Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, David Manners
This highly regarded Universal horror classic was the first pairing of Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. Bela plays Dr. Vitus Verdegast, a mysterious traveler who returns to the art-deco mansion of his o...( read more
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Stats: 145 reviews
it's fun to see karloff and lugosi working together. there is a black cat; other than that there's no resemblance to poe's short story. karloff plays an architect and leader of a gang of satanists with lugosi as a man from his past back to settle an old score, a psychiatrist wh...( read more)
Those looking for an accurate adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's short story should look elsewhere. About the only thing this film has in common with Poe's story i...( read more)
Boris Karloff plays the leader of a bunch of satanists, and is willing to sacrifice a married couple, who are unexpectedly protected by none other than Bela Lugosi. Duel of titans that has few or nothing to do with Edgar Allan Poe's short story, but is directed with attractive ex...( read more)
Utter rubbish with nothing at all to do with the Edgar Allan Poe story of the same name even if it is mentioned in the opening credits.
The bizarre plot becomes more and more muddled as the film progresses with gaping holes everywhere. Mercifully, it is all soon over.
The only go...( read more)
A fantastic example of classic horror, The Black Cat is delightfully eerie in the gothic way vintage horror often is. Lugosi and Karloff work perfectly together in a story centered around betrayal.
A couple Peter and Joan Allison are joined by Dr. Vitus Verdegast (Bela Lugosi) who are on their way to a hotel, but suddenly their bus crashes during a storm. Dr Verdegast suggests they seek refuge in Hjalmar Poelzig's (Boris Karloff) house, who is an old acquaintance of his and...( read more)
Creepy, weird, sexual undertones and very odd, it was banned when it first came out. Still hard to get hold of - except in Europe (which is were I got my copy). No relation to the Edgar Allan Poe story whatsoever.
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