Blood and Black Lace

Original title: 6 donne per l'assassino

19641964
Not RatedNot Rated
1h 28m

6 donne per l'assassino (1964)

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A masked, shadowy killer brutally murders the models of a scandalous fashion house in Rome.A masked, shadowy killer brutally murders the models of a scandalous fashion house in Rome.A masked, shadowy killer brutally murders the models of a scandalous fashion house in Rome.

Director
- Mario Bava
Writers
- Marcello Fondato(story and screenplay)
- Giuseppe Barilla(collaboration)
- Mario Bava(collaboration)
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Awards
- 1 win

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Director
- Mario Bava
Writers
- Marcello Fondato(story and screenplay)
- Giuseppe Barilla(collaboration)
- Mario Bava(collaboration)
All cast & crew
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Isabella, a young model is murdered by a mysterious masked figure at a boarding house run by Max Morlan and his lover Countess Christina Como. When Isabella's boyfriend is suspected of the killing, her diary, which apparently has some incriminating evidence linking her to the killer, disappears, the masked killer begins killing off all the models in and around the house to find the diary. —Anonymous

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Taglines
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Genres
Certificate
- Not Rated
Parents guide

Trivia
Due to the film's low budget Mario Bava mounted the camera on a child's wagon and used it for tracking shots.

Goofs
In one English-dubbed print, the handwritten message of the killer is in German.

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

Alternate versions
The original European version opened with a title sequence in which the camera focuses on each cast member as their name appears on the screen. The US distributors, Lawrence Woolner and Bernard Woolner, hired Filmation Studios to create a new title sequence featuring a montage of mannequins and skulls. The original title sequence has been restored on VCI Home Video's DVD release. The original US release removed a shot of the bathwater turning blood red in Claude Dantes' death scene. This shot was seen in the montage of scenes used in Matador (1986), and has been restored on VCI Home Video's DVD release.

Connections
Featured in Matador (1986)

Top review

7/10

Ahead of its time

This was undeniably a major influence on the Gaillo style of film and probably also on the later "body count" serial killer films.

In this film, a serial killer wearing a hose mask kills women brutally and viciously. The film sets up many likely candidates and well keeps one guessing and guessing. Great stuff!

Bava's color visuals also stand out and apart as usual. This is simply gorgeous to view.

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Space_Mafune
Mar 22, 2003

Release date
- April 7, 1965 (United States)
Countries of origin
Language
- Italian
Also known as
- Krv i crna cipka
Filming locations
- Villa Sciarra, Rome, Lazio, Italy
Production companies
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Budget
- ITL 141,755,000 (estimated)

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Runtime
1 hour 28 minutes
Sound mix
- Mono
Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
- 1.85 : 1

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