Fans of Dario Argento who enjoyed movies like Suspiria have good news. One of his underrated slasher projects is now free to stream ahead of Halloween.
The Cat O’ Nine Tails, originally released in 1971, is now free to stream on YouTube. Horror fans can watch the nearly two-hour feature exclusively on the Shout! Studios channel. The plot follows a reporter who teams up with a blind journalist to uncover the mastermind behind a killing spree.
The official description reads, “A newspaper reporter and a retired, blind journalist try to solve a series of killings connected to a pharmaceutical company’s experimental, top-secret research projects and in so doing, both become targets of the killer.”
The cast includes James Franciscus, Karl Malden, Catherine Spaak, Pier Paolo Capponi, Horst Frank, Rada Rassimov, Aldo Reggiani, Carlo Alighiero, Vittorio Congia, and Ugo Fangareggi.
What other movies did Dario Argento make besides The Cat O’Nine Tails and Suspiria?
Alongside The Cat O’Nine Tails and Suspiria, Dario Argento directed and co-wrote several other films across the giallo, horror, and thriller genres. In 1970, Argento made his directorial debut with The Bird with the Crystal Plumage. This was his first movie in the animal trilogy. The very next year, the concluding feature of the animal trilogy, Four Files on Grey Velvet, was released. That same year, The Cat O’Nine hit theaters.
In 1973, the historical dark comedy, The Five Days, was released. In 1975, his renowned giallo masterwork Deep Red dropped. The second installment of the Three Mothers trilogy, Inferno, was released in 1980. His back-to-back creations in the 1970s and 80s also earned him the titles Master of the Thrill and Master of Horror. He received a lifetime achievement award at Italy’s David di Donatello Awards in 2019.
His notable projects also include Dracula 3D, Giallo, Mother of Tears, The Card Player, Sleepless, Trauma, Tenebre, Phenomena, The Stendhal Syndrome, Opera, Two Evil Eyes, The Phantom of the Opera, and Dark Glasses.
Originally reported on ComingSoon.
