Sette note in nero (1977)

Director:

Lucio Fulci

Writers:

Lucio Fulci (screenplay)
Lucio Fulci (story)
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Release Date:

March 1979 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery

Plot:

A clairvoyant woman, inspired by a vision, smashes open a section of wall in her husband's home and finds a skeleton behind it...

Plot Keywords:

Wall | Vision | Skeleton | Locked Up | Insanity

Cast

Jennifer O'Neill	...	Virginia Ducci
Gabriele Ferzetti	...	Emilio Rospini
Marc Porel	...	Luca Fattori
Gianni Garko	...	Francesco Ducci
Ida Galli	...	Gloria Ducci (as Evelyn Stewart)
Jenny Tamburi	...	Bruna
Fabrizio Jovine	...	Commissioner D'Elia
Riccardo Parisio Perrotti	...	Melli
Loredana Savelli	...	Giovanna Rospini
Salvatore Puntillo	...	Second Cab Driver
Bruno Corazzari	...	Canevari
Vito Passeri	...	Caretaker
Franco Angrisano	...	First Cab Driver
Veronica Michielini	...	Giuliana Casati
Paolo Pacino	...	Inspector Russi
Fausta Avelli	...	Virginia as a Girl
Elizabeth Turner	...	Virginia's Mother
Ugo D'Alessio	...	Art Gallery Owner
Luigi Diberti	...	Judge

Directed by
Lucio Fulci

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Lucio Fulci		screenplay
Lucio Fulci		story
Roberto Gianviti		screenplay
Roberto Gianviti		story
Dardano Sacchetti		screenplay
Dardano Sacchetti		story

Produced by
Franco Cuccu	....	producer

Original Music by
Franco Bixio		(as Bixio)
Fabio Frizzi		(as Frizzi)
Vince Tempera		(as Tempera)

Cinematography by
Sergio Salvati

Film Editing by
Ornella Micheli

Art Direction by
Luciano Spadoni

Costume Design by
Massimo Lentini

Makeup Department
Maurizio Giustini	....	makeup artist
Antonio Maltempo	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Roberto Cocco	....	production manager
Carlo Cucchi	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Roberto Giandalia	....	assistant director

Art Department
Goffredo Massetti	....	props
Roberta Tomassetti	....	assistant production designer

Sound Department
Gianni D'Amico	....	sound mixer
Anthony La Penna	....	dubbing editor: English version (as Tony La Penna)
Renato Marinelli	....	sound effects
Alfonso Montesanti	....	boom operator
Raul Montesanti	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Luciano Adiutori	....	still photographer
Franco Bruni	....	camera operator
Claudio Farinelli	....	assistant camera
Alfredo Fedeli	....	chief electrician
Maurizio Lucchini	....	assistant camera
Luciano Micheli	....	key grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Carmen Pericolo	....	seamstress

Editorial Department
Mario D'Ambrosio	....	assistant editor
Bruno Micheli	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Vince Tempera	....	conductor

Other crew
Rita Agostini	....	continuity
Marco Giannoni	....	production secretary
Roberto Penna	....	administrator
Roberto Penna	....	production accountant

Production Companies

• Cinecompany
• Rizzoli Film

Distributors

• Group 1 International Distribution Organization Ltd. (1979) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• Frontier Amusements (1980) (Canada) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1981) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Variéty 7 (1981) (France) (theatrical)
• Catalina Video (198?) (USA) (VHS)
• DMEG (2004) (Sweden) (video)
• Fotomat (Drive-Thru Movies) Video (1979) (USA) (VHS) (as "The Psychic")
• Lightning Video (198?) (USA) (VHS)
• Severin Films (2007) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Digitmovies Alternative Entertainment  soundtrack

Also Known As:

Murder to the Tune of the Seven Black Notes
Seven Notes in Black
The Psychic (USA)

Runtime:

95 min | USA:90 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Telecolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Italy:VM14 | France:-12 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Arezzo Airport, Tuscany, Italy

Company:

Cinecompany

Goofs:

Factual errors: 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.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Ti ricordi di Lucio Fulci? (2006) (V)

Soundtrack:

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ECCELLENTE horror movie!

... Actually it is not exactly an horror movie, but rather more a thriller (or, better, a giallo). Visionary, tense, well acted (& dubbed), nice locations (villas, interiors, landscapes, cars, etc.), care to costumes and details, a nice 7 notes tune... it is a truly enjoyable little gem from the (not enough) celebrated Italian gore maestro. The plot itself, assuming it is possible to have such supernatural powers, develops convincingly and without too many disgusting bloody scenes . In some points (the visions, particularly the reversed statue) I had the feeling that Kubrick in Shining (1980) might have stolen something (MURDER...). Will it be possible? Oh, I was forgetting, the actress (O neill) is wonderful, and Ferzetti (Once upon in the West, On Her Majesty's Secret Service) is playing as well. 8.5/10 Well done Lucio!