The Black Cat

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Elvis D Un thriller psicológico fascinante que tiene a los iconicos Boris Karloft y Bela Lugosi juntos, pero su mayor error es pretender ser una adaptación del cuento original de Edgar Allan Poe, ya que no tiene absolutamente nada que ver con dicho relato y solamente toma el título y algunos pocos guiños implícitos. Deriva demasiado presentando una historia diferente que sirvió como antecedente para el thriller psicológico aplicado en películas futuras. Como película de Karloft y Lugosi es aceptable, pero nunca debió ser etiquetada como una adaptación de las obras Poe, ya que en eso fracasa mucho. Mi calificación para esta película es un 7/10. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 10/29/23 Full Review Lucas C The Black Cat is a great movie. Bela Lugosi is great as Dr Vitus Werdegast and Boris Karloff is amazing as Hjaimar Poelzig. Its a anther Universal classic and I highly recommend this movie. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/09/23 Full Review Valerii Ege D In the same movie, Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff appeal to me, but the story and acting are like an awful theater play. The story has some interesting offerings, but the process is really, really bad. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 09/03/23 Full Review Steve D Too slow and un-scary even for its time. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 04/12/23 Full Review Zachary V Somewhat campy and self aware - the establishing shots of Boris Karloff's character are so clearly intended to appeal to audiences already familiar with Universal's Frankenstein. The story has enough twists and turns to entertain, and the tension between Lugosi and Karloff work both within the story and as a 'monster mash' between two already iconic horror actors. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/13/22 Full Review dave s While it's always fun to see Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi together in a film, but The Black Cat proves to be a bit of a disappointment. Granted, the strange sets and the effective lighting manage to establish an eerie atmosphere at times, but the convoluted plot undermines things fairly significantly, not to mention the incredibly annoying and ever-present score that never seems to compliment what's happening on the screen. To top things off, the opening credits indicate that the film was ‘suggested by' Edgar Allan Poe's classic short story, which is clearly misleading as the film has absolutely nothing to do with Poe's masterpiece. Linking the movie to the short story would be the equivalent of saying that Stars Wars was ‘suggested by' Joyce's Ulysses. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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