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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")

I see from the other user comments here that this movie is highly regarded by both fans of Lucio Fulci and fans of the giallo genre. But for some reason, this one didn't do much for me, which is a surprise since I usually like giallo movies, and I had previously enjoyed Fulci's giallo movie "Don't Torture a Duckling". The first ten to fifteen minutes of the this movie aren't too bad, despite Fulci's blatantly recreating in the opening a shocking visual he used previously in "Don't Torture a Duckling". But after this fairly solid opening, things soon fall apart. The lack of gore and blood didn't bother me. What went wrong was that the movie quickly becomes a plodding and slow mystery, with way too much talk and investigation, and not enough creepiness or suspense. I will admit that the ending of the movie does provide a neat twist, one that *almost* makes it worth sitting through the drab middle section. But not quite. Not the worst giallo movie, or the worst Fucli movie, but I was all the same somewhat disappointed.

Two crucial warnings for anyone planning to watch "Seven Notes In Black" AKA "The Psychic": A) Do NOT watch the trailer beforehand. It spoils too much.B) Pay CLOSE attention to the heroine's vision at the start. Every single frame is important.I've seen a few Lucio Fulci films over the years, and this is one of his best-made. It shows remarkable attention to detail - it's like a puzzle that is not completed until the very last shot (which gives perfect meaning to the enigmatic - and much better - original title). Atypically for Fulci, it's not very gory (it could probably get by with a PG-13 today), and its story hangs together. However, it's a little too cold and detached, like most of its characters (including Jennifer O'Neill, though Fulci certainly seems mesmerized by her face). There is also some questionable dubbing in minor roles. Nonetheless, Fulci scores with this one. *** out of 4.

Often nicknamed the 'Godfather of Gore', cult-director Lucio Fulci is doubtlessly most famous for his gruesome Zombie films. The man's greatest achievements, however, are (in my humble opinion), his comparatively gore-less, but spine-chilling and extremely elegant Gialli from the 70s. After the brilliant "Non Si Sevizia Un Paperino" (aka. "Don't Torture A Duckling", 1972), which I would name as one of the top-5 Gialli of all-time, "Sette Note In Nero" aka. "Seven Notes in Black"/"Murder to the Tune of the Seven Black Notes" of 1977 is a close second on my list of the greatest Fulci films, and it also ranks among the true greats of the Giallo genre in general. As a child, the clairvoyant Virginia has a vision of her mother's suicide at the very moment of its occurrence. As an adult, Virginia (Jennifer O'Neill), who has recently married the wealthy Francesco Ducci (Gianni Garko) continues to have menacing visions. One day, she has the disturbing vision of a gruesome murder, in which a woman is being walled in...I do not want to go deeper into the plot, because this brilliant film is filled with clever twists from the very beginning. "Seven Notes in Black" contains no sleaze and hardly any gore, but has an incredibly intriguing and suspenseful plot containing ingenious red herrings and unpredictable plot twists, and is filmed in an incredibly beautiful yet unspeakably creepy visual style. While the film includes little blood and only very few gruesome scenes, the suspense-level is extremely high and intense, and the mystery is maintained until the very end. A fascinating plot, a truly haunting atmosphere and uncanny visual style make this one of the most tantalizing Giallo-experiences ever brought to screen. The score is another insanely brilliant aspect about "Seven Notes in Black" - Seldom is a soundtrack as successful in building up tension, and beautiful to listen to at the same time. Especially the haunting 'Seven Black Notes' theme is incredible; I'm sure Quentin Tarantino had good reasons to re-use it for "Kill Bill". The performances are also very good. The ravishing Jennifer O'Neill is great as the original and likable protagonist Virginia. The biggest name in the cast is doubtlessly Gianni Garko, who is most famous as star of many Spaghetti Westerns, and who delivers another great performance here. However, all cast members (many of them Italian Horror regulars) fit greatly in their roles. Overall, I can not come up with a single negative aspect about this film. "Sette Note in Nero" is incredibly suspenseful, genuinely creepy, extremely elegant and simply brilliant in all regards. No lover of Italian Horror can possibly afford to miss this tantalizing Giallo-gem, which is yet another proof that Fulci was a Horror-genius! 9.5/10