Blood and Black Lace

Original title: 6 donne per l'assassino

1964
18
1h 28m

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

14K

YOUR RATING

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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.

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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

14K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win total

Trivia
Most of the male characters were dubbed by Paul Frees for the American release of this film, including Cameron Mitchell. Evidently the Woolner Brothers couldn't be bothered to bring him in to loop his own lines.

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)

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Review

Featured review

7/10

Gruesome Murders and a Diary

When the model Isabella (Francesca Ungaro) is murdered by a masked killer, the models of the fashion house managed by Contessa Cristina Como (Eva Bartok) and her lover Max Marian (Cameron Mitchell) are shaken with the crime. The model Nicole (Ariana Gorini) finds Isabella's diary and late night she borrows the car of her friend Peggy Peyton (Mary Arden) and heads to the shop of her boyfriend Frank Sacalo (Dante DiPaolo) to meet him. However, the masked killer follows Nicole and kills her expecting to find the journal. But Peggy had stolen the diary to destroy pages that compromises her and she is also murdered by the killer. Meanwhile Inspector Silvester (Thomas Reiner) has a list of suspects that includes Frank, who blackmails Marquis Richard Morell (Franco Ressel) to give the necessary alibi to him. Who might be the killer and why the diary is so important to him?

"Sei donne per l'assassino", a.k.a. "Blood and Black Lace" is a giallo film directed by Mario Bava and one of his best movies. The colors, shadows and stylish camera-work give the perfect environment to the gruesome murders. The plot is standard with a masked killer that the police believe that is a sexual maniac stalking and killing beautiful women. The conclusion gives a good explanation to the mystery and the plot is well-resolved. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): Not Available

Note: On 01 March 2017 I saw this film again. Note: On 07 June 2020 I saw this film again.

Title (Brazil):"Seis Mulheres Para o Assassino" ("Six Women for a Killer")