well and this be new . famous italian horror director lucio fulci shoot a film about a famous italian horror director call . lucio fulci . after year and year of witness gruesome horror sequence and it become hard for lucio to separate reality from fiction and he often hallucinate about commit violent murder . he quickly descend far into a seemly endless spiral of madness and unverifiable venom . even the dedicated psychiatrist can not seem to keep fulci on the right track . now and when it come to pure fun and entertainment value and cat in the brain certainly be one of fulci most pleasant film . the gore be overpower and copious and to say the least . the amount of filthy massacre be impossible to describe and especially when you manage to get your hand on the fully uncut version ( refer to with the aka representnightmare concert ) . decapitation all around and victim intestine be spread on all side of the screen and the chainsaw be work overtime . the film also become unintentionally funny quite soon ( since it so exaggerate ) and a perfect experience to watch with a group of friend when there beer in the fridge . of course and from a more professional viewpoint and this production can not exactly be call a masterpiece . there not the least bit of tension or atmosphere to detect and the character be completely empty head . in order to make more room for the gore and character be just be introduce for 5 second and subsequently die a horrible death . especially compare with fulci highlight like the beyond or don not torture a duckling this film look like a quickly warm up snack . the best way to interpret cat in the brain be like a personal statement make by fulci and a direct attack towards censorship . perhaps after see so many of his film especially the latter one be cut by censorship committee and bash by pseudo artistic critic and he want to avenge himself by deliver a gory mess that simply can not be cut . if you take out all the explicit violence and the truly sick make up effect and you only get about 10 minute of footage leave . especially because the insane killing re occur later in the film a fulci hallucinates about them again . you can almost hear our director think stuff like represent let see how youre go to censor this now . even the entire development of the murder investigation happen in the background . be the victim miss by any of their friend or relative . be there any police officer look for clue that will lead them to the killer . you do not know and lucio doesn not bother to inform you about that and because that would lead to sequence that do not require cut . oh and and it pretty damn pretentious a well . the name mr. fulci or even lucio be mention every 3 minute ( 34 time throughout the entire movie and to be exact ) and our director clearly enjoy be in the spotlight for a change . hey and i certainly do not blame him . after over 30 year of deliver amuse movie while he deserve to have a little extra fun . youre a god and mr. fulci .