Adicionar um enredo no seu idiomaA pharmacist is murdered, and a woman happens to see the culprit leave the scene. She soon finds herself being stalked by the killer, and when her boyfriend tries to discover who the murdere... Ler tudoA pharmacist is murdered, and a woman happens to see the culprit leave the scene. She soon finds herself being stalked by the killer, and when her boyfriend tries to discover who the murderer is and stop him, he begins to find out that there is much more to the murder than the or... Ler tudoA pharmacist is murdered, and a woman happens to see the culprit leave the scene. She soon finds herself being stalked by the killer, and when her boyfriend tries to discover who the murderer is and stop him, he begins to find out that there is much more to the murder than the ordinary killing it first appeared to be.
- Direção
- Roteiristas
- Artistas
- Signora Dezzan
- (as Yill Pratt)
- Old woman
- (as Inna Alexeiva)
- Biagio Dezzan, the pharmacist
- (as Giovanni Vanini)
- The mute
- (não creditado)
- Cabaret's director
- (não creditado)
- De Maria, Lukas's Assistant
- (não creditado)
Avaliações em destaque
Not so with Watch Me When I Kill, despite the absurd title, I avoided this giallo for months because I suspected that it was one of the slapstick exploitation proto-slashers that aren't really my preferred gialli, just because of the awful stupid English title. In fact, everything about English translation is why this film only gets a 7 and not an 8 or even a 9. The dialogue is too clunky and quaint, and I would really love to find an Italian-language version of this flick. The Cat with the Jade Eyes is the literal Italian title, and that's just the tip of the iceberg in how American marketing borderline destroys some of these old Italian sleeper hits.
Unlike most giallo directors, Antonio Bido loved middle aged women. Middle aged women make appearances as real solid characters in both Il gatto dagli occhi di giada and Solamente Nero, and except for one youthful main character every other woman in this film is over 50 except the opera singer who might be 35-40ish at youngest. Bido shows their faces, shows these "invisible women" as people watching and waiting and being worthy of being part of his film.
But that's not what makes Watch Me When I Kill so extraordinary. This movie is scary. The noises on the tape in the beginning of the film are truly disturbing, some scenes are mind-bendingly surreal but are more reminiscent of Bava or even Roman Polanski than Argento, and the end is so, so, so, so dark.
This one here was a generally enjoyable genre entry. Among the film's brighter aspects is the actual mystery at play that's pretty intricate and allows for great time uncovering its purpose. From the seemingly random attack on the pharmacist followed-up by the failed attack on the witness, there's a worthwhile lead in that makes it curious about the need to decipher the recorded message left on the phone filled with dogs barking and the threatening message. Likewise, the unraveling mystery about the criminal case all the main players are involved in makes this one interesting as the film generates the kind of grand connection that's fully revealing in a shocking finale. As well, the film also manages to ge a lot to like with the stalking scenes featured throughout here. The initial attack in the store is a fine shock, as is the aborted stalking attempt in the girls' house where the killer gets scared off before doing anything are rather fun scenes that give this some enjoyable thrills. The other attacks, ranging from the stellar sequence of the girl being attacked in the wardrobe department, the bathroom ambush in the hotel or the final confrontation in the house give this some rousing action along the way as well. These here give the film a lot to like overall. This one does have a few minor flaws. The main problem is the fact that this one really feels underwhelming with a lot of the stock genre tropes that are in play. The investigation manages to forsake a lot of rational thought from the leads as the fact that bodies have been piling up with no interaction from the authorities. The attacks that happen here should warrant police protection or more of a presence here, yet it's all dismissed due to a one-line writer-off thinking the police would rather throw the party in jail rather than protect them for what they know about the crimes, a fact brought up after several bodies have turned up and one attack on their lives which is completely ridiculous to believe it would play as such. That also ties in marginally with the other flaw in that there's a pretty sluggish pace here. The central investigation here tends to rely much more on sudden realizations about clues and sheer coincidences about the various events which are told in excruciatingly long conversations. The meeting with the pharmacists' widow or the tile salesman are filled with fine informational leads that just lead to some overlong scenes, much like the final half which consists mainly of him running around the small-town by himself collecting the final pieces to the puzzle alone while she's alone at the house with no protection. This should've been carried out together instead of setting her up for the killer to attack, another feature from the earlier segment and are what holds this one back.
Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Language and Violence.
In Rome, a pharmacist gets his throat slashed and a lady (Mara) trying to get some aspirin almost glimpses the killer, so she becomes a target too. After a near miss, she moves in with her ex-boyfriend Luka (Corrado Pani from Matalo!) and the plot starts getting a bit overcrowded with suspects and potential victims. Where Mara works as a cabaret dancer, we have potential suitor the dancing guy, potential suitor the writer guy, and Paolo Malco...who might be the director there? We also have the pharmacist's assistant who is going to see a loan shark who is getting strange phone messages involving a recording of screaming, marching, dogs barking, Germans talking. Could that be a clue or just a recording of the It's A Knockout final 1976? The loan shark has a lover who gets her head shoved into a cooker, and they all served on jury to convict Franco Citti of murder, and he's just escaped from jail. Plus, the judge at that trial gets involved as well. And a mysterious picture, because that's standard practice in a giallo.
Phew! That's a lot of characters to introduce, and The Cat's Victims puts you through the paces in getting through them all while Luka runs around chomping cigars and trying to figure out all this for himself, a journey that leads him through Rome to Padua, where at last things get more bizarre as he traces all the victim's families. The murders are a bit few and far between, and the gore quotient low, but I think most giallo fans will not find much to complain about.
Except the lack of nudity.
Você sabia?
- CuriosidadesAntonio Bido: Cabaret's director.
- Erros de gravaçãoWhen the doctor is murdered, the killer makes an incision on only the right side of the throat, but when the body is discovered it's been slashed, very crudely, all the way across.
- Citações
Mara: Oh, a farmacia. Would you stop at that drugstore, please? I won't take long.
[exits cab and crosses to farmacia. Starts to open door, but from inside it's slammed shut]
Voice behind Farmacia door: We're closed.
Mara: All I need is aspirin. please do me a favor.
Voice behind Farmacia door: [louder, hoarse and scary] I said we're closed!
[Mara shrugs and returns to cab]
Cab Driver: [as engine turns over] Don't worry, lady. She's slow but she starts.
Screaming Woman at Farmacia: [screams, through the now open door] Help! Help! Somebody help! There's been a murder! They killed him, oh my God!
Cab Driver: What happened? Hey lady, what happened?
Screaming Woman at Farmacia: [through sobs, incoherently] The Doctor--he's killed, he's gone, oh God!
- ConexõesReferenced in Solamente Bido (2002)
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Detalhes
- Tempo de duração1 hora 36 minutos
- Mixagem de som
- Proporção
- 1.85 : 1