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| Title: | Blood and Black Lace |
| Directed by: | Mario Bava |
| Written by: | Marcello Fondato; Giuseppe Barilla; Mario Bava |
| Produced by: | Alfredo Mirabile; Massimo Patrizi; Lou Moss |
| Music by: | Carlo Rustichelli |
| Cinematography: | Ubaldo Terzano; Mario Bava |
| Edited by: | Mario Serandrei |
| Production | |
| Production: | Emmepi Cinematografica Monchia Film Les Productions Georges de Beauregard |
| Distributors: | Allied Artists Pictures |
| Released: | March 14th, 1964 |
| Rating: | Unrated |
| Running time: | 88 min. |
| Country: | Italy |
| Language: | Italian |
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Blood and Black Lace is an Italian feature film of the psychological thriller genre, often referred to as giallo. It was directed by Mario Bava, who also collaborated on the screenplay, which was written by Marcello Fondato, based on an original story, and further collaboration by Giuseppe Barilla. It was produced by the Italian-French-German co-production studio Emmepi Cinematografica along with Monchia Film and Les Productions Georges de Beauregard. It premiered in Rome, Italy on March 14th, 1964. It was released in the United States on April 7th, 1965 and in the United Kingdom on January 9th, 1966.
Plot[]
Cristian Cuomo owns Christian Haute Couture in Rome, Italy. One of her models, Isabella, is brutally murdered by a figure wearing a black fedora, a dark trenchcoat and a white nylon mask. As the other models at the salon react with various levels of shock and surprise, one of them uncovers a purse containing Isabella's diary. This diary attracts the attention of everyone in the room, including business manager Massimo Morlacchi. Everyone wonders what secrets might be unveiled by Isabella's words from beyond the grave. The purse containing the diary disappears soon after, and following suit, more murders take place, as each of the fashion models in turn find themselves the target of the mysterious masked killer.
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
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| Cameron Mitchell | Massimo Morlacchi |
| Eva Bartok | La contessa Cristiana Cuomo |
| Thomas Reiner | L'ispettore Silvestri |
| Arianna Gorini | Nicole |
| Dante Di Paolo | Franco Scalo |
| Mary Arden | Peggy Peyton |
| Franco Ressel | Riccardo Morelli |
| Claude Dantes | Tao-Li |
| Luciano Pigozzi | Cesare Lazzarini |
| Lea Krugher | Greta |
| Massimo Righi | Marco |
| Francesca Ungaro | Isabella |
| Giuliano Raffaelli | Zanchin |
| Hariette White Medin | Clarissa |
| Mara Carmosino | Una modella |
| Heidi Stroh | La modella |
| Enzo Cerusico | Il Benzinaio |
| Nadia Anty | Una modella |
Notes & Trivia[]
- The original Italian title to this film is Sei donne per l'assassino. It has also been released under the title 6 donne per l'assassino. Both titles translate as Six Women for the Murderer, all of which redirect to this page.
- The tagline for this film is "A Fashion House of Models… Becomes a Terror House of Blood!"
- There are a total of eighteen credited cast members in this film.
- Filming on Blood and Black Lace began on November 22nd, 1963. Shooting concluded on January 8th, 1964.
- Lou Moss served as a producer on the English cut of this film.
- Actor Dante DiPaolo, who plays Franco Scalo, is credited as Dante Di Paolo in this film.
- Actress Lea Lander, who plays Greta, is credited as Lea Krugher in this film.
- Actress Harriet Medin, who plays Clarissa, is credited as Hariette White Medin in this film.
- Actress Mary Carmen, who plays a model, is credited as Mara Carmosino in this film.
- Actress Mary Arden, who plays Peggy Peyton, also wrote the English dialogue translation for this film under the pseudonym Kelly Leon.
- On The Movie Database (TMDB), Blood and Black Lace has a user review score of 73%.
- On Letterboxd, Blood and Black Lace has a weighted average review score of 3.73 out of 5 based on 50,390 user ratings.
- On Rotten Tomatoes, Blood and Black Lace has a Tomatometer score of 80% based on 15 posted critic reviews. It has 12 positive reviews and 3 negative reviews. The film has a Popcornmeter score of 76% based on more than 2,500 user ratings, averaging 3.8 out of 5. There is only a 4% variance between the Tomatometer score and the Popcornmeter score.
- Blood and Black Lace was first screened in the United Kingdom on the same day that Plague of the Zombies was released.
- Principal filming on Blood and Black Lace began on the same day that U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
- This is Mario Bava's seventh horror film as a director.
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External Links[]
- Blood and Black Lace at IMDB
- Blood and Black Lace at Trakt.TV
- Blood and Black Lace at Wikipedia
- Blood and Black Lace at Letterboxd.com
- Blood and Black Lace at Themoviedb.org
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