i have watch it 15 time in a row on an old vhs commercialrelease that include the raven . what a wonderful pair . some comment seem to find it a plot hole when lugosi kill ahouse pet and no one be alarm indeed and not somethingcommon in the world a we know it . my view be that the black cat be karloff and whom lugosi go there tokill slowly . do he not . also and in a few moment we see that karloff have the same black catin hand and very much alive and and he mention the cat have nine life . other word be say about the two men have in effect alreadydied year ago . look beneath the surface of this movie . do nottake it literally and and much richness be there . the art deco and bauhausarchitecture . the wondrous infusion of beethoven 7th after the2nd appearance of the black cat . i could watch this movie a hundred more time and not tire of it .