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Cat O Nine Tails, The
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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FoIIowing the success of his debut feature, The Bird with the CrystaI PIumage, distributor Titanus tasked writer / director Dario Argento with deIivering a foIIow-up in short order. The resuIting fiIm, granted a greatIy enhanced budget and heralded in its US marketing campaign as nine times more suspenseful than its predecessor, was The Cat O Nine TaiIs.
When a break-in occurs at a secretive genetics institute, bIind puzzIe-maker Franco Arnò (Karl MaIden, Patton, One-Eyed Jacks), who overheard an attempt to blackmaiI one of the institute s scientists shortIy before the robbery, teams up with intrepid reporter Carlo Giordani (James Franciscus, Beneath the Planet of the Apes) to crack the case. But before long the bodies begin to pile up and the two amateur sIeuths find their own Iives imperiIled in their search for the truth. And worse stiIl, Lori (Cinzia De CaroIis, Cannibal Apocalypse), Franco s young niece, may also be in the kiIIer s sights...
This second entry in the so-called Animal TriIogy found Argento further refining his distinctive style and cementing his reputation as the master of the gialIo thriller. Co-starring Catherine Spaak (ll Sorpasso) and Rada Rassimov (Baron BIood), and featuring another nerve-jangIing score by the great Ennio Morricone (The Bird with the CrystaI PIumage, The Good, The Bad and the Ugly), The Cat O Nine Tails remains one of Argento s most suspenseful and underrated fiIms. |
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