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Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye [1973] (Region 1) (NTSC) [DVD] [US Import]

Jane Birkin , Hiram Keller , Antonio Margheriti    DVD
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  • Actors: Jane Birkin, Hiram Keller, Françoise Christophe, Venantino Venantini, Doris Kunstmann
  • Directors: Antonio Margheriti
  • Format: Colour, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Language: English, Italian
  • Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: Unrated (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: Blue Underground
  • DVD Release Date: 25 Oct 2005
  • Run Time: 95 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000B64TZA
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 37,199 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)


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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Gripping Gothic Giallo 26 Feb 2011
Format:DVD
This is not your usual 70s giallo-it's set in an atmospheric Scottish gothic castle where a strange family are being knocked off one by one by an unknown killer-Jane Birkin is the sexy lead who returns from a convent school to her family's ancestral caastle when the killings start happening-there are secret passages,swirling mists,a family crypt, bats, rats and of course the cat of the title who seems to be around when every murder takes place-there's also a killer gorilla!If you would like a sadistic killer story mixed with a gothic hammer horror-this is for you-very enjoyable & you won't guess who the killer is! The print is very good.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Death means NOTHING to a beast with nine lives! 14 Nov 2012
By West25
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Inside a Scottish castle, a man has just been slashed to death with a razor and thrown down a staircase deep inside the bowels of the castle. He's been left there to rot, and his flesh is eaten away by rats, all this is watched by a ginger cat. Soon after the young and beautiful Corringa arrives, having recently been expelled from the convent school she was at. She soon meets up with her mother Alicia and her aunt Mary, before being introduced to Suzanne who's a French teacher. She's there to teach to Lord James MacGrieff, who is the owner of the castle and Corringa's cousin. Corringa hasn't seen James in a very long time and Suzanne gives off the impression that he's somewhat unstable, possibly even mentally ill. Later that night, Corringa, Suzanne, Alicia, Mary, Father Robertson, Dr. Franz and a few other guests are enjoying dinner when James bursts into the room, "welcome to my home, I don't remember inviting any of you". After the scene at dinner, everybody goes to bed. During the night Corringa's mother is smothered to death in her bed, from the black gloves it would appear to be the same person that killed the man at the start of the film. Over the following days, more people are murdered and the cat seems to always be there. Could the killer be James who really is mad? Perhaps it's Dr. Franz who is sleeping with Mary and Suzanne, it could possibly even be Mary who seems to be in financial trouble and is getting more desperate by the day. Why are people being killed and what does it have to do with the cat? There's even something about a family curse about vampires and a potential murderous gorilla.

Jane Birkin was an enticing and likeable lead as Corringa, but I can honestly say that I think this is the only film i've ever seen her in, I really do need to watch Blow-Up. Hiram Keller is pretty good as Lord James MacGrieff, he's very intense and had the perfect face for the role. German actor Anton Diffring played Dr. Franz, French superstar Serge Gainsbourg stars as a Police Inspector whose investigating the murders, and Italian actor Venantino Venantini stars as Father Robertson. Venantini will be a familiar face to fans of Italian horror, he played Mr. Ross in City Of The Living Dead, the man who pushes Giovanni Lombardo Radice's head on to the drill. He played Sgt. Ross in Umberto Lenzi's Cannibal Ferox and Juan Cardoso in Alfonso Brescia's ridiculous but fun The Beast In Space. Captain Tarantino in Lucio Fulci's Contraband may be another recognizable role. It's directed by Antonio Margheriti, a director whose most successful period was probably in the 60's with numerous excellent gothic horror films like The Castle Of Death and Castle Of Blood. It's hardly surprising that during the giallo boom in the 70's, Margheriti chose to make his a gothic giallo set in a castle. Seven Deaths In The Cat's Eye is still probably the most gothic giallo i've ever seen, and it was probably his best attemp at the genre. Margheriti also directed the 1980 classic Cannibal Apocalypse, which was the first Margheriti film I ever saw. The music from Italian legend and two time Academy award nominee Riz Ortolani is excellent, the cinematography by Carlo Carlini is also very good. There's a little nudity and blood, but it's a film that prefers to use the creepy castle and actors to build atmosphere. The castle itself plays a big part in the film, secret passages, plenty of dark rooms and corridors, the crypt outside and of course the cat, whose appearance almost always confirms your imminent death.

