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THE BLACK CAT

Il gatto nero

1989 IT HMDB
April 9, 1989

When a horror film based on the same source material as Suspiria and Inferno goes into production, the evil witch the story is based upon manifests herself and not only begins to terrorise the actress set to portray her on screen, but reveals plans to wreck havoc and bloodshed throughout the world.

Directors

Luigi Cozzi

Cast

Florence Guérin, Urbano Barberini, Caroline Munro, Brett Halsey, Luisa Maneri, Karina Huff, Alessandra Acciai, Giada Cozzi, Jasmine Maimone, Antonio Marsina
Fantasy Dramma Horror

REVIEWS (1)

AC

As Chianese

This is the last film directed by the director of "Starcrash", who, after this latest work in horror, will dedicate himself to a stoic idleness in Argento's shop and to various collaborations. Caroline Munro is in the role of a girl accused of witchcraft because she is endowed with psychokinetic powers and ostracized by everyone, but the young woman will know how to avenge herself by unleashing a ruckus with her powers. Unconvincing special effects, a discreet Urbano Barberini ("Opéra", "Dèmoni") who holds the scene to a frenzied Munro and a cast of unknowns (except for the disoriented Michele Soavi). Cozzi directs something commercial that approaches "Carrie" and crafts a visible work (never released in theaters but only on VHS) in which no one hoped, perhaps because it was written in tandem with Daria Nicolodi, already the author of the bad "Paganini Horror" always by Cozzi.