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A Cat in the Brain

Original title: Un gatto nel cervello
  • 19901990
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  • 1h 33m
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5.5/10
3.5K
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A Cat in the Brain (1990)
ComedyFantasyHorror
A horror film director is stalked by a mad psychiatrist/serial killer bent on killing people to model the killings after the director's gory death scenes from his movies.A horror film director is stalked by a mad psychiatrist/serial killer bent on killing people to model the killings after the director's gory death scenes from his movies.A horror film director is stalked by a mad psychiatrist/serial killer bent on killing people to model the killings after the director's gory death scenes from his movies.
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
3.5K
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    • Lucio Fulci
    • Lucio Fulci(story)
    • Giovanni Simonelli(story)
    • Antonio Tentori(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Lucio Fulci
    • Brett Halsey(archive footage)
    • Ria De Simone(archive footage)
    • Lucio Fulci
    • Lucio Fulci(story)
    • Giovanni Simonelli(story)
    • Antonio Tentori(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Lucio Fulci
    • Brett Halsey(archive footage)
    • Ria De Simone(archive footage)
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    • 61User reviews
    • 74Critic reviews
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    Lucio Fulci
    Lucio Fulci
    • Dr. Lucio Fulci
    Brett Halsey
    Brett Halsey
    • The Monster
    • (archive footage)
    Ria De Simone
    Ria De Simone
    • The Soprano
    • (archive footage)
    • (as Ria Desimon)
    David L. Thompson
    David L. Thompson
    • Professor Egon Schwarz
    Sacha Darwin
    Sacha Darwin
    • Woman in Oven
    • (archive footage)
    Jeoffrey Kennedy
    • Inspector Gabrielli
    Robert Egon
    Robert Egon
    • Second Monster
    • (archive footage)
    • …
    Malisa Longo
    Malisa Longo
    • Katya Schwarz
    • (as Melissa Lang)
    Shilett Angel
    • Filippo the Producer
    Paola Cozzo
    Paola Cozzo
    • Nurse Lilly
    • (as Judy Morrow)
    Adriana Russo
    • Nightmare Victim
    • (archive footage)
    • (as Layla Frank)
    Luciana Ottaviani
    Luciana Ottaviani
    • Nightmare Victim
    • (archive footage)
    • (as Georgia Moore)
    Paul Muller
    Paul Muller
    • Nightmare Victim
    • (archive footage)
    Marco Di Stefano
    Marco Di Stefano
    • Nightmare Victim
    • (archive footage)
    Maurice Poli
    Maurice Poli
    • Nightmare Victim
    • (archive footage)
    Lubka Lenzi
    • Nightmare Victim
    • (archive footage)
    Claudio Aliotti
    • Nightmare Victim
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Annie Belle
    Annie Belle
    • Nightmare Victim
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
      • Lucio Fulci
      • Lucio Fulci(story) (screenplay)
      • Giovanni Simonelli(story) (screenplay)
      • Antonio Tentori(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      The original script was 49 pages long and contained no dialogue. It consisted of descriptions of bodily mutilations/imagery and sound effects that would compliment them on screen.
    • Goofs
      When one of the victims gets her throat slit with a piano wire, we see blood running from her mouth and onto her chin - however between shots, we don't see the woman spitting up the blood.
    • Alternate versions
      German video version was cut down to 67 minutes but still got a "Not under 18" rating.
    • Connections
      Edited from Il fantasma di Sodoma (1988)

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    Fulci at his most lethargic
    Fulci himself had a clever concept for a movie: have the director be the main character around whom the boundaries that separate reality & movies begin to crumble. This idea prefigured Wes Craven's New Nightmare by years, but sadly the growing health problems Fulci was suffering from are clearly evident in the resulting movie.

    The movie is pieced together with footage from some of his previous works and the new material looks like it was shot in and around the area where Fulci lived, so he did not have to travel far.

    It is sad to see such a legendary talent slowly eroded, but Cat in the Brain, along with the awful Voices from Beyond show the inexorable decline in Fulci's work.

    Remember him for Zombi 2, Don't Torture A Duckling and The Beyond, rather than this sorry affair.
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    • Oct 17, 1999

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      • August 8, 1990 (Italy)
      • Italy
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy
    • Production company
      • Executive Cine TV
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    • 1 hour 33 minutes
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