It's another wonderful looking transfer from Blue Underground, the colours and detail are fantastic. The sound for the most part is also great, the dialogue is crisp and the music plays a large part of the film. There's one extra on the disc which is a an 8 minute featurette called Muder He Wrote - An interview with co-writer Giovanni Simonelli. That actually lasts about 5 minutes and the last few minutes of it is Antonio Margheriti explaining the reason why he chose to release most of his films under the pseudonym of Anthony M. Dawson. It's dubbed into English but most of the actors were speaking in English anyway, and there's no subtitles. Seven Deaths is a very good gothic giallo that deserves to be seen by all fans of the genre, and despite it being a genre that often had strange things going on, this is one of the strangest out there. It probably didn't need the vampire or gorilla parts in the film as it's only ever hinted at, but it's still a great little movie and one of Antonio Margheriti's best.
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13 of 17 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars A "hammer"-esque Italian Giallo 5 Aug 2006
By Lunar Strain - Published on Amazon.com
Format:DVD
Seven Deaths in a Cat's Eye is not your typical giallo. Though the title is reminicent of many other giallo's made in the 70's by incorporating an "animal" in the title, it is a little different. We do not have a gloved killer dressed in black going around and violent slashing people. It is instead a murder mystery that surrounds a group of family members in an old castle that start getting killed off one by one by a mysterious killer. Because it stray's from the formula a bit Seven Deaths in a Cat's Eye might disappoint people who live and breath by Dario Argento's films.

Just because it strays from the formula a bit and has little gore doesn't make it a giallo? Hell no! That's like saying Psycho isn't a horror film because it doesn't show gore or have a masked undead killer. Giallo simply means "murder mystery" and that is exactly what this film is. Just because it doesn't copy Argento frame by frame does not make it a giallo. I actually commend Antonio Margheriti for trying something different. Along with his stylish directing, he also injected the film with a thick atmosphere VERY reminisent of old Hammer films. Very gothic in feeling. Like those films, the movie doesn't move at a 100 mph but lets the mystery and atmosphere take you along. Unless you are a young, small minded viewer whose attention can only be kept by today's modern fast adn flashy editing then you should have no problem with this film.

Is Seven Deaths in a Cat's Eye a terrific film? No. But it is a good film that really deserves to be viewed. The atmosphere is thick, the directing is great....just don't expect an Argento giallo and you will find Seven Deaths to your liking.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Grief for the Macgriefs 2 Oct 2011
By William Amazzini - Published on Amazon.com
Format:DVD
The early seventies had a minor Italian gothic resurgence after the success of Director Dario Argento's giallo hits 'THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMMAGE' aka 'L'UCCELLO DLLE PIUME DI CRISTALLO'-1969 and 'THE CAT O' NINE TAILS' aka 'IL GATTO A NOVE CODE'- 1971. Master Mario Bava directed 'BARON BLOOD' aka 'GLI ORRORI DEL CASTELLO DI NUREMBERGA'-1972 and here we have Director Antonio Margheriti aka Anthony M. Dawson delivering the goods with 'SEVEN DEATHS IN THE CAT'S EYE' aka 'LA MORTE NEGLI OCCHI DEL GATTO'-1973, an atmospheric excursion involving inheritances and madness within the Macgrief family. The film abounds with familiar Euro faces: Anton Differing, real-life French lovers Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg, Hiram Keller, Luciano Pigozzi and Franco Ressel to name but a few. It emerges as a straight forward murder mystery trying to introduce supernatural overtones such as vampirism to throw off the viewer. Margheriti fills the screen with beautiful castle gardens and lush sets as cameraman Carlo Carlini glides and soars his images throughout. The music score by Riz Ortolani is a rehash of familiar themes from other Margheriti films such as 'CASTLE OF BLOOD' aka 'DANSA MACABRA'-1964 and 'HORROR CASTLE' aka 'LA VERGINE DI NUREMBERGA'-1965 and has his usual brassy tonalities. Blue Underground releases it in their usually brilliant manner with a sharp 2.35 transfer in English mixed with some restored scenes in Italian with English subtitles. The only extra is an 8 minute interview with co-writer Giovanni Simonelli and a 2 minute interview with Margheriti before his death in 2002. A must for Euro Horror lovers, it's a great diversion from the real life Horrors being unleashed today on modern movie audiences.
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4.0 out of 5 stars That Darned Cat!... 10 April 2011
By Bindy Sue Frĝnkünschtein - Published on Amazon.com
Format:DVD
SEVEN DEATHS IN THE CAT'S EYE concerns a family curse, a beautiful woman's return to her ancestral castle, and a mysterious murderer lurking the halls and passageways. If you are a giallo, horror, or suspense fan, then SDITCE should definitely satisfy! It's filled w/ possible suspects, betrayals, and madness. The atmosphere is thick and foreboding, w/ plenty of gruesome twists and deadly turns. Of course, the title comes into play as a particular feline seems to be present at each homicide. I had fun watching this one...
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