1981 · gothic · poe · supernatural
The Black Cat
Directed by Lucio Fulci1h 32m1981
Townspeople of a small English village begin to die in a series of horrible accidents, and a Scotland Yard inspector arrives to investigate a mysterious local medium who records conversations with the dead.
Our read: The Black Cat (1981) reads as a sombre, steady, inventive gothic · poe · supernatural entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured gothic / poe, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
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