The Black Cat (1934)

The Black Cat is a 1934 American Horror Film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer and starring Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff.

The film was the first of eight movies (six of which were produced by Universal) to pair the two iconic actors. It became Universal Studios biggest box office hit of the year and was also notable for being one of the first movies with an almost continuous Music score Lugosi also appeared in the  (1941 film) with the same title.

Plot
A honeymooning couple in Hungary get in a car accident. The wife is injured and taken to a nearby home of a devil worshipping priest where the couple become entrapped.

Cast

 * Boris Karloff as Hjalmar Poelzig
 * Bela Lugosi as Dr. Vitus Werdegast
 * David Manners as Peter Alison
 * Julie Bishop as Joan Alison
 * Egon Brecher as The Majordomo
 * Harry Cording as Thamal
 * Lucille Lund as Karen
 * Henry Armetta as The Sergeant
 * Albert Conti as The Lieutenant