Watch Me When I Kill / The Cat's Victim's is a fairly routine giallo. It's about a woman who is witness to a murder and then becomes embroiled in a series of killings. Her partner sets about investigating the mystery.This isn't an especially original film. In some ways it recalls Dario Argento's Deep Red, especially with its prog-rock soundtrack. Indeed, the score from Trans Europa Express is a definite strong point. It's pulse-pounding and adds well to the overall tension. Director Antonio Bido has went on record to say that he was more of a fan of art films and did not actually watch genre pictures at the time he made this. It's possible I suppose but the movie overall certainly feels like many others in the giallo genre. There aren't too many murders and the ones that are here aren't especially violent; the most memorable of which is a bathtub killing. There is an interesting visual flourish though where we see the flash of cat's eyes at the point of the victim's death. There is no logical narrative reason for this other than to represent the presence of a predator in a stylistic way. But little details like this are always welcome.The film does differ from most in the genre in one way though and that is that it's distinctly non-sleazy. There's no sex or nudity, nor are there any half-naked Euro babes being terrorised by the killer. In this one the victims are all middle aged characters. The reason for this of course is because of the back-story where the source of the trauma can be traced back thirty years to the time of the Nazi occupation of Europe. It's certainly one of the more intriguing back-stories to be found in these types of films. It was seemingly this part that Bido was most passionate about, indeed he had apparently written a screenplay based on this idea alone but the producers demanded that he work it into the framework of a more commercial giallo thriller. But as it is, it means that this movie has a more interesting mystery than usual, one that considers issues of guilt and betrayal; and one where the killer is almost a sympathetic character.I must say that overall I like this one. It isn't amongst the top table of the genre but it does have a compelling mystery and on the whole it holds together pretty well.

Nightclub dancer Mara (a solid and appealing performance by the fetching Paola Tedesco) finds herself being stalked by a killer after she witnesses a murder. It's up to Mara's sleazy, but overall decent boyfriend Lukas (a fine and likable portrayal by Corrado Pani) to figure out who the killer is before he claims Mara as his next victim. Director/co-writer Antonio Bido does a bang-up job with this nifty entry in the popular Italian giallo thriller genre: The tight and tricky plot unfolds at a swift pace, Bido creates and sustains a substantial amount of tension, the killer's true identity is a real surprise, and the brutal murder set pieces deliver the savagely satisfying goods (a vicious bathtub strangulation rates as a definite exciting highlight). Moreover, this film further benefits from sturdy acting by the able cast: Tedesco and Pani do praiseworthy work in the leads, with sound support from Fernando Cerulli as the scared and secretive Giovanni Bozzi, Franco Citti as angry convicted killer Pasquale Ferrante, and Bianca Toccafondi as the paranoid Esmeralda Messori. Mario Vulpiani's polished and dynamic cinematography makes inspired use of a smoothly gliding camera and gives the picture a neat stylish look. The lively and throbbing jazzy prog-rock score by Trans Europa Express does the pulse-pounding trick. Recommended viewing for giallo fans.

I just watched Watch Me When I Kill this evening and found it to be a very good film. This woman stops by a chemist to pick up some painkillers. she is told to come back another day by some voice she hears. the chemist is lying dead in the back of the shop. so she is now involved in a murder case. there were some quite gory senses with throat-slitting, and strangulations, apart from that i found it to be a very good storyline. I though that the director of the film, (Antonio Bido) did i very good job in making the film, i found the storyline to be quite gripping to watch as the story made sense more than some other Italian horrors that i have seen. Good Movie: Recommended

Not the most shocking, nor the most bloody, nor the most stylish of giallo, but it's likable enough and is just that little bit different. Much helped by a very decent performance from Corrado Pani as the cigar chomping guy who seeks to unravel one of the most complicated of tales. Far too many characters and just a few too many red herrings and yet it does keep going and if Paola Tedesco as the female lead does not match the performance of Pani, this may be the fault of the dubbers. Not awash with killings, what there are, are very good. The first one is a bit pedestrian but the fantastic bath scene killing and the one backstage with all the costume are worth the admission price and if the ending is a bit abrupt, it is conclusive and brought a smile to my face. Effective score.