The cases baffle the local police, particularly the discovery of each body with small scratches on the victim's face and a mysterious yellow silk shawl nearby.

When his girlfriend Paola turns up murdered, blind composer Peter (Steffen) begins an investigation himself...but is soon drawn into a complex matrix of blackmail, secrets and terrible danger.

Commonly known as Crimes of the Black Cat, this is a solid giallo with a number of memorable set pieces, notably the tense game of 'blindman's bluff' that a helpless Peter must endure at the hands of one of the chief suspects.

But the standout here is the grisly shower scene that heralds the climax: a PSYCHO-inspired homage, to be sure, but this time there's nothing left to the imagination. It's chock full of nasty gore, vicious razor-slashing and buckets of blood.

With the whole thing nicely directed by Sergio Pastore, Seven Shawls is worth a watch.

Italian: Sette scialli di seta gialla.