The Black Cat

[geinman1287]

One of the few films where Lugosi was the hero.

[googybuzzy]

L and K..wow wow wow..they are great together!!

[ysbaddaden2003]

This was lightly based on the career of Aleister Crowley, as was also the later Night of the Demon with Niall MacGinnis playing a sorcerer named Dr. Julian Karswell.

The only Poe in The Black Cat was Lugosi's fear of cats, so of course one occasionally shows up, a sealed up wife of the villain in a much more elaborate set-up than Poe's short story, and of course the villain's name itself POElzig.

[OneTrueStormGod]

This is a truly great movie. What characters! The revenge driven Lugosi and the amoral fiend Karloff. My favorite part is when Joan discovers that Poelzig (Karloff) has a sexual relationship with Werdegast's (Lugosi) daughter. I also liked the scene where Lugosi saw his preserved wife in a glass coffin.

This film shows why Karloff and Lugosi were the greatest.

BTW the Hayes code sucked.

[Jzeaser]

whats the hayes code?

[MajorSecord]

around 1934 Hollywood agreed to self-censorship and appointed some nut named Hayes to set up guidelines to crack down on what was thought to be inappropriate material (verbal, visual and subject matter) This went on until the 60s.

[Jzeaser]

thank you for the enlightment

[Johnabraytis]

This is on Svengoolie tonight. I think I'll check it out.

[djuma77]

One of the best of the Karloff-Lugosi films. Their personalities were so unique, and they compliment each other perfectly. I remember seeing this film as a kid, and being blown away by the two leads, and by the haunting music and sets. What a pair! And Edgar G. Ulmer was a brilliant director, though he became mired in mostly B and C-grade films. This is his masterpiece. Karloff and Lugosi were also good together in "The Raven" and "Son of Frankenstein," but this is perhaps their best pairing.

[anton1990]

Bela was the star of this film, but as usual Boris got top billing. Bela proves as usual that he had an extraordinary force in acting.

[Leviclei]

Someone should put up the whole video sometime.

[cha5]

One of my favorite Lugosi and Karloff films,

They could really play off each other brilliantly.

[gnikcohs]

Autre film que j'ai vu il y a 50 ans, a la television, mais qui m'a impressione beaucoup et qui reste dans ma memoire a cause de son ambiance etrange. J'ai pas vu depuis longtemps mais je crois aussi qu'il a un tres remarquable rhythme, un peu Kabuki.

This film has haunted me since I first saw it in the 50s. The clip activated strange memories. If I remember it's bizarre atmosphere was enhanced by it's Kabuki like pacing and acting. Bela was great but Boris had the better part (and hair style).

[ToddCMorgan]

This was the last horror movie made before the Hayes Code was enforced in mid-1934! It's also the first of many films to star both Karloff and Lugosi! And in my opinion, it's one of the best horror films ever, right up there with "Dracula", "Frankenstein" and "King Kong"! Modern horror films are nothing compared to the truly frightening classics of the early '30's!

[jelenjelen]

I love Bela Lugosi. This is the greatest film ever!!

[kaszavas]

one of my favorite movies ever

[thevinnest]

I agree, these guys were brilliant.

[Tobias2dope]

old scarey films were excellant, they actually creeped you out.. all we get nowadays are these nasty unorigional slasher movies where the only thing you can count on is gore in place of a plot. its either that or redone japanese crap, which again makes the genre unorigional. how lame.

[Ferco1976]

Bela Lugosi (1882-1956) should be 125 now and Boris Karloff (1887-1969) 120

[karloff4]

Boris looks so scary in this film.

Bela is great too.

[utopiceye]

gracias

[CultofJ]

This is a great film, I'll have to pick it up on dvd.