Lucio Fulci Giovanni Simonelli (as John Fitzsimmons) Antonio Tentori
Story by
Lucio Fulci Giovanni Simonelli
Produced by
Antonio Lucidi Luigi Nannerini
Starring
Lucio Fulci Brett Halsey (stock footage) Jeoffrey Kennedy Malisa Longo Ria De Simone Sacha Maria Darwin
Cinematography
Alessandro Grossi
Edited by
Vincenzo Tomassi
Music by
Fabio Frizzi
Production company
Exclusive Cine TV
Distributed by
Lucas Film
Release date
August 8, 1990 (1990-08-08)[1]
Running time
89 minutes [1]
Country
Italy
Language
Italian
Budget
$100,000 (U.S.)
Cat in the Brain[2] (Italian: Un gatto nel cervello (I volti del terrore)) (lit. A cat in the brain), also known as Nightmare Concert,[2] is a 1990 Italian horror film written and directed by Lucio Fulci.[3] Fulci stars as a fictionalized version of himself, a tortured horror filmmaker who is driven by the violent visions that he experiences both behind the camera and off the set.[4] Feeling like he's losing his grip on reality and disturbed by murderous fantasies, Fulci consults a psychotherapist, who is secretly a serial killer and using hypnosis, exploiting the director's vulnerabilities to his own murderous ends.[5]
A Cat in the Brain has been called the horror film equivalent of Federico Fellini's 8½, using cynical, Grand Guignol humour.[5][6] Juxtaposing gory horror clips from several of his own past horror films which he had worked on, Fulci shot a wrap-around segment featuring his own plot and used Vincenzo Tomassi's film editing to create the storyline[6] – a personal insight into the effects of horror filmmaking on the psyche.[4]
^ abThrower, Stephen (1999). Beyond Terror, the films of Lucio Fulci. FAB Press. p. 281.
^ abThrower, Stephen (1999). Beyond Terror, the films of Lucio Fulci. FAB Press. page 281.
^Patricia MacCormack (22 April 2004). "Lucio Fulci". sensesofcinema.com. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
^ abThe Spinning Image UK "Cat in the Brain" a review
^ ab"Cat in the Brain (1990) - DVD Review" by Drew Fitzpatrick, Cinefanastique, March 31, 2009
^ abCoffel, Chris (October 19, 2016). "[Blu-ray Review] 'Cat in the Brain' is Fulci's '8 1/2'". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
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