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

Director:

Mario Bava

Writers:

Marcello Fondato (story)
Giuseppe Barilla (collaboration) ...
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Release Date:

7 April 1965 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

The greatest shocks ever filmed

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Killer | Model | Diary | Fashion Model | Masked Killer

Cast

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)
Heidi Stroh	...	Bleach Blond Model
Enzo Cerusico	...	Gas Station Attendant
Nadia Anty	...	Model
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Paul Frees	...	Multiple characters (uncredited) (voice: English version)
Goffredo Unger	...	Masked Killer Double (uncredited)

Directed by
Mario Bava

Writing credits
Marcello Fondato		(story and screenplay)
Giuseppe Barilla		(collaboration) &
Mario Bava		(collaboration)

Produced by
Alfredo Mirabile	....	producer
Massimo Patrizi	....	producer

Original Music by
Carlo Rustichelli

Cinematography by
Ubaldo Terzano
Mario Bava		(uncredited)

Film Editing by
Mario Serandrei

Costume Design by
Tina Grani

Makeup Department
Marisa Laganga	....	hair stylist
Emilio Trani	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Benito Caripi	....	production manager
Armando Govoni	....	production manager
Franco Grifeo	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Priscilla Contardi	....	assistant director
Cristina Grieco	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Arrigo Breschi	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Vittorio Trentino	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Mario Mancini	....	camera operator

Editorial Department
Lina Caterini	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Luca di Silverio	....	soundtrack album producer

Other crew
Luciana Loschiavo	....	script supervisor
Piero Speziali	....	accountant

Production Companies

• Emmepi Cinematografica
• Les Productions Georges de Beauregard (as George de Beauregard)
• Monachia Film

Distributors

• Les Films Marbeuf (1964) (France) (theatrical)
• Cosmopolis Films (1964) (France) (theatrical)
• Allied Artists Pictures (1965) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• Suomi-Filmi (1968) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Media Home Entertainment (1984) (USA) (VHS)
• Sinister Cinema (1993) (USA) (VHS)
• VCI Home Video (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• e-m-s the DVD-Company (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• VCI Home Video (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Gloria Filmverleih AG (1964) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Unidis (1964) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Big Sky Video (2009) (Australia) (DVD)
• Epoca (Argentina) (video)
• VCI Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD)
• VCI Entertainment (2010) (USA) (all media)

Other Companies

• Digitmovies Alternative Entertainment  soundtrack

Also Known As:

"Sei donne per l'assassino" - Italy (original title)
"Six Women for the Murderer" - International (English title) (literal title)

Runtime:

88 min | USA:84 min

Country:

Italy | France | Monaco

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:16 | Finland:K-16 | France:-18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:Unrated | West Germany:16 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Australia:MA (2009) | Mexico:B15

Filming Locations:

Villa Sciarra, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Emmepi Cinematografica

Trivia:

Filmed in six weeks.

Quotes:

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

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Trapped Ashes (2006)

Cinematic masterpiece.......Oh Yeah Baby

A Fashion House is being plagued by a mysterious masked serial killer who is picking the girls off one by one in a variety of gruesome ways…Why this Maniac is killing these girls is academic to the plot, as this film is STYLE driven and what style it is too…..we are of course as in any good thriller suspicious of everyone…Is the Killer a Man a Woman or is there more than one Killer….Bava takes great pleasure in teasing us into believing all of these at some stage……This is the Third film in my indoctrination into Mario Bava and it is again no disappointment…..Bava's use of light and shadow and of mirrors and reflection is stunning and never has colour been used so brilliantly and not just gaudy reds blues purples yellows but subtle use of pastels too……The fashion scene is perfect for Bava's visual flair with its very beautiful models and Haute Couture and both are given sublime treatment…….The score is also very memorable and reminiscent of Henry Mancini at his best……The killer bears an uncanny resemblance to Freddie Krueger only much better…..now don't tell me he wasn't an influence on the makers of Nightmare on elm street…..Even though this was dubbed it has one of the best dubbings I have seen and is not intrusive on the film…. You know some times you hear of certain directors or films that are just Brilliant Magnificent or Unmissable and How often have you been disappointed and wondered what the fuss was all about....Mario Bava is not in that category....He is a master of style and cinema.....To tell you I was dumbfounded by the films I have seen so far is an understatement....I was expecting cheap nasty gory and under-produced films that had some charm..... but what I got is one of the greatest and most sumptuous of Cinematic experiences....The Man truly is a Cinematic God...He is the Orson Welles of Horror and that means a lot coming from me……this film is Simply Wonderful