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Blood and Black Lace is a italien film of genre Thriller directed by Mario Bava released in USA on 7 april 1965 with Cameron Mitchell
Blood and Black Lace (1964)
Sei donne per l'assassino
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 7 april 1965
Length 1h28
Directed by Mario Bava
OriginItalie
Themes Serial killer films
Rating71%
Blood and Black Lace (Italian: Sei donne per l'assassino; also known as Six Women for the Murderer) is a 1964 Italian thriller film directed by Mario Bava. Bava co-wrote the screenplay with Giuseppe Barilla and Marcello Fondato. The film stars Cameron Mitchell and Eva Bartok. The story concerns the stalking and brutal murders of various scantily-clad fashion models, committed by a masked killer in a desperate attempt to obtain a scandal-revealing diary.
The film is generally considered one of the earliest and most influential of all giallo films and served as a stylistic template for the "body count" slasher films of the 1980s. Tim Lucas has noted that the film has "gone on to inspire legions of contemporary filmmakers, from Dario Argento to Martin Scorsese to Quentin Tarantino." In 2004, one of its sequences was voted No. 85 in "The 100 Scariest Movie Moments" by the Bravo TV network.
Synopsis
Isabella (Francesca Ungaro), one of many beautiful models employed at a fashion house, is walking through the grounds that lead to the establishment one night when she is attacked and violently killed by an assailant wearing a white featureless mask. Police Inspector Sylvester (Thomas Reiner) is assigned to investigate the murder and he interviews Max Marian (Mitchell), the manager who co-manages the salon with his lover, the recently widowed Countess Cristina Como (Bartok). Max attests that he can not provide any information whatsoever that can assist the inspector, but as the investigation continues all of the fashion house's various sins, including corruption, abortions, blackmail and drug addiction, begin to come to light. It is revealed that Isabella had kept a diary detailing these vices, and suddenly almost every employee becomes nervous.Actors
Cameron Mitchell
(Massimo Morlacchi)
Eva Bartok
(Contessa Cristiana Cuomo)
Franco Ressel
(Marchese Riccardo Morelli)
Mary Arden
(Peggy Peyton)
Luciano Pigozzi
(Cesare Lazzarini)
Enzo Cerusico
(Gas Station Attendant)
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