cat in the brain be a series of extremely violent sequence knit together by a plot that feel more like an overview and describe director lucio fulci most notorious year of film making . the movie could also be see a a dark comedy of sort and effectively spoof the various claim that violent cinema cause violence in real life . fulci go far than that and he cast himself a the star and the central figure of the film thus show the audience who be the man behind all the cinematic gore . cat in the brain be not about present a clear story and follow it . instead it poke fun at some of the clichés that have be surround the horror genre for year . lucio fulci play himself a a horror director struggle to keep his humanity intact . year of violent film make have finally begin to reach him . it start slowly and steak and meat in general begin to disgust him and his colleague assure fulci that all he need be some rest . but that doesn not help and soon the grotesque idea for his movie begin to overwhelm his daily thought . in an attempt to find a cure for his dangerously madden mental state lucio start go to the local psychiatrist . unfortunately that do more wrong than good and fulci be throw into an even big mess and a the psychiatrist turn out to be a psychopath and who mimic the murder from fulci film in real life . the film retain all the trademark of italian splatter cinema and good or bad they be all here . so any comment about the acting or the technical aspect and budget constrains be quite irrelevant a to the quality of the film . it be a visual experience and no doubt about it . fulci throw in an incredible amount of violence easily surpass pretty much everything he make . amputate by chainsaw limb and cannibalism and child murder and decapitation and these be just some of the many grotesque act witness in cat in the brain . some of them be obviously recycle from a few the director less profile movie but they do not stand out of the context and and actually feel quite at home here . a i note before the movie exist much good a a satire of the genre rather than a serious piece . the way some of the violence be present do help establish that idea . such sequence shortly after climax be reject by the reality in the film and a they be reveal to be actually scenes inside a movie that fulci character be direct . this sort of film in film presentation lessen somewhat the impact of the gore . but in no way do it make it an easy to watch film . oh no this be far beyond and above the level of gore find in mainstream horror and and gorehounds will in no doubt be satisfy with that fact . lucio fulci be a very polarized figure . people either hate his work or love it . cat in the brain would not convince any of fulci detractor in the opposite but it be nevertheless an interesting part of his filmography . one that fan should really check out .