Sette orchidee macchiate di rosso (1972)

by Linda Kay

English Title: Seven Blood-Stained Orchids

Directed by: Umberto Lenzi

This review contains a severe Kitty Carnage Warning!

Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film!

Synopsis: In this standard giallo, a mysterious murderer, known to police as the “Half Moon Killer” because of jewelry left at the crime scenes, targets but does not succeed in killing Giulia Torresi (Uschi Glass), the wife of fashion designer Mario Gerosa (Antonio Sabàto), both of whom set out to find her attacker.

Kitty Cameos: Kathy Adams (Marina Malfatti) is an artist who becomes the killer’s second victim. She arrives home and hears her cats meowing, so hurries to feed them some milk. The two tabby and white cats are milling about as she pours some milk for a smaller gray tabby.

Seven Blood-Stained Orchids - Sette orchidee macchiate di rosso - two brown and white tabbies on kitchen floor

Seven Blood-Stained Orchids - Sette orchidee macchiate di rosso - Kathy Marina Malfatti petting gray tabby cat on table

Seven Blood-Stained Orchids - Sette orchidee macchiate di rosso - Kathy Marina Malfatti picking up gray tabby cat

Seven Blood-Stained Orchids - Sette orchidee macchiate di rosso - Kathy Marina Malfatti holding gray tabby cat

Seven Blood-Stained Orchids - Sette orchidee macchiate di rosso - two brown and white tabbies on floor as Kathy Marina Malfatti pets and picks up gray tabby cat animated gif

Seven Blood-Stained Orchids - Sette orchidee macchiate di rosso - Kathy Marina Malfatti pouring milk for gray tabby cat on table

Seven Blood-Stained Orchids - Sette orchidee macchiate di rosso - gray tabby cat face over bowl of milk

Seven Blood-Stained Orchids - Sette orchidee macchiate di rosso - two brown and white tabby cats

Kitty Carnage Warning! Hearing a sound, Kathy leaves the cats to investigate, then enters her bedroom to change. She hears cat cries coming from the kitchen and, realizing she did not leave the door open for them, goes to apologize. But unfortunately she finds two of the cats lying motionless on the floor and the third stuggling to get their feet after drinking what turned out to be poisoned milk. We assume the cat actors were drugged for this scene.