Kuroneko

Part of the special series NACHTBLENDE

“An alternative meaning to the phrase ”crazy cat lady"
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KURONEKO is Japanese director Kaneto Shindō's second foray into classic horror after ONIBABA (1964). Atmospheric folk horror mixes with a dark rape-and-revenge drama and is enhanced by creepy cat content. A must for fans of classic Japanese horror cinema.

A lonely house in the forest is attacked by a group of samurai and the occupants - a mother and her daughter - are raped and murdered. When the black house cat then discovers the corpses and licks their blood, it enables a ghostly vendetta through the Japanese bamboo forest...