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I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

This is not a movie in its own right. This is some kind of a bizarre portmanteau compilation of his later and poorer works, with Fulci himself joining the dots.It's very poor and borders on annoying. It's not often I'd say just avoid, in favour of give it a try for yourself but here I really don't think there's anything worth spending the time over.If you do feel compelled to give it a try, check out Touch of Death first and if you think that's awesome then you might find this one reasonable.

Thankfully, there are now quite a few uncut releases of 'A Cat In The Brain' on DVD. Not surprisingly this film suffered a great deal from the censors back in the days; just watch it for yourself and you'll get the picture. So I re-watched an uncut version recently, and boy, this still is such a 'fun' film. Whatever Mr. Fulci's intentions were at the time - must have been more than one, that's for sure - I'm still strongly convinced (more than ever, actually) that 'A Cat In The Brain' was partly intended to be a comedy. The movie is virtually plot less, or instead of a plot, it basically has only plot holes (think the size of Nebraska) tied together with hints at a plot. There's a hint at a murder mystery here, about a deranged murderer killing random people, though it's merely reduced to a background story. And as you all have probably read by now, it stars Fulci playing himself. It's also one of Fulci's most incoherent films. It also is quite ridiculous. And it all feels like it was meant to be this way. Literally stuffed with gore footage (both new and some lifted from his previous films), it's undoubtedly Fulci's most insane movie. Good stuff!

What i have to say about Lucio Fulci ? He is a master, without a big budget, he was able to make awesome horror movies, with good gore effects.In A cat in the brain, Fulci plays himself, Fulci is "tormented" by visions of his own horror creations. He tries to get help from a psychiatrist, but the psychiatrist is making the things worse....he "hypnotizes" Fulci, in order to make him do brutal murders in real life !There is a lot of stock footage, especially for the gore scenes, but it's well edited into the movie.I have to say that Fulci made a good work, with a low budget, even if it uses stock footage it's still a good film.Fulci Lives !

"A Cat in the Brain" is an incredibly enjoyable gore and sleaze-filled romp.**SPOILERS**Working on his newest movie, director Lucio Fulci, (Lucio Fulci) begins to feel like his career as a horror-only film-maker has caught up with him, as he begins to witness horrible hallucinations that remind him of what he has shot throughout his career. Desperate to help him, friend Officer Gabrielli, (Jeoffrey Kennedy) suggests that he visit psychiatrist Professor Egon Schwarz, (David L. Thompson) who immediately recognizes his frail mind and begins to formulate a plan to corrupt him. As the hallucinations continue, he goes back to the doctor and agrees to undergo hypnosis. A vicious crime spree begins to sweep the city, and he is at the center of it all. Desperate to understand what's happening to him, he tries to get the movie finished and solve the mystery about the vicious killing going on that has him as the primary suspect.The Good News: This here is actually a really entertaining and enjoyable film. One of it's best features is that there's a huge amount of blood and gore in the film. This one has a higher body count than what would normally be considered for a film of this kind, and these are just incredibly brutal and gory. There's some really brutal stabbings, a hand being loped off with a hatchet, being viciously run over with a car that opens up the chest, repeatedly stabbed in the head with a knife, thrown down a flight of stairs from a wheelchair and having the wheel run over the throat and a heaping amount of decapitations. This has at least half-a-dozen decapitations here, and several are pretty novel. Having it sliced off in a guillotine-style fashion between two pieces of furniture or being sliced off from being strangled with piano wire stand out as the big ones here, while there's several others in here just as great. This is one gory film, and it works in the right perspective. They come mainly from the hallucinations he witnesses in here, which themselves are quite exciting. They come from out of nowhere, are genuinely creepy and provide most of the best individual scenes in the film. The chase through the woods, the assault on the family in their home and the movie shoot in the cemetery, which is just plain fun in it's own right, are made all the better due to their no-nonsense cheese and feature a wide variety of different ways to make them entertaining. The cemetery scene, which is part of the movie made, is it's best scene, with a really great atmosphere, tons of chilling ideas and some great moments in it that are both creative and enjoyable. This is also a lot sleazier than might be expected, which is perfectly enjoyable. Along with several pretty nice nude scenes along the way, this also has a scene-stealing orgy scene done for the movie-within that is quite nice, and is a really enjoyable scene for those who love that kind of stuff. It's last big positive is that this is certainly a creative plot, one that wouldn't really be thought of for the time being. All-in-all, this was a highly enjoyable film.The Bad News: There isn't a whole lot of flaws in this one. There's a pretty unorthodox way of getting to the main point of the film, as at times the fantasy-is-reality gimmick gets a little confusing. There's times near the end where it's hard to determine whether or not it's in the movie or just a hallucination. That really makes it a little hard to get on first-time viewing. The weak quality of the special effects is something else, since most of the time it's obvious that they're just prosthetics. That there is the main thing, as it feels way too cheap for most of the really great gore to be taken seriously. That there is the biggest flaw, and the main problems with the film.The Final Verdict: This is a really impressive and really manages to get a lot right with only a few minor, inconsequential flaws. Highly recommended to hardcore Italian horror fans or fans of Fulci's work from the past, while it's hard to find those who won't enjoy this one.Rated UR/NC-17: Extreme Graphic Violence, Full Nudity, Language and several mild sex scenes