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Hitchcock invented the thriller… Fulci perfected it! - A Cat in the Brain
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Title: A Cat in the Brain

Release Date: 8 Aug 1990

Runtime: 1h 33m

Genre: Horror, Comedy

Director: Executive Cine TV

Production Companies: Executive Cine TV

Overview: The master of Italian horror, Lucio Fulci, stars as... Lucio Fulci, a filmmaker with a reputation for gruesome horror films. His body of work has started to plague his mental state, and he is haunted by the grotesque set-pieces his mind has conjured up during his career. His psychiatrist, Egon Schwarz, uses a hypnotised Fulci as an avatar to carry out his own disturbed fantasies, in hopes of ruining the master’s reputation once and for all.

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Average Vote: 5.8 (142 votes)

Cast

  • Dr. Lucio Fulci: Lucio Fulci
  • Professor Egon Schwarz: David L. Thompson
  • Officer Gabrielli: Jeoffrey Kennedy
  • Katya Schwarz: Malisa Longo
  • Nurse Lilly: Paola Cozzo
  • Filippo the Producer: Shillett Angel
  • Human Monster: Brett Halsey
  • Himself / Second Monster: Robert Egon
  • Sopran: Ria De Simone
  • Woman in the Oven: Sacha Darwin
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