The Black Cat

The Black Cat (Gatto nero, 1981) is an Italian horror film from Lucio Fulci that you can watch online on iFILM. Loosely spun from the Edgar Allan Poe tale, it moves the dread to a quiet English village.

People near London start dying in gruesome accidents, each body marked by claw wounds. A Scotland Yard inspector follows the trail to an eccentric medium — an aging professor who tapes the voices of the dead. His black cat seems to roam on its own, turning up wherever the next victim falls. The case soon slips past anything reason can explain.

Fulci works his signature spell here: a prowling camera, tight shots of the cat's eyes and a slow, creeping sense of menace. For fans of Italian giallo and 1980s gothic horror, it lands square in the sweet spot. Stream The Black Cat (1981) online on iFILM.