Dario Argento is great, I have admired his work for years. I love horror and he is in my top 5 as people I admire and respect the most. Here recently I am starting to realize though that a true legend named Dardano Sacchetti is becoming a fave.
Sacchetti has written dozens of great movies, or at least co-written them. I have been seeing his name pop up on Dario Argento's films,both Mario and Lamberto Bava's as well as Lucio Fulci, Sergio Martino, Umberto Lenzi and many more. To me that sounds like a guy that needs to be praised in the highest of manners.
I decided to pay tribute to the guy by watching all of the movies I have of his and I have most of them. I thought what a better way to re-watch some Argento and Fulci movies than to do it looking at it from another prospective. I am not sure in many cases who wrote what exactly, especially in cases such as this when four writers worked on the screenplay.
Sacchetti started his career here but is still writing even today. He has not been exclusively horror, as he has done other genres including the great action Italian style THUNDER WARRIOR which is one of my all time favourite trilogies.
In Cat O'Nine Tails we are thrilled with a crime story as opposed to being spooked by a horror. This Is a great "who-done-it" type of early seventies giallo. Not only is it a first for Sacchetti but it is one of the first for Argento in this genre. Argento had done many movies mostly of the western genre, but had turned to giallo and gained his most successful attempt with Bird Wtih The Crystal Plummage. Here he adds the same treatment and doesn't allow anyone to forget his style and his name. Watching his films finds you trapped wanting more.
The direction was very neat and focused on the characters you need to be paying mind to at any given time, which is a trademark style for Dario. There are moments of sloppy editing in the film, but many older films esp. foreign ones were notorious for that.
The acting is amazing and I thought each were so different and great for the parts they played. This movie is perfect for people who like crime movies and a must see for Dario Argento fans. It is not a horror movie so if you want to be scared this isn't for you.
I say again that there are no scares, but two scenes do come to mind that are creepy and disturbing. I am not going to spoil anything for you, but I will say when the man is over run by a train and he tumbles 3-4 times thats pretty gross. Also the part that creeped me out the most was when the guy was being shaved and his barber was talking about how easy it would be to slice his throat - wow, can you imagine being in that guys shoes..
Last but not least...The music was superb. Great film!
7 out of 10 stars.
Sacchetti has written dozens of great movies, or at least co-written them. I have been seeing his name pop up on Dario Argento's films,both Mario and Lamberto Bava's as well as Lucio Fulci, Sergio Martino, Umberto Lenzi and many more. To me that sounds like a guy that needs to be praised in the highest of manners.
I decided to pay tribute to the guy by watching all of the movies I have of his and I have most of them. I thought what a better way to re-watch some Argento and Fulci movies than to do it looking at it from another prospective. I am not sure in many cases who wrote what exactly, especially in cases such as this when four writers worked on the screenplay.
Sacchetti started his career here but is still writing even today. He has not been exclusively horror, as he has done other genres including the great action Italian style THUNDER WARRIOR which is one of my all time favourite trilogies.
In Cat O'Nine Tails we are thrilled with a crime story as opposed to being spooked by a horror. This Is a great "who-done-it" type of early seventies giallo. Not only is it a first for Sacchetti but it is one of the first for Argento in this genre. Argento had done many movies mostly of the western genre, but had turned to giallo and gained his most successful attempt with Bird Wtih The Crystal Plummage. Here he adds the same treatment and doesn't allow anyone to forget his style and his name. Watching his films finds you trapped wanting more.
The direction was very neat and focused on the characters you need to be paying mind to at any given time, which is a trademark style for Dario. There are moments of sloppy editing in the film, but many older films esp. foreign ones were notorious for that.
The acting is amazing and I thought each were so different and great for the parts they played. This movie is perfect for people who like crime movies and a must see for Dario Argento fans. It is not a horror movie so if you want to be scared this isn't for you.
I say again that there are no scares, but two scenes do come to mind that are creepy and disturbing. I am not going to spoil anything for you, but I will say when the man is over run by a train and he tumbles 3-4 times thats pretty gross. Also the part that creeped me out the most was when the guy was being shaved and his barber was talking about how easy it would be to slice his throat - wow, can you imagine being in that guys shoes..
Last but not least...The music was superb. Great film!
7 out of 10 stars.