Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye (Italian: La morte negli occhi del gatto) is a 1973 Gothic horror film directed by Antonio Margheriti.

Other residents of the castle are Dr. Franz, a Priest, French teacher Suzanna, and the mad son and heir of Lady Mary, Lord James MacGrieff.

After the dinner party, the killer suffocates Lady Alicia with a pillow as she sleeps while the ginger cat watches.

Afterward, she hears the cat meowing, which leads her to find a secret passageway hidden behind a portrait in her room.

During the funeral, the cat jumps on the casket, which is supposedly a sign that the deceased is a vampire, according to the legend of the MacGrieffs.

Mr. Angus is then murdered outside the tomb of Lady Alicia by a gloved figure who slits his throat with a razor while the cat watches.

In the film, this is reflected through Lady MacGrieff's financial troubles that cause her to consider the castle that has been in the family for many years.

[8] It is unclear whether this was a pseudonym for an author of Italian giallo magazines, or the British novelist Peter Bryan who wrote scripts for Hammer such as The Hound of the Baskervilles and Brides of Dracula.

[9] Film historian Roberto Curti origin story being an adaptation of a novel, finding no proof of the book ever existing.

[10] Among the cast was Jane Birkin, at the time still mainly known for the popular song "Je t'aime... moi non plus" which she had recorded with her lover Serge Gainsbourg.

[9] Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye was released in Italy, where it was distributed by Jumbo, as La morte negli occhi del gatto on 12 April 1973.

[1] The film was later released in West Germany on 7 December 1973, under the title Sieben Tote in den Augen der Katze.