{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"The Black Cat (1934) - Episode 67 - Decades of Horror: The Classic Era","description":" \u201cMany men have gone there. Few have returned. I have returned. After fifteen years... I have returned.\u201d Dr. Vitus Werdegast delivers this line with a grave determination that tells you he has vengeance on his mind. Join this episode\u2019s Grue Crew - Joseph Perry, Chad Hunt, and Jeff Mohr - as they witness Werdegast exact his gruesome revenge in The Black Cat (1934), a Universal production featuring Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff in the first of their pairings. Decades of Horror: The Classic Era Episode 67 \u2013 The Black Cat (1934) American honeymooners in Hungary become trapped in the home of a Satan-worshiping priest when the bride is taken there for medical help following a road accident. - IMDb   Director: Edgar G. Ulmer Writers:  Edgar Allan Poe (suggested by a story by) (credit only) Peter Ruric (screenplay) Edgar G. Ulmer (story) Music by Heinz Roemheld (uncredited) Costume Design by Edgar G. Ulmer (uncredited) Art Department: Edgar G. Ulmer - set designer (uncredited) Makeup Department: Jack P. Pierce - makeup artist (uncredited) CAST: Boris Karloff as Hjalmar Poelzig (billed as Karloff) B\u00e9la Lugosi as Dr. Vitus Werdegast David Manners as Peter Alison Julie Bishop (billed as Jacqueline Wells) as Joan Alison Egon Brecher as The Majordomo Harry Cording as Thamal Lucille Lund as Karen Werdegast John Carradine as Organist (uncredited) Edgar Ulmer\u2019s The Black Cat shares nothing with Edgar Allan Poe\u2019s \u201cThe Black Cat\u201d beside a title and the presence of the titular character. Your loyal Grue-Crew is astounded by the film\u2019s subject matter which includes genocide, PTSD, satanic worship, human sacrifice, and skinning a person. Being the first of eight Lugosi and Karloff pairings, this episode\u2019s crew also thinks it is the best. Joseph identifies another of Ulmer\u2019s films as a personal favorite while Chad is enamored of Lugosi getting a chance to play a good guy, or at least not the worst guy. Jeff speculates on how the film\u2019s release date just prior to full implementation of the Hays Code might have affected the plot. If you haven\u2019t seen The Black Cat, this episode\u2019s co-hosts highly recommend you seek it out, either online or in Scream Factory\u2019s Blu ray boxed-set that includes the film along with three other Universal pairings of Lugosi and Karloff. Gruesome Magazine\u2019s Decades of Horror: The Classic Era is part of the Decades of Horror 3-week rotation with the 1970s and 1980s. In three weeks, the next episode in their very flexible schedule will be The Revenge of the Creature (1955), from Universal and directed by Jack Arnold.  Please let them know how they\u2019re doing! They want to hear from you \u2013 the coolest, grooviest fans:  leave them a message or leave a comment on the site or email the Decades of Horror: The Classic Era podcast hosts at feedback@gruesomemagazine.com To each of you from each of us, \u201cThank you so much for listening!\u201d ","author_name":"Decades of Horror | Horror News Radio","author_url":"http:\/\/docrotten.libsyn.com","html":"