Lucio Fulci was fooling himself when he chose to adapt Edgar Allen Poe's The Black Cat. Not that a good filmed version of the story isn't possible, but the way Fulci tries to dramatize the tale goes quickly from ludicrous to boring, with lots of wasted style in between.
This review of The Black Cat (1981) was written by Mike B on 30 Nov 2007.
The Black Cat has generally received mixed reviews.
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