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A Cat in the Brain

1990 · 93 min

A sweaty, gleeful descent into a horror director's unravelling mind, splashing lurid gore and self-mocking laughs together.

Tagline: Hitchcock invented the thriller… Fulci perfected it!
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.
How it feels: Dark, absurd, cynical and campy. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Madness, obsession, guilt, art
Content: Strong violence, gore and sexual content. Mild language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: madness
obsession
guilt
art
deception
Places: big city
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex strong