Just last month, arrow films released an outstanding bluray for deep red. Sex, desire, murder, mystery, love and lust all stylized in the most vivid and often surreal manner. Vci opens up mario bavas fashion house of death again with their bluraydvd combo of blood and black lace. Bava cowrote the screenplay with giuseppe barilla and marcello fondato. Blood and black lace 1965 italian director mario bavas blood and black lace did not find success when it opened in its native italy in march 1964 under its original title sei donne per lassassino six women for the murderer. Nov 10, 2014 sei donne per lassassino 12 blood and black lace 1964 film giallothriller ita sub eng mario bava. Blood and black lace 1964 when people ask me how the giallo genre got started, i usually mention this film.
Blood and black lace bluray disc, 2018 for sale online. This seminal thriller by legendary italian filmmaker, mario bava, became the blueprint for giallo cinema with its visually arresting colour scheme, set piece murders and convoluted plot. Blood and black lace 1964,trailer video dailymotion. It was, however, changed to blood and lace upon its theatrical release. A giallo with a low body count that predates black christmas and halloween for the opening pov tracking shot of the killer, blood and lace was an influential 1971 slasher picture.
Having established a template for the giallo genre with his film the girl who knew too much, legendary filmmaker mario bava set about cementing its rules with blood and black lace. Blood and black lace sei donne per lassassino 1964 rotten. Mario bava set about cementing its rules with blood and black lace. While not the first giallo movie, it is the one best remembered, thanks to directorcoscreenwriter mario bavas five dolls for an august moon 1970. Sei donne per lassassino blood and black lace film completo. Sei donne per lassassino blood and black lace film. Sei donne per lassassino also known as six women for the murderer is a 1964 italian horror thriller film directed by mario bava bava cowrote the screenplay with giuseppe barilla marcello fondato the film stars cameron mitchell and eva bartok the story concerns the stalking and brutal murders of various scantilycald fashion models committed by a masked killer. Sei donne per lassassino 12 blood and black lace 1964 film giallothriller ita sub eng mario bava. Mario bava psycho receives a lot of commendation and credit for being one of the most influential films on the concept of the slasher horror genre. Marcello fondato story and screenplay, giuseppe barilla.
Widely recognized as one of the earliest and influential of italys giallo films pronounced yellow and so called for their similarity to a series of yellowcovered italian crime novels, blood and black lace is a perennial favorite among the fans of italian director mario bava. I would go so far as to say youve never really seen blood and black lace if you havent seen a print of this new scan. Its a film that demands to be watched by horror fans as a giallo staple, and weve a newlyproduced 2k restoration of the. Cameron mitchell an episode of david del valles television series, devoted to the star of blood and black lace and presented in full. Viva bava, celebrating a master craftsman features roger. Oct 24, 2007 trying to uncover a secret can only take a film so far, but offering stimulating color use and set design along the way can provide a good boost, depending on what you look for in a film. Blood and black lace 1964 feature video dailymotion. The original italian title of mario bavas 1964 blood and black lace is. Panel discussion on mario bava featuring dario argento, lamberto bava and steve della casa, recorded at the 2014 courmayeur film festival the sinister image. Nicholas gregorys rating of the film blood and black lace nicholas gregory as one of the most beautiful italian horror films in lighting and color photography, this is mario bavas statement of film less as something literary than it is a visual medium, akin to michelangelo antonionis films that challenged notions of narrative in cinema. Gilbert, written by gil lasky and starring gloria grahame, melody patterson, len lesser, and milton selzer. Blood and black lace is a 1964 giallo film directed by mario bava. Eugenio, terzano and giovannini would have decisive roles in a number of future bava films, including black sabbath, the girl who knew too much, blood and black lace, and planet of the vampires. T he roots of the hollywood slasher are often traced back to blood and black lace, yet mario bavas seminal giallo has a richness of texture and complexity of gaze that have kept its elaborate carnage scintillating even following decades of leeching from genre vultures.
In doing so he created one of the most influential films ever made an. The politics of murdered and murderous women, part 1. Its certainly not the first work in cinema and literature to concern itself with the serial murder of women, but the upfront nature of the title and then, of course, of the films actual content suggests a border crossing of sorts. Between its excessive use of color, hothouse tone and pioneering protoslasher setpieces, blood and black lace is an ultimate embodiment of the genre. Spoilers blood and black lace 1964 when people ask me how the giallo genre got started, i usually mention this film. Oct 02, 2019 blood and black lace though is a film where the characters and dialogue are very much secondary, with it being a masterclass in style over substance filmmaking. There are horror films out right now, new ones, which are even more violent than blood and black lace. Blood and black lace is a prototypical film worth owning for anyone who appreciates this subsect of film history. The film bore the working title the blood secret, which appears on the original print of the film. Blood and black lace 1964, italyfrancegermany is a giallo film directed by mario bava. With excellent usage of colors, production, alluring mystery, music, tension and mastery. With its blacktrenchcoated masked killer, blood and black lace set the precedent for italian giallo films of the 1960s. Few films are anywhere near as lovely as mario bavas blood and black lace.
