Cat O'Nine Tails
1971, 112 minutes, Rated M
Caught between the truth and a murderer's hand! In Cat O'Nine Tails, Italian Horror maestro Dario Argento (Suspiria) upped the violence and introduced his point-of-view camera work (that made the audience part of the on-screen murder mayhem) to create an exciting, bloody blend of mystery and psycho-terror. When blind, puzzle-solving ex-reporter Franco Arno (Oscar winner Karl Malden) overhears part of a sinister conversation about a murder he enlists journalist Carlo Giordani (James Franciscus) to help him solve it. They soon find themselves one step behind a demented slasher who kills because of an anomaly in his chromosomes that has tainted his blood with homicidal tendencies! Boasting a nerve-jangling score from Ennio Morricone (The Good, The Bad, The Ugly) and a number of memorably sadistic set-pieces (including a heart-stopping train station decapitation and a bone-crunching plunge down an elevator shaft), Cat O'Nine Tails is Argento at his stylishly gory best.
- Director:
- Dario Argento [15],
- Starring:
- Catherine Spaak [1], Karl Malden [39], James Franciscus [2],
- Screen Formats:
- Full Frame 1.33:1
- Language and Sound:
- English Dolby Digital Stereo
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