Cat in the Brain (limited edition)
| release date | August 8 1990 |
| studio | Grindhouse Releasing/ Ryko |
| director | Lucio Fulci |
| writer | Lucio Fulci |
| starring | Lucio Fulci, Robert Egon, Brett Halsey, and Paul Muller |
| site | grindhousereleasing.com |
| trailer 1 | Trailer #1 |
2 Comments
I’ve wanted to see this for quite some time. I pre ordered a copy through Amazon.Looks damn good
This movie wasn’t that bad, nor was it that great. It is pretty weird to watch, since there are scenes from other movies in it to show how the director is haunted by his past works, or how a director fears repeating himself (basically facing his fear and going right at it so to speak).
The movie is very gory and pretty interesting, it shows how Fulci is going insane after all these years from all the violent and f***ed up things he’s done. Things that he has done remind come back to him at the worst of times, like at a restaurant when a steak reminds him of a cannibal eating someone and feeding them to pigs lol. This movie was just pure gore, although some of it was from other movies, but it is still worth checking out.
I don’t know how to really explain it, just check it out for yourself i guess XD. I give this a 7/10 FULCI LIVES!!!!!! 7/10!
It’s definitely the essence of Fulci. Really weird, completely original movie. Fulci’s acting is subpar, but the gore makes for good times for all
Creepy and weird movie that was very interesting. Body count in this movie is amazing, but alot of them are from past movies. This movie is one of those movies that many will not like but there will be the others who can appreciate the creativity and really enjoy this movie. I am one that really enjoyed this movie and think it is a great add to any horror fans collection. “Bravo Lucio Fulci”.
great movie, great gore (like with any other Fulci movie) it might show insight into what a horror director like Fulci might go through after doing so many movies.
if u liked Lucio Fulci other films the u will definetly like this one, like any other Lucio Fulci film he delievers a shit load a gore and thts to b expected. it was a great movie and any fan of his other movies shud definetly take a look at this
I haven’t seen yet all movies from grandmaster Fulci but I’m pretty sure that this is his weirdest but also his most entertaining one. A hilariously brilliant self-reflexive ‘quasi-self-parody’, largely cut together from previous lesser known Fulci-directed/produced flicks.
The cast is extremely funny with Fulci playing himself delivering a terrific performance, and a super-freaky slasher-psychiatrist. The gore amount is very high and extremely insane (lots of violent decapitations, slit throats, stabbings, ripped out body parts, melted heads, crushed bodies…). The story is quite interesting, the camera work is mostly nice. It’s tense, amusing, a bit shocking and it never gets boring. Thumbs up!
Lucio Fulci; now there’s a name you may know. He’s often cited as a master of horror; an outstanding genre director who preferred making gore flicks to anything else, but occasionally, he would make something different. If I had to name three of his most famous features, I’d definitely list “Zombie”, “City of the Living Dead”, and “The Beyond”. Everything else I pretty much disliked due to the fact that Fulci is really only somewhat good when he’s putting surrealism beside the gore effects. He didn’t do this often enough. This is why I don’t necessarily love him; but each of his films was what it was; and if it was shit, then so be it.
Say you like Fulci, and admire his work even more than I do (on occasion). If you find yourself drooling at each of his most gruesome creations, then his “A Cat in the Brain” will have you foaming from the mouth. It’s a love letter to the filmmaker’s fans; made by the filmmaker himself. It might have been one of his last and only good films. I liked it because, if you can put the graphic violence and content aside, it can be seen as a dark satire that mimics the likes of “8 1/2″. I was able to enjoy it for the most part; the violence is indeed intense, but I expected as much out of Fulci. What he didn’t do was amaze me; what he did do was surprise me, and disgust me, but only a little. There’s something oddly admirable about that.
Not only did Fulci direct the film, but he also managed to squeeze himself in as the film’s central character. I don’t want to call him a hero; because, what’s a hero when the person wields an axe and makes horror films as gruesome as Fulci does? Fulci plays himself; a filmmaker who is beginning to doubt both his ability and his sanity. This questioning begins when Fulci finds himself creating an alternate ego of some sorts to kill people at will. This happens commonly with the psychopaths of cinema, but is Fulci really as crazy as he seems? We’ll just have to wait and see.
Made up mostly of images and scenes from his earlier films, “A Cat in the Brain” is for most of its run-time a showcase of Fulci and his new alter-ego brutally slashing their way through prostitutes and demeaning gardeners alike. It’s entertaining, if not almost distractingly grotesque, for the most part; and it never stops fascinating me to some degree. I was able to openly accept the satirical tones and enjoy what Fulci had prepared for his audience. You may not find yourself watching a genre masterpiece, but I mentioned “8 1/2″, and when that film is paired with a review for a horror film, you know it’s at least worth a look.
But will the Fulci die-hards enjoy it? Absolutely. I imagine that they will have a good time reconnecting with the images that they’ve already seen from past Fulci efforts; and non-Fulci-enthusiasts (such as myself) might have the ability to look into the film a bit, and see something well worth the endurance that it may require. This is some shocking, brutal stuff, people. You may not have the stomach for the material, and you may not want to sit through it, but for those who are tolerant of this kind of stuff; “A Cat in the Brain” is a nice, unpleasant, uneasy, but unexpectedly intelligent treat. It’s an exploitation picture with heart and even brains; as it studies the psychology of a filmmaker who single-handedly created some of the most repulsive and disgusting imagery for his time. I say this; if you kind of like Fulci (and at times, I do), then you’ll have a good time watching this film. I say it’s a lot of fun, albeit somewhat tasteless fun. If you hate Fulci, well, then you might just hate this too. It’s a film that WANTS you to be open-minded when you go into it. Hopefully you will take my word for it, see it, and develop your own opinion. All I know is that it is what it is; and it inhabits a world where it can be accepted as something of quality. It has a fantastical and almost surrealistic nature to it; and I took a liking to it, the more I thought. I love movies like that.