The Psychic
The Psychic
R | 23 March 1979 (USA)
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A woman with psychic powers has a vision of a murder that took place in a house owned by her husband.

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PodBill

Just what I expected

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PiraBit

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

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Mandeep Tyson

The acting in this movie is really good.

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Philippa

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

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Claudio Carvalho

In 1959, in Florence, the girl Virginia sees her mother committing suicide jumping off a cliff in England. Twenty-eight years later, Virginia Ducci (Jennifer O'Neill) is married with the wealthy Francesco Ducci (Gianni Garko). Out of the blue, Virginia has a vision of a walled dead woman and when he goes to his house in Italy, she sees the wall of her vision. She opens a hole in the wall and finds a skeleton inside. When her husband returns from London, he is arrested and becomes the prime-suspect since the woman was his lover. Virginia discusses the subject with her psychiatrist and friend Luca Fattori (Marc Porel). They find differences between her vision and the location where the skeleton was found and Luca suspects that she might have had a premonition. Virginia decides to investigate the case to find evidences to prove the innocence of Francesco and she suspects that a man called Emilio Rospini (Gabriele Ferzetti) is the killer. When Francesco is released from jail, she becomes obsessed to find the truth and does not stop to snoop around. What will happen to her?"Sette note in nero", a.k.a "The Psychic", is an entertaining but flawed and full of clichés giallo. It is irritating to see the cliché of a woman hiding from a serial-killer and stumble upon something to make noise. Or the alarm in the watch in the exact moment that the killer is leaving. Or the woman seeking out a dangerous criminal without any weapon or plan B. the cinematography and the locations are beautiful and the open conclusion is another plus in this film. My vote is six.Title (Brazil): "Premonição" ("Premonition")

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qmtv

Excellent Movie. Great Cinematography & Editing. Great close ups and actor reaction shots. Great editing. Music works well. Well put together movie.Acting is good. Dubbing OK. The story is a bit convoluted and slow in the middle. But it all works great. The ending is not great. It needed some more killings.This is a great B movie. Rating is a B. 8 out of 10 stars. 10 stars given to counterbalance the loser reviews.Excellent Movie. Great Cinematography & Editing. Great close ups and actor reaction shots. Great editing. Music works well. Well put together movie. Acting is good. Dubbing OK. The story is a bit convoluted and slow in the middle. But it all works great. The ending is not great. It needed some more killings. This is a great B movie. Rating is a B. 8 out of 10 stars. 10 stars given to counterbalance the loser reviews.

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Rindiana

Average (and surprisingly tame) Fulci giallo which means it's still quite bad by normal standards, but redeemed by its solid build-up and some nice touches such as a neat time twist on the issues of visions and clairvoyance.The genre's well-known weaknesses are in full gear: banal dialogue, wooden acting, illogical plot points. And the finale goes on much too long, while the denouement proves to be a rather lame or shall I say: limp affair.Fulci's ironic handling of giallo norms is amusing, though. Yellow clues wherever you look.3 out of 10 limping killers

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Indyrod

Wasn't sure what to expect from this Fulci film, because I've read a lot of differing opinions. So I was surprised just how good this movie is, with an outstanding "Black Cat" like premise. Jennifer O'Neill is a great leading lady who sees visions as she travels through a very dark tunnel in her car of a murder scene. These visions haunt her and she is bound and determined to find out their meaning. Are they visions of the past, or premonitions, that is the main plot, and with a pretty neat twisty ending. This movie ranks up there with the best of Fulci, imo, and I need to watch it again, because I had trouble with a couple of plots points. One of the better Giallo I've seen for a while.

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