SmugKitZine Tied for the best movie I have ever seen

Stoutor It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

Whitech It is not only a funny movie, but it allows a great amount of joy for anyone who watches it.

Merolliv I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

ElWormo Right genres, wrong melting pot. This giallo-ish, hammer horror-y hybrid starts out like it might be worth watching, but before long in come endless drawn out sequences of scared characters wailing about in poorly lit corridors and basements with an overbearing soundtrack that gets more annoying by the minute playing over everything too loudly. Soon I couldn't figure out what was going on any more, and didn't care any more either. There are a couple of decent bits including a nicely eerie dream sequence, but it's not enough to save it from also-ran 70's cut price b-movie mediocrity.The following year Anton Diffring would also star in the vaguely similar but vastly more entertaining werewolf/blaxploitation campfest The Beast Must Die.

mauchline2008 The beautiful Corringa arrives at a remote castle in the Scottish Highlands after being expelled from school. Once there we meet her mother,Aunt Mary, her mad son James. Also present are non family members who include Franz the Doctor who is there to treat the son and his lesbian girlfriend Suzanne. On the first night in the castle Corringa's mother is suffocated by an unknown assailant. At the funeral Angus the man who brought Corringa to the castle has his throat cut in the crypt after he goes back to rescue the cat who has been locked inside. Corringa's mental state begins to deteriorate after she is attacked by the cat while sleeping. In the morning the Doctor is confronted by a police inspector standing over Angus's body he asks the doctor to get him a death certificate.Meanwhile Corringa seems to be attracted to James and while visiting him is disturbed to find he keeps a caged Gorilla, she is also pursued by Suzanne who is attracted to her.Corringa confides in the local priest about her fears and her dreams that her mother will return as a vampire the priest tries but fails to convince her otherwise she runs off to tell James her fears and they kiss.Later someone lets the gorilla out of his cage. Corringa goes to her mothers tomb and is shocked to discover it has been wrecked as she flees from the tomb she runs into James and they end up making love. Later Mary walks in on Franz and Suzanne making love (he is also seeing her) and storms out Franz chases after her. Franz tries to blackmail Mary with a guily secret about her dead daughter whom everyone believes was killed by James. Suzanne leaves franz's room and tries to seduce Corringa but she is rejected and runs out. Franz is later murdered in the corridor by an unknown killer. The priest arrives and goes up to see James hes discovers him sitting over the body of his dead Gorilla who has been killed. Suzanne confronts Mary over her covering up of Corringa's mothers death and the police are called they open the coffin and find Franz's body instead. James appears in Corringa's room and tells him he knows who the killer is before he can he has to leave the room as the police believe him to be the killer. James retreats into the castle catacombs and finds one of the servants badly beaten he tells him he must save Suzanne as she is next, James runs off to help her but arrives too late as she is killed while packing to leave. Corringa discovers Mary standing over the body and runs away believing her to be the killer Corringa flees to the basement an discovers a rotten body and her mothers body. The killer is revealed to be the priest who is not really the priest (He's the rotten body)!!He tells Corringa he has just killed Mary he reveals himself to be a distant cousin who wants all the family money but he is shot by the police before he can kill her. This is a good giallo which is quite quick moving and atmospheric at times the killer was quite a surprise I recommend this to any fans of Giallo cinema.

EyeAskance Quite standard Spaghetti slasher is nowhere near excellent, but also too far from awful to merit serious critical assault. The usual Gothic castle goings-on are given no special treatment here, and the psycho-killer's carnage is strictly PG on the shocks and gore board. This film is, moreover, surprisingly atmospheric. The mossy, rustic exterior of the castle, as well as its rich baroque antique decorum, make for a great looking European horror setting. Too bad, though, that the film never really gains much momentum...I found myself looking around the room after the first 30 minutes. Fortunately, the fairly intense closing scenes make up heartily for these shortcomings.SEVEN DEATHS is a watchable enough seventy-odd minutes, but if you're an unwaning viewer of connate movies, then chances are you've seen all this done before, and probably more successfully.*** Were they feeding that cat bacon-wrapped tater-tots or something? That thing was a freakin' tank!5/10

fertilecelluloid The first fifty minutes of Margheriti's giallo holds together well. The last act, unfortunately, is all over the place and stylistically restless. Although Margheriti's penchant for zooming stretches one's patience at times, the dream-like quality of the film is enhanced more than hindered by this technical fetish for most of the story's telling. The opening murder, which occurs off-screen, uses sound and action happening just outside the frame to build atmosphere and suspense. A gorgeous young woman (Jane Birken) arrives at the mansion of her relatives and is soon wondering who the murderer of various family members and associates is. A gorilla, who seems out of place in these surroundings, is one of several red herrings Margheriti throws at us before the real killer is revealed. A strange, ginger cat, who is able to claw its way out of locked crypts, oversees each murder and may be an accomplice of sorts. A slutty woman with lesbian tendencies, a "crazy" son who suffers from loneliness, and a doctor who'd rather screw than cure the sick, comprise this film's potent character mix. Riz Ortolani produces another excellent score and cinematographer Carlo Carlini creates some striking visuals. The final revelation of the killer's identity, unfortunately, comes after a ten minute dip in the care factor. Still, this is pretty entertaining trash.