After a road accident in Hungary, the American honeymooners Joan and Peter and the enigmatic Dr. Werdegast find refuge in the house of the famed architect Hjalmar Poelzig, who shares a dark past with the doctor.
Title | The Black Cat |
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Year | 1934 |
Genre | Horror |
Country | United States of America |
Studio | Universal Pictures |
Cast | Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Julie Bishop, Egon Brecher, Harry Cording |
Crew | Edgar G. Ulmer (Director), John J. Mescall (Director of Photography), Peter Ruric (Screenplay), Peter Ruric (Story), Edgar G. Ulmer (Story), Edgar Allan Poe (Short Story) |
Keyword | chess, prisoner of war, hungary, black and white, train, storm, psychiatrist, black cat, spiral staircase, high priest, newlywed, pre-code, based on short story, satanic ritual, satanic cult, psychotronic, preserved corpse, female corpse, devil worship, mystery writer, wife murderer, woman in peril, bus crash, europe honeymoon, flaying, glass display cases, gun turret, married to stepdaughter |
Release | May 07, 1934 |
Runtime | 65 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 6.70 / 10 by 271 users |
Popularity | 8 |
Budget | 95,745 |
Revenue | 236,000 |
Language | Latin, English, Français, Magyar |