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Blood and Black Lace

Movie
1964
1h 28m
NR
Italian
Horror, Thriller, Mystery
User Score: 
7.2
Critic Score: 
75
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Isabella, a young model, is murdered by a mysterious masked figure at a fashion house in Rome. When her diary, which details the house employees many vices, disappears, the masked killer begins killing off all the models in and around the house to find it.
Blood and Black Lace Poster

Blood and Black Lace

NR
Movie
1964
1h 28m
Italian
Horror, Thriller, Mystery
Isabella, a young model, is murdered by a mysterious masked figure at a fashion house in Rome. When her diary, which details the house employees many vices, disappears, the masked killer begins killing off all the models in and around the house to find it.
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7.2
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Blood and Black Lace (1964) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
75

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Cameron Mitchell
Massimo Morlacchi
Eva Bartok
Contessa Cristiana Cuomo
Thomas Reiner
Inspector Silvestri
Dante DiPaolo
Franco Scalo
Mary Arden
Peggy Peyton
Franco Ressel
Marchese Riccardo Morelli
Luciano Pigozzi
Cesare Lazzarini
Heidi Stroh
Bleach Blond Model
Enzo Cerusico
Gas Station Attendant
Calisto Calisti
Butler (uncredited)
Romano Moraschini
Suspect at Police Station (uncredit...
Goffredo Unger
The Masked Killer (uncredited)
Directed By: Mario Bava
Written By: Mario Bava, Marcello Fondato (Screenplay), + 2 more

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TD127 says...
2 years ago
Now I understand where all the giallo inspiration came from. Mario Bava did a tremendous job with the direction, swaying the camera in and out of the action, increasing our paranoia as he masterfully winds our string.
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AlexhornerMartin says...
6 years ago
The first big one Giallos movies.
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Saint Pauly says...
3 years ago
Like a Carvaggio painting: the story is simple but the colors are glorious. Mario Bava not only directed this giallo masterpiece but he also served as cinematographer, and that's what really shines here. The story may be feeling 1960s, but the scenes are looking 2020s with lighting and use of colors that have not lost an iota of their original luster.
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throatsprockets says...
2 years ago
All the perfunctory cop investigation scenes in the world can’t take away from the fetishised beauty of the set pieces depicting a masked brute working their way through the models at an upscale fashion boutique. Incredibly sinuous camerawork and inventive lighting; the scene of Claude Dantes slowly appearing in a mirror is worthy of Cocteau. Some of the more sadistic murder scenes still make you wince almost sixty years later.
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CinemaSerf
2 years ago
When the glamorous model "Isabella" is found murdered, "Insp. Silvestri" (Thomas Reiner) is drafted in to investigate. Pretty quickly he discovers, as do we, that she kept a diary and it now becomes distinctly dangerous for anyone who has handled this book as the masked killer seems hell bent on ret More
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