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Black Cat, The (1934) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Black Cat, The (1934) a score of 3.1335 out of 4

based on (23) reviews

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Excellent

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(13)

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(1)

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eFilmCritic Reviews

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)