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Blood and Black Lace

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Blood and Black Lace
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1hr 30min
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1964
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Vci Video
Synopsis: Director Mario Bava's second thriller revolves around a fashion salon owned by wealthy Cristina (Eva Bartok) and her greedy lover Max (Cameron Mitchell). The salon is a front for cocaine-trafficking and blackmail, so when model Isabella (Lea Kruger) is viciously strangled, leaving a detailed diary behind, many of the people connected with the salon become very nervous. Isabella's roommate Nicole (Arianna Gorini) finds the diary and soon has her throat clawed out with a piece of medieval armor. Peggy ... Full Synopsis
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Widely recognized as one of the earliest and influential of Italy's "giallo" films (pronounced "yellow" and so called for their similarity to a series of yellow-covered Italian crime novels), Blood and Black Lace is a perennial favorite among the fans of Italian director Mario Bava. Setting a fierce series of murders within a prestigious fashion house, Bava upped the ante on the genre with this often ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Max Marian
Contessa Cristina
Inspector Sylvester
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