France, Italy, West Germany, 1973
95m
35mm film, Technicolor, Techniscope, 2.35:1
mono (Westrex Recording System), Italian
An Italian horror film directed by Antonio Margheriti using his usual pseudonym Anthoiny M. Dawson.
Plot Summary
A group of people gathered at an old house in a small Scottish village are being murdered and the culprits may be the inhabitants of a nearby castle who are living under a curse involving a killer cat.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Anthony M. Dawson [real name: Antonio Margheriti]
Capitol (Paris), Starkiss (Rome), Roxy (Munich)
Produced by: Luigi Nannerini
Story and Screenplay by: Antonio Margheriti, Giovanni Simonelli
Based on a Novel by: Peter Bryan
Additional Dialogue by: Ted Rusoff
Director of Photography: Carlo Carlini
Montage Editor: Giorgio Serrallonga
Music by: Riz Ortolani
Sound: Pietro Spadoni
Costumes by: Mario Giorsi
Make-up: Marisa Tilli [real name: Marisa Tilly]
Hair: Giancarlo De Leonardis
Art Direction: Ottavio Scotti
Made at: Incir-De Paolis
Cast
Jane Birkin (Corringa)
Hiram Keller (Lord James MacGrieff)
Françoise Christophe (Lady Mary MacGrieff)
Venantino Venantini (Father Robertson)
Doris Kunstmann (Suzanne)
Anton Diffring (Doctor Franz)
Dana Ghia (Lady Alicia)
George Korrade [real name: Konrad Georg] (Campbell)
Serge Gainsbourg (police inspector)
Penella Alessandro [real name: Alessandro Perrella] (policeman)
Bruno Boschetti (Smith)
Alternative Titles
Cat’s Murdering Eye – alternative English language title
Les Diablesses – Canada (French, television)
Les diablesses – France
Oi eromenes tou Diavolou – Greece (re-release)
Kauhujen kappeli – Finland
Kauhujen verinen kappeli – Finland
Kauhun verinen kappeli – Finland
La muerte en los ojos del gato – Spain (video)
O thanatos me ta matia tis gatas – Greece
Sept morts dans les yeux d’un chat – Canada (French)
Sete Mortes nos Olhos de um Gato – Brazil, Portugal
Seven Deaths in the Cat’s Eyes – Canada, UK, USA
Şeytanın cinayetleri – Turkey
Sieben Tote in den Augen der Katze – West Germany
Siete muertes en los ojos del gato – Mexico
Siete muertos en el ojo del gato – Spain
Ti nyhta pou gennithike o tromos – Greece (video)
Смерть отражается в кошачьих глазах – Soviet Union
References
Periodicals
- Cineinforme no.198 (May 1974) pp.13-14
- Écran Fantastique no.3 (1973) p.69
- Fangoria no.249 (January 2006) p.68 – DVD review (DVD dungeon by Matthew Kiernan)
- Film-Echo/Filmwoche no.6 (30 January 1974) p.14
Books
- The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Horror by Phil Hardy (ed.) p.279
- Euro Gothic: Classics of Continental Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby pp.275-76
- Horror and Science Fiction Films II by Donald C. Willis p.346
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.428
