The Witch in Love (La strega in amore/Strange Obsessions). Damiano Damiani, 1966.
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Edition screened: Included in Arrow Blu-ray set Gothic Fantastico: Four Italian Tales of Terror, released 2022. Italian language with English subtitles. Runtime approximately 110 minutes.
Summary: Murdering of cats.
1) A dead cat is found among the plants, 25:26-26:33, strangled and with a rope around its neck.
2) A live cat with a rope around its neck is dragged through a courtyard, 1:25:52-1:26:07. The cat is sprawling, hissing and resisting in every way possible.
These scenes are easily skipped, leaving an interesting adaptation of Carlos Fuentes’ novel Aura.