A Cat in the Brain(1990)
Hitchcock invented the thriller… Fulci perfected it!
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.
Movie: A Cat in the Brain
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Dr. Lucio Fulci
Professor Egon Schwarz
Katya Schwarz
Nurse Lilly
Human Monster
Sopran
Woman in the Oven
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