Zealand) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Black Cat, the (VHS Tape)

Directed by horror master Lucio Fulci (NOT Luigi Cozzi as it says on this site) THE BLACK CAT is unrelated to the old Karloff movie, but is "freely adapted" from the Poe story.
The plot centres around a black cat (obviously) whose appearance to people soon leads to gruesome fatal "accidents" ranging from suffocation and impaling to premature burial. Naturally police are called in to investigate and they seek the help of a psychic, Myers (Patrick MaGee from CLOCKWORK ORANGE). But unknown to them, Myers has a strange power over the cat which enables it to hypnotize people.
THE BLACK CAT contains some good shocks for horror fans but the poor English dubbing makes the movie seem daft. The story is also rather slow and pretentious and Pino Donnagio's score is irritating, but the movie is still good late night viewing.

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5.0 out of 5 stars This IS Fulci's film!, Jun 5 2002

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Martin.Larsson (Sweden) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Black Cat, the (VHS Tape)

Look at the way this film is directed.Only Lucio Fulci can make a film wich is like this one. It is hard to explain with words how the fealing is in Fulci's movies, but it it is there in all his films, and if you are a true Lucio Fulci fan, you know that "The Black Cat" is only made by him. Not by Luigi Cozzo!!

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5.0 out of 5 stars THE MASTER LUCIO FULCI HAS OPEN A NEW TERROR THE BLACK CAT
THIS IS ONE OF MAY FAVORITE FILMS BY LUCIO FULCI SINCE THE HOUSE BY THE SEMENTARY .AND ZOMBIE. DEMONIA.MANHATTAN BABY. Read more

Published on May 30 2002 by henry hueck

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Movie but confused about the Director
I was wondering if some one would be able to help me clear some thing up....I noticed that the movie called,"The Black Cat"in the VHS format is Directed by Luigi Cozzi but I... Read more

Published on May 27 2002 by Gary Citron