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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 (Mary Arden), who borrowed abortion money from Isabella, is tortured and has her face pressed into a red-hot iron. The bodies continue to pile up until a conspiracy is exposed and the perpetrators start getting their just desserts. Luciano Pigozzi, Massimo Righi, and Claude Dantes are among the cast.
Condition: NEW
Actors: Cameron Mitchell, Eva Bartok, Thomas Reiner, Diana DiPaolo, Luciano Piggozi
Directors: Mario Bava
Format: Blu-ray, NTSC
Language: Italian
Region: All Regions
Number of discs: 2
Rated:
NR
Not Rated
Studio: Arrow Video
DVD Release Date: July 5, 2016
Run Time: 91 minutes
Cast & Crew
Cameron Mitchell Max Marian
Eva Bartok Contessa Cristina
Thomas Reiner Inspector Sylvester
Arianna Gorini Nicole
Mary Arden Peggy
Claude Dantes Tao-Li
Luciano Pigozzi Actor
Franco Ressel Marquis Richard Morell
Lea Krugher Isabella
Massimo Righi Marco
Giuliano Raffaelli Zanchin
Harriet Medin Clarica
Haniet White Clarica
Dante DiPaolo Actor
Enzo Cerusico Actor
Francesca Ungaro Actor
Hariette White Medin Actor
Mara Carmosino Actor
Heidi Stroh Actor
Nadia Anty Actor
Technical Credits
Mario Bava Director,Screenwriter
Joe Barilla Screenwriter
Giusseppe Barilla Screenwriter
Harry Brest Art Director
Marcel Fonda Screenwriter
Marcello Fondato Screenwriter
Alfredo Mirabile Producer
Lou Moss Producer
Massimo Patrizi Producer
Carlo Rustichelli Score Composer
Mario Serandrei Editor
Mark Suran Editor
Herman Tarzana Cinematographer
Ubaldo Terzano Cinematographer
Special Features
Brand new audio commentary by Mario Bava's biographer Tim Lucas Psycho Analysis-a new documentary on Blood and Black Lace and the origins of the giallo genre featuring interviews with directors Dario Argento (Suspiria) and Lamberto Bava (Demons), screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi (All the Colors of the Dark), critics Roberto Curti and Steve Della Casa, crime novelist Carlo Lucarelli, and others An appreciation by Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani, the creative duo behind Amer and The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears Yellow-the much-acclaimed neo-giallo by Ryan Haysom & Jon Britt [Blu-ray exclusive] Gender and Giallo-a visual essay by Michael Mackenzie exploring the giallo's relationship with the social upheavals of the 1960s and 70s Panel discussion on Mario Bava featuring Dario Argento, Lamberto Bava and Steve Della Casa, recorded at the 2014 Courmayeur Film Festival The Sinister Image: Cameron Mitchell-an episode of David Del Valle's television series, devoted to the star of Blood and Black Lace and presented in full The alternate US opening titles, sourced from Joe Dante's private print and scanned in 2K especially for this release Original theatrical trailer
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