A black cat is a cat with black fur.
Black Cat(s) or The Black Cat(s) may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
editFilms
edit- Black Cat Films, a series of short films made starting in 1916 by Essanay Studios
- The Black Cat (1934 film), an American horror film starring Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff
- The Black Cat (1941 film), an American comedy/horror film starring Basil Rathbone and Bela Lugosi
- Black Cat, a 1959 Indian Hindi-language film starring Balraj Sahni
- The Black Cat (1981 film) (Gatto nero), an Italian film by Lucio Fulci
- The Black Cat or Il gatto nero, a 1989 Italian film starring Urbano Barberini
- Black Cat (1991 film), a Hong Kong film starring Jade Leung and Simon Yam
- The Black Cat, a 1995 UK horror film by Rob Green
- Black Cat (2007 film), an Indian Malayalam-language film by Vinayan
- "The Black Cat", a segment of the 1962 AIP anthology horror film Tales of Terror
- "The Black Cat", a segment of the 1990 Italian anthology horror film Two Evil Eyes, directed by Dario Argento
Television
edit- "The Black Cat" (Masters of Horror), an episode of Masters of Horror
- "The Cat"/"The Black Cat", a two-episode story arc of the 1994 animated series Spider-Man
Music
editGroups
edit- Black Cats (band), a US-based Persian pop band
Albums
edit- The Black Cat!, a 1970 album by Gene Ammons
- Kara Kedi (English: Black Cat), a 2010 album by Serdar Ortaç
- Black Cat (Never Shout Never album), 2015
- Black Cat (Zucchero album), 2016
Songs
edit- "Black Cat" (song), a 1989 song by Janet Jackson
- "Black Cat", a song by Broadcast from Tender Buttons
- "Black Cat", a song by Cacophony from Go Off!
- "Black Cat", a song by Gentle Giant from Acquiring the Taste
- "Black Cat", a song by Ladytron from Velocifero
- "Black Cat", a song by the Living End from State of Emergency
- "Black Cat", a song by Mayday Parade from A Lesson in Romantics
- "Black Cat", a song by Turbo
- "Black Cat", a song by Ziggy Marley from Love Is My Religion
In print
edit- "The Black Cat" (short story), by Edgar Allan Poe
- Black Cat (manga), a Japanese manga series later adapted into an anime
- Black Cat pirates, a group of characters in One Piece media
- Black Cat (Harvey Comics), a comic book character published from 1941 to 1951
- Black Cat (Marvel Comics), a comic book character first published in 1979
- The Black Cat (Canadian magazine), a 1970 Canadian fantasy magazine
- The Black Cat (US magazine), a late 19th- and early 20th-century American literary magazine
- Black Cat, a 2004 novel by V. C. Andrews
- The Black Cat, a 2010 novel by Martha Grimes
Business
edit- Black Cat (Washington, D.C., nightclub)
- Black Cat Bar, a bar in San Francisco, California
- Black Cat Tavern, a bar in Los Angeles, California and site of one of the first demonstrations in the United States protesting police brutality against LGBT people
- Ora Black Cat, a Chinese battery electric city car
- Black Cat, an imprint of the publisher Grove Press
- Black Cat, a brand of cigarettes made by the Carreras Tobacco Company
Military
edit- Consolidated PBY Catalina, an American flying boat nicknamed Black Cat when painted black during World War II
- Black Cat (aircraft), an American B-24 heavy bomber, last American bomber shot down over Germany in World War II
- Black Cats (Royal Navy), the Royal Navy's helicopter display team
- Black Cat Squadron, a squadron of the Republic of China Air Force
- 13th Armored Division (United States) or The Black Cats, a division of the U.S. Army in World War II
Other uses
edit- Sunderland A.F.C. or The Black Cats, an English football club
- National Security Guard or Black Cats, a counter-terrorism force in India
- Black Cat group, a counter-insurgency militant group in Sri Lanka 1989-1993
- BlackCat (cyber gang), a ransomware hacker group
- 13 Black Cats, also known as the Black Cats, a 1920s professional stunt flying group
- Black Cat (wrestler) or Victor Manuel, professional wrestler
- Black Cat Roundabout, a road intersection in the United Kingdom
- Black cat, an anarcho-syndicalist symbol
- Black cat analogy, an analogy accounting for various disciplines, such as philosophy or theology
See also
edit- El Gato Negro (disambiguation)
- Chat Noir (disambiguation)
- Kuroneko (disambiguation)
- Chorny Kot (Black Cat), a German-trained Belarusian guerrilla unit during World War II