The Crimes of the Black Cat
Sette scialli di seta gialla
Italy
1972
Color
2.35:1
Italian
Synopsis
A serial killer is murdering beautiful models in this Italian slasher film. It turns out that he is using the poisoned claws of a black cat to do it. A blind composer whose girlfriend was one of the victims sets out to stop him.
~ Brian Gusse
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Mr. Arkadin
30May12
Not to mention: The film even includes actual footage from Fulci's *Lizard in a Woman's Skin*. At first it's incorporated in a semi-interesting way—the blind pianist/detective is apparently scoring Fulci's film (?!?!)—but then you realize they only include the clip (showing Strindberg's character stabbed in the breast) so they can repeat that kill move later in the film...Not a particularly good example of the genre.
Mr. Arkadin
30May12
A bland cataloging of elements from other, better gialli. We get the blind amateur sleuth (*Cat O'Nine Tails*), the fashion house full of models getting murdered (*Blood and Black Lace*), an animal-related poison (*Black Belly of the Tarantula*), and a caped killer (*Red Queen Kills 7 Times*) ...
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Mr. Arkadin
30May12
Is it possible though that Argento found the idea for the Helga Ulmann death-through-window shot from this film? We get a less-sophisticated version of that sequence to end the film ... that and the *Lizard* shout-out are really the only redeeming few seconds of the film.
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