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| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Movie Name | A Cat in the Brain (1990) |
| Director | Lucio Fulci |
| Screenplay Writer | Lucio Fulci, Antonio Tentori |
| Based on Novel by | — (Original screenplay) |
| Lead Actors | Lucio Fulci |
| Cast | Lucio Fulci, David L. Thompson, Jeoffrey Kennedy, Malisa Longo |
| Genre | Horror |
| Release Date | August 8, 1990 (Italy) |
| Duration | 1h 33m (93 minutes) |
| Budget | Low-budget Italian production |
| Language | Italian |
| Country | Italy |
| Box Office (Worldwide) | Cult release / limited data available |
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A Cat in the Brain is one of Lucio Fulci’s later movies. It is not his best film, but it may be his most unique one. This movie is about a horror film director named Lucio Fulci (played by Lucio Fulci). His long hours as a movie director and the constant barrage of gore that he sees daily are starting to desensitize him. He is starting to see things and he can’t even eat a meal without seeing some kind of freaky shit that causes him to lose his appetite. Starting to appreciate the seriousness of his situation, Fulci consults a shrink. However, things get worse for poor Lucio, as the good doctor sees this situation as an opportunity to go on a ruthless killing spree and set Fulci up as the patsy.
He brainwashes Lucio into thinking that he is a serial killer. This goes great with his already clearly manifested delusions. Just what the doctor ordered! What follows is a bloodbath of epic proportions and a journey into madness as Lucio slowly starts to lose his mind from the constant mindfuckings, both externally and internally.
To say this is one of Fulci’s best movies is a modest exaggeration. The plot is fun, but slightly unbelievable. Yeah, I know, teleporting zombies isn’t exactly realistic either. Still. Some could say that the storyline is just a pretense to barrage the viewer with explicit images of violence, gore, and nudity. Call it what you want.
There is a bunch of blood and gore in this flick. You have chainsaws, severed limbs hacked off by different types of weapons, hammer smashed faces (I think that is a Cannibal Corpse tune), decapitations, melting heads in microwaves, lots of female battery, nazis, strangulation, and more. There is even one scene where a young boy gets his head buzzed off by a chainsaw. Some of it looks realistic, while some of it not so much. All of it is graphic. Lots of nudity too. About a half dozen instances. Guilty pleasures galore!
The movie itself isn’t bad. I enjoyed it. There are several times when you are not sure if you are in real time, in a dream, deluding, or on the set. A plot of this complexity lends itself to such ambiguities. You also get some weird wacked out scenes, true to Fulci form. However, I thought the ending was fairly ingenious and consistent with the movie.
I think Lucio Fulci is God, so I am slightly biased about his movies and his acting. I really felt for his main character though. He was in such despair the whole movie. I just wanted him to lie down for a moment without getting barraged by all these delusions.
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