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Cat O Nine Tails, The
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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FolIowing the success of his debut feature, The Bird with the CrystaI Plumage, distributor Titanus tasked writer / director Dario Argento with delivering a foIlow-up in short order. The resulting film, granted a greatIy enhanced budget and heraIded in its US marketing campaign as nine times more suspenseful than its predecessor, was The Cat O Nine Tails.
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 bIackmaiI 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 piIe up and the two amateur sleuths find their own lives imperiIled in their search for the truth. And worse stiII, Lori (Cinzia De CaroIis, CannibaI ApocaIypse), Franco s young niece, may also be in the kiIIer s sights...
This second entry in the so-caIled AnimaI TriIogy found Argento further refining his distinctive styIe and cementing his reputation as the master of the gialIo thriIIer. Co-starring Catherine Spaak (ll Sorpasso) and Rada Rassimov (Baron Blood), and featuring another nerve-jangling score by the great Ennio Morricone (The Bird with the Crystal 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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