Il gatto nero (1989)

Country of Origin: Italy
Year of Production: 1989
Running Times: 89 mins
Format: colour
Ratio:
Sound:

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: World Pictures / 21st Century
Producer: Lucio Lucidi
Production Supervisors: Piero Amati, Giovanni Mongini
Production Manager: Andrea Borella

SCRIPT
Script: Lewis Coates (real name: Luigi Cozzi)

DIRECTION
Director: Lewis Coates (real name: Luigi Cozzi)

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Pasquale Rachini

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Piero Bozza

MUSIC
Music: Vince Tempera

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Costume Designer: Donatella Cazzola

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Antonio Corridori, Armando Valcauda

MISCELLANEOUS
Production Assistant: Elisabetta Bartolomei

CAST
Florence Guérin (Ann)
Urbano Barberini
Caroline Munro (Nora)
Brett Halsey
Luisa Maneri
Karina Huff
Alessandra Acciai
Jasmine Maimone
Antonio Marsina
Giada Cozzi
Maurizio Fardo
Michele Soavi (uncredited)

PLOT SUMMARY

A team of film-makers making a horror movie accidentally revive the witch Levana, one of the dreaded Three Mothers, who is also the main character in their film. Levana plans to spread evil throughout the world and the only one who can stop her is actress Anne, who is playing Levana in the movie.

CAPSULE REVIEW

Although Cozzi manages some impressively atmospheric scenes, most of them cribbed directly from his mentor Dario Argento, Il gatto nero doesn't really amount to much. Performances are stiff and unconvincing, and the climax is badly mismanaged. As an unauthorised addition to Argento's Three Mothers series it leaves a lot to be desired.

Greece
Video Distributor: MTC Video

USA
Video Distributor: Columbia

Australia
Rating: M

UK
Rating: 18

USA
Rating: R

POSTER TAGS

Between dreams and nightmares... between reality and fantasy... lies the terror of

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

The Black Cat
Czarny kot – Polish title
De Profundis
Dead Eyes - West German title
Demons 6 – US title
Demons 6: De Profundis – US title
Edgar Allen Poe's The Black Cat
El gato negro – Venezuelan title
Out of the Depths

SEE ALSO
Inferno (1980)
Suspiria (1977)
Videodrome (1983)

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Screen International no.727 21 October 1989 p.35 (UK)
advertisement

Starburst no.148 (December 1990) p.39 (UK)
illustrated credits, review (by Alan Jones)

BOOKS

Aurum Encyclopedia of Film: Horror (2nd edition) pp.472-473
credits, review

Creature Features Strikes Again p.44
credits, review

Spaghetti Nightmares p.164
credits, review

KEYWORDS

actors; film makers; film-making; impalement; mirrors; throat slitting; wheelchairs; witches