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Date Posted: 00:38:15 10/28/10 Thu
Author: Tim
Subject: Re: Favorite horror moments with cat murders
In reply to: Rick 's message, "Favorite horror moments with cat murders" on 23:57:39 10/27/10 Wed

It sounds like The Black Cat (1941), one I haven't seen in a long time. And quite a cast too, including Basil Rathbone and Anne Gwynne. Bela Lugosi has the distinction of appearing in both Universal films titled The Black Cat.

Officer Torch is more familiar with the '41 film than I am, and Dan may have some recollections of it as well. It is certainly the lesser known of Universal's pair of Black Cats.


Tim

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[> Re: Favorite horror moments with cat murders -- Officer Torch, 16:41:25 10/28/10 Thu [1]

Well, not really...the two movies are very much different. I prefer the older classic with our icons, Karloff and Lugosi. Actually, though I have it, haven't viewed the '41 Black Cat in awhile...think its on the light side I recall. Think there might have been some cat-astrophic things in some of the Vincent Price movies, especially those written by Poe. Don't recall which though.


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[> [> Re: Favorite horror moments with cat murders -- DAN, 10:54:44 10/29/10 Fri [1]

Well off the top of my head the only Universal films I can think of with any cats playing a role in the plot, is "The Black Cat" 1934 & 1941 versions. And "The Cat Creeps." (1946)

I don't remember there being any murders in the The Black Cat (1934) that involved cats.
I just remember Lugosi having a cat phobia in this movie.

Cats were used in the plot of The Black Cat (1941) but I don't remember all of the plot....been a while since I've seen it.

I recall a trick used with cats in "The Cat Creeps" to flush out the killer.

But anyway, I'll have to watch the 41 Black Cat...and The Cat Creeps again, because I can't recall enough about the cats in these two films.


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[> [> [> Re: Favorite horror moments with cat murders -- Rick, 20:13:44 10/29/10 Fri [1]

In the 1934 film, Lugosi throws the knife and kills the cat (not seen) after it walks in and you hear it scream. Mrs. Allison walks in the main room a few moments later in her drug-induced state and this ties in with the cat murder. Apparently, the cat returns later as we see it again. As Poelzig states the black cat is the cat that can never die.






Rick


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[> [> [> [> Re: Favorite horror moments with cat murders -- DAN, 10:29:27 10/30/10 Sat [1]

I'll have to watch "The Black Cat" (1934) again. It's been quite a while since I've seen it.


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