The Black Cat (1934)

Director
Edgar G. Ulmer

Main cast
Boris Karloff; Bela Lugosi; David Manners; Julie Bishop; Egon Brecher

Genres
Horror, Crime

Description
American honeymooners in Hungary are trapped in the home of a Satan-worshiping priest when the bride is taken there for medical help following a road accident.


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