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Murder to the Tune of the Seven Black Notes

Original title: Sette note in nero
  • 19771977
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  • 1h 30m
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6.8/10
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Murder to the Tune of the Seven Black Notes (1977)
Jennifer O'Neill, fresh from Luchino Visconti's The Innocent, plays Virginia a woman who has had psychic powers since childhood when she sensed her mother's suicide... Now newly-married and well-off, Virginia becomes plagued by waking visions of bloody deaths and meaningless torment. With the aid of her parapsychologist friend (Marc Porel), they try to discover the meaning of these horrific unwanted visions only to slowly discover that these are premonitions of future deaths...
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A clairvoyant woman discovers a skeleton in a wall in her husband's house, and seeks to find the truth about what happened to the victim.A clairvoyant woman discovers a skeleton in a wall in her husband's house, and seeks to find the truth about what happened to the victim.A clairvoyant woman discovers a skeleton in a wall in her husband's house, and seeks to find the truth about what happened to the victim.
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    • Lucio Fulci
    • Lucio Fulci(story)
    • Roberto Gianviti(story)
    • Dardano Sacchetti(story)
  • Stars
    • Jennifer O'Neill
    • Gabriele Ferzetti
    • Marc Porel
    • Lucio Fulci
    • Lucio Fulci(story)
    • Roberto Gianviti(story)
    • Dardano Sacchetti(story)
  • Stars
    • Jennifer O'Neill
    • Gabriele Ferzetti
    • Marc Porel
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    • 55User reviews
    • 85Critic reviews
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    Franco Angrisano in Murder to the Tune of the Seven Black Notes (1977)
    Evelyn Stewart in Murder to the Tune of the Seven Black Notes (1977)
    Vito Passeri in Murder to the Tune of the Seven Black Notes (1977)
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    Jennifer O'Neill in Murder to the Tune of the Seven Black Notes (1977)
    Jennifer O'Neill in Murder to the Tune of the Seven Black Notes (1977)
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    Jennifer O'Neill
    Jennifer O'Neill
    • Virginia Ducci
    Gabriele Ferzetti
    Gabriele Ferzetti
    • Emilio Rospini
    Marc Porel
    Marc Porel
    • Luca Fattori
    Gianni Garko
    Gianni Garko
    • Francesco Ducci
    Evelyn Stewart
    Evelyn Stewart
    • Gloria Ducci
    Jenny Tamburi
    Jenny Tamburi
    • Bruna
    Fabrizio Jovine
    Fabrizio Jovine
    • Commissioner D'Elia
    Riccardo Parisio Perrotti
    • Melli
    Loredana Savelli
    • Giovanna Rospini
    Salvatore Puntillo
    • Second Cab Driver
    Bruno Corazzari
    Bruno Corazzari
    • Canevari
    Vito Passeri
    • Caretaker
    Franco Angrisano
    • First Cab Driver
    • (as Francesco Angrisano)
    Veronica Michielini
    • Giuliana Casati
    Paolo Pacino
    • Inspector Russi
    Fausta Avelli
    Fausta Avelli
    • Virginia as a Girl
    Elizabeth Turner
    Elizabeth Turner
    • Virginia's Mother
    Ugo D'Alessio
    • Art Gallery Owner
      • Lucio Fulci
      • Lucio Fulci(story) (screenplay)
      • Roberto Gianviti(story) (screenplay)
      • Dardano Sacchetti(story) (screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      In the early 1990's, Quentin Tarantino announced that he would be directing a remake with Bridget Fonda starring. It failed to materialize, however Tarantino later used the titular seven-note theme song in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003). More specifically the dramatic polyphonic version of the music which plays near the climax of this film, is also played in Kill Bill as the Bride waits on the floor of her hospital room for Buck to re-enter.
    • Goofs
      The opening sequence set in Dover England, and Florence Italy at the exact same time show the time set as 11:45. Continental Europe is one hour ahead of the British Isles time zone in which the time in Florence should read 12:45.
    • Quotes

      Gloria Ducci: I've had fifty-six lovers and haven't killed even one of them.

    • Connections
      Featured in 42nd Street Forever, Volume 4: Cooled by Refrigeration (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      With You
      Written by Ernest - Franco Bixio (as Bixio) - Fabio Frizzi (as Frizzi) - Vince Tempera (as Tempera)

      Recorded on Cinevox Record by Linda Lee

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    8/10
    Nice one Lucio
    It's nice when the main character of the giallo you're watching receives all their clues in one huge psychic download five minutes into the film.

    Psychic lady, who has already remotely viewed her mother's suicide when she was a child (the only truly gory bit of the film), gets her vision when driving away from the airport after dropping off her new hubby (the always great and glary Gianni Garko of I Am Sartana, I will Kick Your Arse fame).

    From then on out it's up to psychic lady to figure out all the clues. Who has she witnessed being murdered and walled up? Why doesn't her vision add up to police evidence? Who done it? It's difficult to review gialli without ruining them so I'll stop there.

    I've seen this reviewed as Fulci's best film and his best Giallo, but personally I'd rate Lizard In A Woman's Skin higher (it's more surreal for starters). I would put in on a par with Don't Torture A Duckling though - I was glued to the screen. This man had talent at this point in his career.

    Next up: Ghosts of Sodom. I'm thinking the next review won't be so glowing.
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    • Release date
      • June 12, 1980 (Hong Kong)
      • Italy
      • Italian
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      • Rocca Salimbeni, Siena, Tuscany, Italy
    • Production companies
      • Rizzoli Film
      • Cinecompany
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    • 1 hour 30 minutes
      • Mono

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