Editing The Black Cat (short story) (section)

== Adaptations ==
[[File:Aubrey Beardsley - Edgar Poe 2.jpg|right|thumb|Illustration for "The Black Cat" by [[Aubrey Beardsley]] (1894–1895)]]

*In 1910–11, Futurist artist [[Gino Severini]] painted "The Black Cat" in direct reference to Poe's short story.

* ''[[Unheimliche Geschichten (1932 film)|Unheimliche Geschichten]]'' (a.k.a. ''Uncanny Stories'', ''The Living Dead'') is a 1932 German horror film which merges three Poe short stories and [[Robert Louis Stevenson]]'s ''[[The Suicide Club (Stevenson)|The Suicide Club]]''.

* Universal Pictures made two films titled ''The Black Cat'', one in [[The Black Cat (1934 film)|1934]], starring [[Bela Lugosi]] and [[Boris Karloff]], and another in [[The Black Cat (1941 film)|1941]], starring Lugosi and [[Basil Rathbone]]. Both films claimed to have been "suggested by" Poe's story, but neither bears any resemblance to the tale, aside from the presence of a black cat.<ref name=Sova28/> Elements of Poe's story were, however, used in the 1934 film ''[[Maniac (1934 film)|Maniac]]''.<ref>{{cite web|author=J. Stuart Blackton |url=http://www.allmovie.com/work/maniac-31313 |title=Maniac – Cast, Reviews, Summary, and Awards |publisher=Allmovie.com |access-date=2014-04-28}}</ref>

*"The Black Cat" was adapted into a seven-page comic strip in ''[[Yellowjacket Comics]]'' #1 (1944).
*Sept. 18, 1947, ''Mystery in the Air'' radio program with Peter Lorre as the protagonist in "The Black Cat". Note: the cat's eye is not gouged out. Instead, the cat's ear is torn.
*The middle segment of director [[Roger Corman]]'s 1962 anthology film ''[[Tales of Terror]]'' combines the story of "The Black Cat" with that of another Poe tale, "[[The Cask of Amontillado]]."<ref name=Sova28/> This version stars [[Peter Lorre]] as the main character (given the name Montresor Herringbone) and [[Vincent Price]] as Fortunato Luchresi. The amalgamation of the two stories provides a motive for the murderer: Fortunato has an affair with Montresor's wife.
*In 1966, ''The Black Cat'', a version directed by Harold Hoffman and loosely based on Poe's story, was released starring Robert Frost, Robyn Baker and Sadie French.
*In 1970, [[Czechs|Czech]] writer [[Ludvík Vaculík]] made many references to "[[A Descent into the Maelström]]", as well as "The Black Cat", in his novel ''{{ill|The Guinea Pigs|cs|Morčata (román)}}''.
*In 1972, Poe's story was adapted in the Italian horror-giallo film ''[[Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key]]'', directed by Sergio Martino and starring Edwige Fenech, Anita Strindberg and Luigi Pistilli. 
*In 1973, [[James Stewart]] recorded a reading of "The Black Cat" for BBC Radio.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jimmystewartontheair.com/james-stewart-reads-edgar-allan-poe-on-the-bbc/|title=James Stewart Reads Edgar Allan Poe on the BBC &#124; Jimmy Stewart on the Air|website=Jimmystewartontheair.com|date=December 31, 2015 |access-date=April 5, 2022}}</ref>
*Writer/director [[Lucio Fulci]]'s 1981 film ''[[The Black Cat (1981 film)|The Black Cat]]'' is loosely based on Poe's tale.
*The 1990 film ''[[Two Evil Eyes]]'' presents two Poe tales, "[[The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar]]" and "The Black Cat." The former was written and directed by [[George A. Romero]], while the latter was written and directed by [[Dario Argento]]. This version stars [[Harvey Keitel]] in the lead role.
*In 1997, a compilation of Poe's work was released on a double CD entitled ''[[Closed on Account of Rabies]]'', with various celebrities lending their voices to the tales. "The Black Cat" was read by [[avant-garde]] performer [[Diamanda Galás]].
*"The Black Cat" was adapted and performed with "The Cask of Amontillado" as ''Poe, Times Two: Twin tales of mystery, murder...and mortar''—a double-bill of short, one-man plays written and performed by Greg Oliver Bodine. First produced in NYC at Manhattan Theatre Source in 2007, and again at WorkShop Theater Company in 2011. Part of the 2012 season at [[Cape May Stage]] in Cape May, NJ.
*"[[The Black Cat (Masters Of Horror)|The Black Cat]]" is the 11th episode of the second season (2007) of the television series ''[[Masters of Horror]]''. It was directed by [[Stuart Gordon]], and features [[Jeffrey Combs]] as Poe. The plot essentially retells the short story in a semi-autobiographical manner, with Poe himself undergoing a series of events involving a black cat which he used to inspire the story of the same name.
*In 2012, Big Fish Games released a point and click mystery game loosely based on the story called ''Edgar Allan Poe's The Black Cat: Dark Tales''<ref>[https://www.bigfishgames.com/games/5998/dark-tales-edgar-allan-poes-the-black-cat/ Edgar Allan Poe's The Black Cat: Dark Tales], Big Fish Games</ref>
*In 2011, Hyper Aware Theater Company produced "The Black Cat", one of several Poe stage adaptations written by [[Lance Tait]], as part of its “Gutterdrunk: The Poe Revisions” in New York City.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/gutterdrunk-the-poe-revisions|title=Gutterdrunk: The Poe Revisions|website=Timeout.com|date=March 15, 2012 |access-date=April 5, 2022}}</ref> Ava Caridad has written that in this stage adaptation the “unreliable narrator [has been changed] from male to female”... and this narrator has been split “into two separate characters representing one person.”<ref>Ava Caridad. “The Black Cat and Other Plays: Adapted from Stories by Edgar Allan Poe by Lance Tait”.The Edgar Allan Poe Review. Penn State University Press. 17 (1 (Spring 2016)): p. 67. {{JSTOR|10.5325/edgallpoerev.17.1.issue-1}}</ref>
* The 2020 [[Ahoy Comics]] comic book ''Edgar Allan Poe's Snifter of Blood'' #1 includes a pastiche of the story by [[Paul Cornell]] and [[Russell Braun (comics)|Russell Braun]] under the title "The Black <s>Cat</s> Dog". As the title suggests, the cat is replaced by a dog, who also narrates the story. However, he refuses to see his master in a bad light and is utterly unaware of the man's hatred or guilt.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2020/10/raising-a-glass-to-tom-peyer-and-edgar-allan-poes-snifter-of-blood-1|title=Raising a Glass to Tom Peyer and Edgar Allan Poe's Snifter of Blood #1|date=October 5, 2020|publisher=Women Writing About Comics}}</ref>
* The fourth episode of the 2023 series ''[[The Fall of the House of Usher (miniseries)|The Fall of the House of Usher]]'' titled "The Black Cat" is loosely based on the story.