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1934

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Dr Werdegast (Lugosi), a Prisoner Of War for fifteen years has been freed and now seeks news of his wife and daughter and vengeance on Hjalmar Poelzig, the man whose betrayal lead to his imprisonment and the deaths of thousands of his countrymen during the war. He tracks him down to the castle he has built on the site of their .. Read more

Starring	Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Bela Lugosi, David Manners
Director	Edgar G. Ulmer
Genres	Horror

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- Absurd and dense farrago set in a modernistic but crumbling castle which is eventually blown to bits just as its owner is skinned alive. Mostly rather dull despite the extraordinary plot, but the thing has moments of style, a delightful cod devil worship
- 35543
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:44
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  "Even the phone is dead!"
  
  Cast off all associations with Edgar Allan Poe - this film takes the title and nothing more from the classic tale. This is the 'Heat' of Universal ... read more »
  
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  - 19 Oct 2007 at 11:26
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  Astonishingly Bad
  
  A supposed classic of the genre, this inchoesive rant of a film beggers all belief as a wooden Legosi does battle with an even more wooden Karloff over the ... read more »
  
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- - Shaba
  - 4 reviews
  - Scotland
  - 07 Mar 2012 at 00:34
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  Great fun & very enjoyable
  
  4 stars from me. While the film is typical of it's genre / era it is worth a look for its cast alone. Lugosi and Karloff are both excellent. In parts the ... read more »
  
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  - Watford
  - 07 Jun 2008 at 08:10
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  Solid Universal horror
  
  No where near the hights of the great Universal monster movies but still a good solid horror. As the first film to star both Karloff and Lugosi it was the Heat... read more »
  
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  - Sheffield
  - 07 Dec 2007 at 11:00
- - 2
  - 2
  Terrible!
  
  Not good storylines, I switched it off, appaling film.
  
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  - Olton
  - 12 Nov 2007 at 09:50
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  "Even the phone is dead!"
  
  Cast off all associations with Edgar Allan Poe - this film takes the title and nothing more from the classic tale. This is the 'Heat' of Universal ... read more »
  
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- - MrBenn
  - 23 reviews
  - Liverpool
  - 19 Oct 2007 at 11:26
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  "Even the phone is dead!"
  
  Cast off all associations with Edgar Allan Poe - this film takes the title and nothing more from the classic tale. This is the 'Heat' of Universal ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 486135
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  - MrBenn
  - 23 reviews
  - Liverpool
  - 19 Oct 2007 at 11:26
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  Terrible!
  
  Not good storylines, I switched it off, appaling film.
  
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  - Olton
  - 12 Nov 2007 at 09:50
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  Solid Universal horror
  
  No where near the hights of the great Universal monster movies but still a good solid horror. As the first film to star both Karloff and Lugosi it was the Heat... read more »
  
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  - Sheffield
  - 07 Dec 2007 at 11:00
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  Great fun & very enjoyable
  
  4 stars from me. While the film is typical of it's genre / era it is worth a look for its cast alone. Lugosi and Karloff are both excellent. In parts the ... read more »
  
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  - Watford
  - 07 Jun 2008 at 08:10
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  Astonishingly Bad
  
  A supposed classic of the genre, this inchoesive rant of a film beggers all belief as a wooden Legosi does battle with an even more wooden Karloff over the ... read more »
  
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- - Shaba
  - 4 reviews
  - Scotland
  - 07 Mar 2012 at 00:34

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Critics' reviews
- Absurd and dense farrago set in a modernistic but crumbling castle which is eventually blown to bits just as its owner is skinned alive. Mostly rather dull despite the extraordinary plot, but the thing has moments of style, a delightful cod devil worship
- 35543
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:44
- Devised and directed by Ulmer, most obscure of all the German ÃmigrÃs in Hollywood, The Black Cat owes nothing at all... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 01 Dec 2010 at 03:42

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  Dr Werdegast (Lugosi), a Prisoner Of War for fifteen years has been freed and now seeks news of his wife and daughter and vengeance on Hjalmar Poelzig, the man whose betrayal lead to his imprisonment and the deaths of thousands of his countrymen during the war. He tracks him down to the castle he ...