Blood and Black Lace (1964)
"Sei donne per l'assassino" (original title)

Italian thriller about a shadowy killer in black murdering fashion models through brutal methods.

Director:

Mario Bava

Writers:

Marcello Fondato (story), Giuseppe Barilla (collaboration),

Stars:

Cameron Mitchell, Eva Bartok, Thomas Reiner

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Cameron Mitchell	...	Max Marian
Eva Bartok	...	Contessa Cristina Como
Thomas Reiner	...	Inspector Silvester
Ariana Gorini	...	Nicole
Dante DiPaolo	...	Frank Sacalo
Mary Arden	...	Peggy Peyton
Franco Ressel	...	Marquis Richard Morell
Claude Dantes	...	Tao-Li
Luciano Pigozzi	...	Cesar Losarre
Lea Lander	...	Greta (as Lea Krugher)
Massimo Righi	...	Marco
Francesca Ungaro	...	Isabella
Giuliano Raffaelli	...	Zanchin
Harriet Medin	...	Clarice (as Harriet White Medin)
Mary Carmen	...	Model (as Mara Carmosino)

Storyline

Isabella, a young model is murdered by a mysterious masked figure at a boarding house run by Max Morlacchi and his lover Countess Cristiana Como. When Isabella's boyfriend is suspected of the killing, her diary, which apparently has some incriminating evidence linking her to the killer, dissapears, the masked killer begins killing off all the models in and around the house to find the diary.

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Plot Keywords:

killer | model | diary | fashion model | masked killer | 

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Taglines:

Guaranteed! The 8 greatest shocks ever filmed!

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

Italy France Monaco

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

7 April 1965 (USA)

Also Known As:

Blood and Black Lace

Filming Locations:

Villa Sciarra, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Emmepi Cinematografica, Les Productions Georges de Beauregard, Monachia Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

A landmark film in Italian cinema, as Sei donne per l'assassino was the film that began the 'giallo' genre. The giallo genre remains Italy's longest running cinematic movement.

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Quotes

Inspector Silvester: Perhaps the sight of beauty makes him lose control of himself, so he kills.

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Connections

Referenced in I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)

User Reviews

The start of everything i love about horror films

A masked killer, gruesome deaths, twist revealing at the end. Awesome. like most Brava films.

Any fan of modern day slasher films or horror films in general need to watch some early giallo films, and this is a good place to start. I'm still making my way through the list of 60's, 70's and 80's giallo films, but this and Twitch of the death nerve would be the best i've seen so far, it's amazing how films normally credited for starting the slasher genre such as Halloween, black Christmas and Friday the 13th copied these films so much.

But this is where it really started. Yes Psycho and peeping tom were already about, but any slasher fan will know, as good as those films are, they are not slasher films.