Retro Movie Adventures: The Black Cat (1934)

Not about Felicia Hardy.

Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi in The Black Cat

Do you know what the wildest part of this movie is? This:

Text reading "Suggested by the immortal Edgar Allan Poe classic"

Things this movie has in common with Poe’s story:

  • The title
  • a cat (briefly)

Things this movie does not have in common with Poe’s story:

  • plot
  • characters
  • tone
  • message

It’s fun to see Lugosi and Karloff in the same film, and to see Lugosi is a (kind of creepy, but still mostly) good guy, but good golly this movie is silly.

Speaking of silly, here’s this movie’s really dumb poster:

POster for The Black Cat. Man, I didn't even line the names up right. I'm such a fool!
Did this poster make you jump?

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