Antonio Bido also directed the giallo The Blood Stained Shadow, which I tend to enjoy more than this one. However, how great is the title of this film?

A pharmacist is murdered and Mara, the woman who saw the killer leave the scene, is now being stalked. Her boyfriend Lukas, being protective, decides to figure out who the killer is and soon learns that it's anything but a normal crime.

Originally known as Il Giatto Dagli occhi Di Giada, or Cat with the Jade Eyes, as well as The Cat's Victims, Terror in the Lagoon and The Vote of Death, this film has some unique murder scenes from its killer who has a cat-like mask.

An escaped murderer named Pasquale Ferrante seems the most likely suspect. He's played by Paolo Tedesco, who was Calo in The Godfather, the bodyguard in Italy who said, "In Sicily, women are more dangerous than shotguns."

Most of the victims were at his murder trial, but the clues go the whole way back to Axis collaborators during World War II. Giuseppe Addobbati (Nightmare Castle) also appears as a judge.

This movie feels much like a pre-Suspiria Argento giallo, which is not a bad thing.

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.

Dancer Mara (Paola Tedesco) stops off at a pharmacy, unaware that the owner has just been murdered. When Mara tries to enter the shop, the killer, still inside the premises, tells her from behind the door that the place is closed. Fearing that the woman might be able to identify him from his voice, the murderer adds Mara to his list of intended victims, all of whom share a dark secret. Meanwhile, Mara's close friend Lukas (Corrado Pani) puts his life on the line to help.

Directed by Antonio Bido, Watch Me When I Kill (AKA The Cat's Victims) is a densely plotted giallo that requires concentration, but which rewards the attentive viewer with a satisfying mystery, several well executed moments of tension and a few deftly handled death scenes. Visually, the film lacks the style of a Bava or Argento movie, but compensates somewhat with a fantastic pounding score by Trans Europa Express, who sound more than a little like Goblin in their prime and who add tremendously to the atmosphere.