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

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Mario Bava

Producer:

Alfredo Mirabile, Massimo Patrizi

Writer:

Marcello Fondato, Giuseppe Barilla, Mary Arden

Runtime:

1hr 28m

Synopsis

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

Cast

  • Cameron Mitchell
  • Eva Bartok
  • Thomas Reiner
  • Arianna Gorini
  • Dante DiPaolo
  • Mary Arden
  • Franco Ressel
  • Claude Dantes
  • Luciano Pigozzi
  • Lea Lander

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  • Jul 3, 2016

    THE DEVIL WEARS BAVA

    2.1K Likes
    matt lynch
    matt lynch
    Sep 27, 2020

    I swear this movie has colors I’ve never seen before in my life. Maybe it was just a pigment of my imagination.

    1.5K Likes
    CinemaVoid 🏴‍☠️
    CinemaVoid 🏴‍☠️
    Jul 17, 2020

    A stunningly beautiful pioneer of a picture. This one has it all—an ominous killer, swanky soundtrack, a gaggle of models getting picked off, sexist pig men, brutal deaths, and the colors... my god the colors. It’s all here, a template for the next wave of lurid sleaze…

    1.0K Likes
    Ian West
    Ian West
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    Oct 18, 2020

    Why aren't movies allowed to look like this anymore? Very fun, although I did have some trouble following the plot on account of everybody looking exactly the same.

    894 Likes
    Will Sloan
    Will Sloan
    Sep 22, 2021

    Mario Bava's signature style of elegantly-crafted gruesomeness, artificial lights and painterly compositions meets its perfect material in this 60s pop art Giallo about a bunch of rich fashion designers and models who have surrounded themselves with an industry of beautiful…

    565 Likes
    Josh Lewis
    Josh Lewis
    Jul 20, 2019

    bava dreams in colors that don't even exist

    545 Likes
    sydney
    sydney
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    Nov 20, 2019

    When the movie camera kills. Bava has always approached cinema as a cinematographer and not a dramatist, he regards everything in terms of shapes, light and color and not action and events and such post-human idea of film is pushed to limit here. The plot could be out of a…

    393 Likes
    Filipe Furtado
    Filipe Furtado
    Jan 3, 2020

    Vancouver Intl. Film Centre had an Italian Film Festival that featured three giallos this year. Had the pleasure of revisiting this one (first time on the big screen) thanks to them. So this one is a landmark film because it (along with Bava's earlier film The Girl Who…

    379 Likes
    Sean Baker
    Sean Baker
    Oct 29, 2015

    A masterpiece of shadowed colors, of composition, and of tension, this film feels like it's at least ten years early. Classify it as the precursor to slashers, as proto-giallo, as Italogothic horror if you please, but what I saw with my own two eyes was a classic slasher,…

    366 Likes
    Sally Jane Black
    Sally Jane Black
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  • Jake
    Jake loved
    Blood and Black Lace

    Incredible. Bava at the top of his game with the cinematography and narrative storytelling. This movie is even better if you happen to watch it during a thunderstorm. I cannot encourage this movie enough, especially if you are a fan of the giallo subgenre. Like reading a mystery

    2Y
    Vogue Italia
    Vogue Italia loved
    Blood and Black Lace

    one of the best films i’ve ever seen. the cinematography is genuinely stunning (the most beautiful i have ever seen! up with suspiria) , the story is beautifully written, and it has such a wonderful and engaging ending. pls pls pls everyone watch this movie

    2Y
    CvptvinHowdy
    CvptvinHowdy liked
    Blood and Black Lace

    The use of color in Giallo is always amazing! This is definitely my favorite as of now from Mario Bava, and I can see how this contributed to making that genre explode with popularity even after the early 60s.

    1Y
  • Rachie
    Rachie loved
    Blood and Black Lace

    Un film bellissimo e affascinante! L’uso del colore è incredibile

    6M
    Lee
    Lee loved
    Blood and Black Lace

    My fave giallo

    3Y
    Luca Tosti
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    Blood and Black Lace

    6/10

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Frequently Asked Questions

How long is Blood and Black Lace (Sei donne per l'assassino)?
The movie is 1hr 28min long.
What's Blood and Black Lace (Sei donne per l'assassino) about?
A masked, shadowy killer brutally murders the models of a scandalous fashion house in Rome.
Who's the cast of Blood and Black Lace (Sei donne per l'assassino)?
  • Cameron Mitchell as Massimo Morlacchi
  • Eva Bartok as Contessa Cristiana Cuomo
  • Thomas Reiner as Ispettore Silvestri
  • Arianna Gorini as Nicole
  • Dante DiPaolo as Franco Scalo
  • Mary Arden as Peggy Peyton
  • Franco Ressel as Marchese Riccardo Morelli
  • Claude Dantes as Tao-Li
  • Luciano Pigozzi as Cesare Lazzarini
  • Lea Lander as Greta
Who's the director behind Blood and Black Lace (Sei donne per l'assassino)?
Mario Bava directed Blood and Black Lace (Sei donne per l'assassino).
Who produced Blood and Black Lace (Sei donne per l'assassino)?
Alfredo Mirabile and Massimo Patrizi produced Blood and Black Lace (Sei donne per l'assassino).