Setting a fierce series of murders within a prestigious. Not only did bavas film help codify the exploitation genre referred to. A blood drenched modwhodunit, it kicks off with a young woman ambling through the misty woods, only to be strangled by a. Diabolik are his only features ive seen in original 35mm of perfect quality, and this 2k encoding could only be bettered by a perfect original technicolor print, which are no longer made. Blood and black lace was shown in italy on 14 march 1964 and on 7 april 1965 in the united states. The film follows an orphaned teenager patterson who arrives at a remote orphanage run by a madwoman grahame and her handyman, both sadists and child murderers. Critics disparaged the film set in a fashion house where beautiful models are gruesomely murdered for its. Too many times i find myself sighing whilst waiting for the narrative to regather pace again. Blood and black lace is light on story but rich in style. May 26, 2015 the original italian title of mario bavas 1964 blood and black lace is sei donne per lassassino, that is, six women for the murderer.
The story concerns the stalking and brutal murders of various scantilyclad fashion. Blood and black lace trailer mario bava, 1964 youtube. Blood and lace is a 1971 american erotic slasher film directed by philip s. Blood and black lace bluraydvd, 2016, 3disc set for. Influential killer thriller from italian horror master mario bava is a. Shock 1977 use of color, sensuality and brutal violence, which was copied by the many. With a strong cast including cameron mitchell and eva bartok, blood and black lace is a very beautiful and violent movie where bava really excels himself as a director and showing off his unique visual style on what otherwise would be a substandard script, and okay this may not be the best or most riveting of the genre, but it is very decent. The film by italian director dario argento is generally regarded as.
Blood and black lace 1964 movie clip antichita model nicole arianna gorini visits antichita, the antique shop owned by frank, to deliver the diary belonging to her friend, his lover, murdered the night before, then the same murderer appears, and director mario bava gets creative in the setting, in blood and black lace, 1964. Blood and black lace by mario bava cameron mitchell, eva. Oct 29, 2018 blood and black lace is an essential experience for euro horror fans, especially for those whose giallo viewing history has yet to branch beyond argento and fulci. In doing so he created one of the most influential films ever made an italian classic that would spearhead the giallo genre, provide a prototype for generations. Sep 24, 2014 sei donne per lassassino 12 blood and black lace 1964 film giallothriller ita sub eng mario bava. Six women for the murderer is a 1964 giallo film directed by mario bava. A great influence on fellow italian director, dario argento, blood and black lace went on to shape italian horror, as well as the slasher film of the 1980s. The folks at vci have filled a niche by offering a second bluray option for the film by presenting it in this new transfer at 1. If you care about horror cinema do yourself a favor and buy it immediately.
Mario bavas seminal giallo touchstone, about a murder spree in a highend fashion house, was profoundly influential on argento, craven, tarantino and scorsese. Blood and black lace the grindhouse cinema database. Blood and lace was released on march 17, 1971 in the united states, and became a regular at drivein theaters on double bills with other horror films. Also, it obviously had a major influence on dario argentos first feature, the bird with the crystal blumage 1970, the film that spearheaded the second wave of giallos in the 1970s. Newly restored from the original camera negative and presented here in its original, uncut italian form, this dualformat release allows fans to see blood and black lace. Fashion house of death six women for the murderer, sei donne per lassassino, 6 donne per lassassino, six women for the murderer, 6 femmes pour lassassin. Blood and lace is a great oldfashioned horror flick, which manages some campy laughs as well as some real scares. Mario bavas blood and black lace is a sumptuous slasher.
Oct 15, 2018 from the hatwearing, raincoatclad, masked killer in black gloves to the horrifically gruesome murders to the unnaturally vivid colors in the lighting, all the markers of gialli are there in blood and black lace. Blood and black lace 1964 bluraydvd combo director. Sei donne per lassassino is a 1964 italian horror thriller giallo film directed by mario bava, who also cowrote the screenplay with giusseppe barilla and marcello fondato. Most presentations of blood and black lace available have been framed at 1.
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