{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"THE BLACK CAT (1981) \u2013 Episode 184 \u2013 Decades of Horror 1980s","description":" "Cats take orders from no one." No comment. Join your faithful Grue-Crew - Crystal Cleveland, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr -  as they try to figure out exactly what\u2019s up with the cat in Lucio Fulci\u2019s version of Edgar Allan Poe\u2019s The Black Cat (1981). Decades of Horror 1980s Episode 184 \u2013 The Black Cat (1981) Join the Crew on the Gruesome Magazine YouTube channel! Subscribe today! And click the alert to get notified of new content! https:\/\/youtube.com\/gruesomemagazine A professor with the psychic ability to communicate with the dead uses his powers on his pet cat in order to take vengeance upon his enemies. IMDb   Director: Lucio Fulci Writers: Biagio Proietti & Lucio Fulci (screenplay), Edgar Allan Poe (story: "The Black Cat," 1843)  Cinematography by: Sergio Salvati Cast Patrick Magee as Prof. Robert Miles Mimsy Farmer as Jill Trevers David Warbeck as Inspector Gorley Al Cliver as Sgt. Wilson Dagmar Lassander as Lillian Grayson Bruno Corazzari as Ferguson Geoffrey Copleston as Inspector Flynn Daniela Doria as Maureen Grayson (as Daniela Dorio) The Black Cat is Bill\u2019s pick and he admits to being pleasantly surprised. Even so, he points out the film does come amidst some of Fulci\u2019s best work. Chad really enjoyed The Black Cat, identifying the story and Patrick Magee\u2019s performance as high points. It seemed a little rough at first to Crystal, but The Black Cat did grow on her. She identifies the story as being better than those in many of Fulci\u2019s films and you have to love Patrick Magee and, of course, the cat. Not quite as gruesome as many of Fulci\u2019s films, Jeff wonders why The Black Cat\u2019s most graphic shot is scaled back in the film as opposed to what\u2019s shown in the trailer. The exact nature of the cat is left open to interpretation but the crew tries to nail it down anyway. As of this writing, The Black Cat is available to stream VOD and on physical media as a Blu-ray disc from Arrow Video. Every two weeks, Gruesome Magazine\u2019s Decades of Horror 1980s podcast will cover another horror film from the 1980s. The next episode\u2019s film, chosen by Crystal, will be Peter Jackson\u2019s first film, Bad Taste (1987).  You won\u2019t want to miss that one! 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 gruesome Magazine Youtube channel, on the website or email the Decades of Horror 1980s podcast hosts at feedback@gruesomemagazine.com ","author_name":"Decades of Horror | Horror News Radio","author_url":"http:\/\/docrotten.libsyn.com","html":"