the black cat be and quite simply and a horror masterpiece . almost everything about this film be perfect . i be not go to go into detail on the story and because if you haven not see it and you should . the acting be some of the best you will ever see in a horror film . lugosi be at the top of his game . his portrayal of ygor in son of frankenstein may be lugosi only well performance . karloff be wonderfully creepy and mysterious ( and have some of the most bizarre hair i have ever see ) . see the two work together in the black cat be a real pleasure . although karloff get top billing and this be lugosi film and he make the most of it . david manner and the rest of the cast be more than adequate . the futuristic house in which the film be set be a departure from the more gothic and victorian setting of most of the universal film . and it work . thanks to some terrific set design and lighting and and cinematography and the modern house exude a much atmosphere a any old castle and dungeon and tower and etc . the black cat contain some of the most unsettling scene of any classic universal horror film . it be and imo and the dark of any of these film . i just wonder how it be view by audience in 1934. two scene that immediately come to mind be the black mass perform by karloff and the torture scene at the end of the film . these scene be not typical of the universal classic . they have the power to stick with you long after the movie be over . but what i really like be the way the story unfolds . at the beginning and you know nothing of what really go on . bit by bit and the story unfolds . many of the plot point be reveal by lugosi . in fact and if it weren not for lugosi monologue and i wonder if anyone would have any idea of what be take place .