Jennifer O'Neill, Gabriele Ferzetti, Marc Porel

A clairvoyant woman, inspired by a vision, smashes open a section of wall in her husband's home and finds a skeleton behind it. Along with her psychiatrist, she seeks to find the truth about who the p...( read more  read more... )erson was and who put her there. Soon enough, she starts to realize the possibility that she may share the victim's fate...

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Directed by: Lucio Fulci

Release Date: August 10, 1977

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  • June 11, 2008
    One of Fulci's last films that didnt involve copious amounts of gore and goo to get the point across.
    I'm surprised his career didnt turn out differently as he clearly shows he can handle a complicated plot expertly as writer and director instead of the mindless (albeit fun) stu...( read more)ff his name would become synonymous with.
    It's a bit slow at times but the last 30 minutes really makes up for it as the clues all start to come together to reveal who the killer really is.
  • June 6, 2008
    Enigmatic supernatural thriller based on classic giallo.
    Not as involving or suspenseful as other Fulci's works, it differentiates from the rest of his filmography for the almost complete absence of gore. This movie is definitely more oneiric and parapsychological rather than...( read more) violent and bloody. Plot flows quite slowly and tension explodes just near the end.
    Anyway, it's a very good thriller. Elegant and refined, with beautiful shots and particular attention to small details. Lucio considered "Sette Note" one of his best and favorite films.
    Its strong points, besides direction: an intriguing mysterious story, a genial macabre ending (in spite of its predictability), a grim atmosphere, partly due to effective cinematography , sound effects and music score by Bixio-Frizzi-Tempera. Memorable is the carillon theme ("7 Note", recycled by Tarantino for Kill Bill-vol.1).
  • January 20, 2008
    Weak entry into the Fulci filmography. Nothing much happens then.... nothing much happens. Worth watching after you've seen all his good films twice.
  • August 5, 2009
    A girl has a vision of her mothers suicide. Years later a new vision arises. This time it's murder. Who is the guilty and is her visions really a glimpse of reality or is she just stark raving mad?!
  • December 31, 2008
    I know that Fulci said this is his favourite movie but then again, this is really not his best, maybe more subtle and delicate but it doesn't strike you there either, very much a slow moving giallo, plays a lot on psychology, but very little on anything else, it can hold you, but...( read more) you always feel unsatisfied at the end.
  • November 10, 2008
    I think I'm a little too critical of giallos sometimes. This flick is pretty and Fulci actually looks more like a great director here than any of his horror pictures. It is just too slow for me and the climax left me feeling... meh. You know, it's all about the mystery which is s...( read more)lowly revealed piece by piece and I could say it was fairly engaging... but it was also fairly boring too... Worth a watch if you're in the mood, and it's nice to see Fulci manipulate tension and mood with a coherent story.
  • October 17, 2008
    Looks like Fulci tried to find his way to Bore City but accidentally took a right on Boring Avenue and ended up in Bored Town by accident. Still looks pretty though.
  • September 23, 2008
    Sounds weird enough for me.
  • March 25, 2008
    Although this is not Fulci's best Giallo, it is a pretty decent one. It starts out with a bang..literally as a woman commits suicide by throwing herself off of a rocky seaside cliff. Fulci's closeups of the womans face being smashed against the rocks are fun and brutal...even if ...( read more)the head looks like it came from a Sears mannequin! He also did this in Dont Torture a Duckling.....even better.
    I was initally bothered by the first 3/4ths of the film with its constant psychic visions and no real "action" But the last 4th of the film showed me the error of my ways by proving there was reason for this methodical pacing. Fulci wraps it up nicely and delivers a standout Giallo.

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