The combination of Karloff and Lugosi’s talents creates an enjoyable horror film from Universal, though it isn't especially frightening. A newly married couple is on their honeymoon in Hungary when their bus crashes close to the castle belonging to "Hjalmar Poelzig" (Karloff). Along with another passenger, "Vitus Werdegast" (Lugosi, acting somewhat dramatically), they find shelter and become entangled in a story of r…

A strange and mesmerizing unsettling experience. This Edgar G. Ulmer-directed movie, featuring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi together for what might be considered their finest collaboration, is quite unusual. Inspired by a story from Edgar Allan Poe, The Black Cat introduces Peter & Joan Allison (played by David Manners and Julie Bishop), who encounter the enigmatic scientist Dr. Vitus Verdegast (Lugosi) while hon…