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Black Cat, The (1934)

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All Time

of 190,166

399

1930's

of 13,971

25

1934

of 2,239

2
Adventure
- Adventure All Time
  
  of 4,420
  
  75
  
  Adventure of 1934
  
  of 35
  
  1
  
  Adventure of the 1930's
  
  of 328
  
  9
Crime
- Crime All Time
  
  of 6,080
  
  74
  
  Crime of 1934
  
  of 60
  
  2
  
  Crime of the 1930's
  
  of 739
  
  5
Horror
- Horror All Time
  
  of 4,953
  
  20
  
  Horror of 1934
  
  of 9
  
  1
  
  Horror of the 1930's
  
  of 92
  
  3
Thriller
- Thriller All Time
  
  of 7,015
  
  85
  
  Thriller of 1934
  
  of 14
  
  1
  
  Thriller of the 1930's
  
  of 137
  
  2

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Black Cat, The (1934) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:3.1677

Avg Critic Score:3.1388

Black Cat, The (1934) Movie Reviews

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Even though this film was supposed to be based on an Edgar Allen Poe story, the Poe story was replaced by the work Ulmer collaborated with George Sims, who wrote books as Paul Cain and film scripts as Peter Ruric. ...read the complete Black Cat movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

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The film opens in a train station in Mitel Europe. Geography is as blurred in this film as are other elements, but the setting is Austria. Newlywed couple Peter and Joan Alison (David Manners and Jacqueline Wells) are asked to share their train...read the complete Black Cat, The (1934) review at eFilmCritic Reviews

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DVD Verdict (Brett Cullum)

Probably the best teaming of Karloff and Lugosi ever produced, The Black Cat is a gloriously twisted film filled with a gleeful sense of the morbid. A couple on their honeymoon in Hungary share a train compartment with the creepy Dr. Werdegast (Lugosi),...read the complete Black Cat, The (1934) review at DVD Verdict (Brett Cullum)

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That Cow (Andrew Bradford)

The Black Cat is one of just a few occasions when Boris Karloff and Bela Legosi were paired up on screen. Their characters are suitably twisted, and are in fact pitted against each other in an oddly polite little battle. Are they the more twisted for...read the complete Black Cat, The (1934) review at That Cow (Andrew Bradford)

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