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Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye

1973 · 95 min

A slow, shadowy castle mystery that creeps along with gothic dread, sudden razor violence and a lurking sense of wrongness.

Tagline
Death means NOTHING to a beast with nine lives!
Overview
In a small Scottish village, horribly murdered bodies keep turning up. Suspicion falls upon the residents of a nearby castle that is haunted by a curse involving a killer cat.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • deception
  • death
  • family
  • greed
  • madness
Places
  • single country house
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror6
Humour1
Realism5
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
horror, mystery, thriller, crime
Directed by
Antonio Margheriti
Written by
Antonio Margheriti, Giovanni Simonelli
Starring
Jane Birkin, Hiram Keller, Françoise Christophe, Venantino Venantini, Doris Kunstmann, Anton Diffring, Dana Ghia, Konrad Georg
Music
Riz Ortolani
Cinematography
Carlo Carlini
Runtime
95 min
Country
Germany, France, Italy
Languages
Italian, German, French, English

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