A Cat in the Brain

Aug 8, 1990

1h 33m

★ 5.7

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.

Genres

Horror

Comedy

Production Companies

Executive Cine TV

A Cat in the Brain Trailers

Cast

Dr. Lucio Fulci

Lucio Fulci

Professor Egon Schwarz

David L. Thompson

Officer Gabrielli

Jeoffrey Kennedy

Katya Schwarz

Malisa Longo

Nurse Lilly

Paola Cozzo

Filippo the Producer

Shillett Angel

Human Monster

Brett Halsey

Himself / Second Monster

Robert Egon

Sopran

Ria De Simone

Woman in the Oven

Sacha Darwin

Nightmare Victim

Annie Belle

Nightmare Victim

Marco Di Stefano

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