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The Cat O' Nine Tails [Blu-ray]

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  • Actors: James Franciscus, Karl Malden, Catherine Spaak, Cinzia Carolis, Carlo Alighiero
  • Directors: Dario Argento
  • Format: PAL
  • Language: English
  • Region: Region B/2 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Arrow Video
  • DVD Release Date: 1 April 2013
  • Run Time: 112 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00BMTTXVU
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 25,879 in DVD & Blu-ray (See Top 100 in DVD & Blu-ray)

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CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TRUTH AND A MURDERER S HAND!

A break in at a genetics lab leads to a spiralling vortex of bloody murder in The Cat o Nine Tails, Dario Argento s 70s Giallo classic.

Strange circumstances surrounding the crime pique the interest of a journalist and a blind crossword compiler whose sharp ears have overheard talk of blackmail. However, all the would be investigators soon regret the help they gave as scientists die in front of speeding trains and photographers are viciously slain while others fall to their screaming deaths down elevator shafts in this surreal and nightmarish thriller from one of the acknowledged masters of Italian horror.

As the body count increases, will no one escape the sting of The Cat o Nine Tails?

SPECIAL FEATURES:

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  • Brand new High Definition transfer of the film (1080p)
  • Optional English & Italian Audio
  • Original uncompressed Mono Audio
  • Optional English subtitles
  • Dario s Murderous Moggy: Director Dario Argento remembers The Cat o Nine Tails
  • Sergio Martino: The Art and Arteries of the Giallo
  • Cat o Nine Tails in Reflection, an interview with long-time Argento collaborator Luigi Cozzi
  • Original Italian Trailer
  • Reversible sleeve with original and newly commissioned artwork by Rick Melton
  • Exclusive collector s booklet featuring brand new writing by Alan Jones, author of Profondo Argento
  • Review

    5 Stars --Horror View

    A fascinating Giallo unlike anything Argento had done before or since. --10,000 Bullets

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    Format: DVD
    A blind ex-newsman and puzzle-solver, Franco Arno (Karl Malden), and his niece team up with a reporter, Carlo Giordani (James Franciscus), to try to solve a mystery surrounding a break-in at a genetics research centre and a related series of murders.

    "The Cat O'Nine Tails" is the second film directed by Dario Argento and, although it is not as good as his debut, The Bird With The Crystal Plumage, it is still an enthralling and stylish detective story laced with moments of brutal violence and featuring some impressive camera-work and memorable set-pieces. Here we see the early employment of the killer's point-of-view shots that appeared in many subsequent films including John Carpenter's "Halloween".

    The early promise that Argento showed with "Bird..." continues in this film - the train station scene is particularly well executed and there is an impressive climax. As with many of his other films, Argento also throws in an assortment of odd characters, red herrings and plot twists in true giallo film tradition. Ennio Morricone provided the music score (he has also scored four other Argento films to date) and the main theme is particularly haunting and beautiful.

    I am not sure which version of "The Cat O'Nine Tails" Joao Lourenco watched but this American DVD release from Anchor Bay presents the film uncut and in its correct wide screen ratio of 2.35:1. Sound and picture quality is pretty good and you have the options of English, Italian or French language. The film has 27 chapters and the extra features include interviews, trailers, tv and radio spots, biographies and a gallery.

    If you like Dario Argento movies or giallo films then I recommend that you check out this film but bear in mind that it is more of a murder-mystery rather than an horror movie so don't expect the gory excesses of some of Argento's other films such as "Suspiria", "Tenebrae" or "Opera".
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    Arno a blind man is walking with his young niece when he overhears two men talking in a car. What he hears is that they are planning to blackmail somebody. A few days later his niece sees the man from the car has been killed in a train accident. So Arno gets in contact with reporter Carlo and the two attempt to solve the mystery.

    This was the second part of Dario Argento's Animal trilogy, the first was his classic Bird with the Crystal Plummage and the third would be Four Flies on Grey Velvet. I read online that this was the least favourite of all the movies he made, I actually really enjoyed it and found it better than some of his later work.

    In the lead as Carlo the confident news reporter we have James Franciscus. I was actually disappointed he didn't go onto make more of these films as I felt he really suited the Giallo genre he did go to make a few more Italian movies such as Killer Fish and Great White two very average films. As Arno we have old Hollywood actor Karl Malden and he is also equally impressive as the blind man who has a knife hidden inside he walking stick. Also supporting actors include Horst Frank as a suspicious gay doctor and Catherine Spaak as a untrustworthy love interest of Carlo.

    As with Bird with a Crystal Plummage Dario didn't really go all out for the gory death sequences. We do however get one violent scene where a woman is strangled to death, by the unseen killer and the how sequence is very well made and well acted by the actress (Rada Rassimov).
    The climax is not shocking or as memorable as some of his other films but he is able to build up suspension very well in other scenes.
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    Late one night, a blind ex-reporter named Franco Arno and his niece, Lori, are walking home. When Arno hears the word blackmail said between two men in a parked car, he stops to tie his shoe lace and asks Lori to look at who's in the car. A little while later a man knocks out a security guard and breaks into a medical facility, the facility is next to Arno's apartment and it was in front of the facility that he heard the men in the car. The day after whilst walking home, a reporter called Carlo Giordani bumps into Arno, he apologises and the two men talk briefly about what's going on at the medical facility. Some time later a doctor tells his fiancée that he knows what was stolen and has agreed to meet with them at the train station. As he's waiting, he's pushed on to the track as the train pulls in. The day after, Lori starts reading the newspaper to Arno and recognises the doctor as one of the men she saw in the car a few nights before. Suddenly Arno feels that the doctor may have been murdered and goes to see Carlo, he asks Carlo to find out whether the picture in the paper showing the supposed accidental death of the doctor was cropped. After a phone call to the photographer that took the photo, he checks the negative and realises that a hand is in the corner of the frame and almost definitely had pushed the man on to the track. As Carlo and Arno set off to see the photographer, a killer sneaks in and brutally murders him and takes the evidence. With the two now absolutely convinced that the murders are linked, they set out to solve the case. Just as they seem to be getting somewhere, more bodies appear and evidence disappears. The closer to solving the case they get, the closer the killer gets to them.Read more ›
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