A dull Argento film is still a more exciting film than most, but Cat O'Nine Tails seems to have caught the Italian master of horror on an off day. There are a few good set pieces and Karl Malden is a nice and surprising addition to the cast, but it's never as suspenseful or surprising as it should be and certainly doesn't compare to his previous film, The Bird With the Crystal Plumage, or many of the films that followed this one.