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HorrorThrillerMystery

Blood and Black Lace

- A Fashion House of Models… Becomes a Terror House of Blood!

Isabella, a young model, is murdered by a mysterious masked figure at a fashion house in Rome. When her diary, which details the house employees' many vices, disappears, the masked killer begins killing off all the models in and around the house to find it.

Release Date : 1964-04-10

Language :Italian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Emmepi CinematograficaMonachia FilmLes Productions Georges de BeauregardTop-Film

Production Country : GermanyFranceItaly

Alternative Titles : Fashion House of DeathSix Women for the Murderer

Cast

Cameron Mitchell

Character Name : Massimo Morlacchi

Original Name : Cameron Mitchell

Gender : Male

Eva Bartok

Character Name : Contessa Cristiana Cuomo

Original Name : Eva Bartok

Gender : Female

Thomas Reiner

Character Name : Inspector Silvestri

Original Name : Thomas Reiner

Gender : Male

Ariana Gorini

Character Name : Nicole

Original Name : Ariana Gorini

Gender : Male

Dante DiPaolo

Character Name : Franco Scalo

Original Name : Dante DiPaolo

Gender : Male

Mary Arden

Character Name : Peggy Peyton

Original Name : Mary Arden

Gender : Female

Franco Ressel

Character Name : Marchese Riccardo Morelli

Original Name : Franco Ressel

Gender : Male

Claude Dantes

Character Name : Tao-Li

Original Name : Claude Dantes

Gender : Male

Luciano Pigozzi

Character Name : Cesare Lazzarini

Original Name : Luciano Pigozzi

Gender : Male

Lea Lander

Character Name : Greta

Original Name : Lea Lander

Gender : Female

Massimo Righi

Character Name : Marco

Original Name : Massimo Righi

Gender : Male

Francesca Ungaro

Character Name : Isabella

Original Name : Francesca Ungaro

Gender : Male

Giuliano Raffaelli

Character Name : Zanchin

Original Name : Giuliano Raffaelli

Gender : Male

Harriet Medin

Character Name : Clarissa

Original Name : Harriet Medin

Gender : Female

Mary Carmen

Character Name : Model

Original Name : Mary Carmen

Gender : Male

Heidi Stroh

Character Name : Bleach Blond Model

Original Name : Heidi Stroh

Gender : Female

Enzo Cerusico

Character Name : Gas Station Attendant

Original Name : Enzo Cerusico

Gender : Male

Nadia Anty

Character Name : Model

Original Name : Nadia Anty

Gender : Male

Calisto Calisti

Character Name : Butler (uncredited)

Original Name : Calisto Calisti

Gender : Male

Romano Moraschini

Character Name : Suspect at Police Station (uncredited)

Original Name : Romano Moraschini

Gender : Male

Goffredo Unger

Character Name : The Masked Killer (uncredited)

Original Name : Goffredo Unger

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-05-18

When the glamorous model "Isabella" is found murdered, "Insp. Silvestri" (Thomas Reiner) is drafted in to investigate. Pretty quickly he discovers, as do we, that she kept a diary and it now becomes distinctly dangerous for anyone who has handled this book as the masked killer seems hell bent on retrieving it. There are suspects a-plenty for the killings, and an intriguing sub-lot between a penniless Marquis (Franco Ressel) being blackmailed for an alibi by the boyfriend of one of the deceased, makes the main plot a little more puzzling too. It packs quite a lot into ninety minutes and the story is peppered with red herrings but not in an Agatha Christie fashion. They are more plausible, the characterisations malevolent, duplicitous and back-stabbing and for much of this, we really have no idea who is committing these heinous crimes, nor why. The score is left in the reliable hands of Carlo Rustichelli and though the dialogue isn't that bad, it is this that works well to create a sense of menace - and mischief, as the investigation reaches it's denouement. Tangentially, it takes a swipe or two at the rather insincere worlds of modelling and fashion in general, and is easily as good as the best horror thrillers to emanate from Hammer. Despite the whole thing having something of an episode of "Columbo" to it, it's still worth a watch.