The Bird with the Crystal Plumage + The Cat O’ Nine Tails
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Director: Dario Argento Run Time: 208 min.
Starring: Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall, Enrico Maria Salerno, Eva Renzi, Umberto Raho
Our descent into the delirious world of Dario Argento begins with a blood-soaked one-two punch: his genre-defining debut The Bird with the Crystal Plumage and its twisted, paranoid follow-up The Cat O’ Nine Tails.
With Plumage, Argento burst onto the international stage, fusing Hitchcockian suspense with a bold visual style that would come to define the Giallo genre. It’s a razor-sharp thriller told through black leather gloves, shattered memories, and the killer’s point of view. Just a year later, The Cat O’ Nine Tails took the formula deeper into conspiracy and scientific obsession—doubling down on the tension, body count, and baroque atmosphere.
These are murder mysteries where the plot is secondary to sensation. Fear is a color, violence is choreography, and the camera is a voyeur. Don’t miss these two Italian horror classics on the big screen! There will be a 15 minute intermission between the movies. One ticket purchase gets you access to both films.