In this post, we will look at an early Giallo Movie, ”Blood and Black Lace’ (BBL). BBL is directed by Mario Brava, the ‘Master of the Macabre’, one of the most well known of directors of this genre. The setting for this movie is Christian Houte Culture, a Fashion House overdecorated with ornaments and filled with beautiful female models. The fashion house is managed by two individuals Countess Christina ( Eva Bartok) and Massimo( Cameron Mitchell).Marco, a nosy dress designer, also works at the fashion house.

A violent killer in clad in a fedora hat and trench coat is targeting the models. Isabella, a model walking through the fashion house’s compound is his first victim. Franco an antique shop owner cocaine addict and philanderer and Isabella’s former lover is now dating Nicole another model. Nicole who is in possession of Isabella’s diary, promises Silvestri (Thomas Reiner), the police official investigating the case, that she will hand it to him.

Unfortunately, she too is violently murdered in Franco’s antique shop, in a scene peppered with colorful lighting, in typical Giallo style.

Her friend and colleague, Peggy who stole the diary from Nicole is the killer’s next causality, after the killer takes his time to torture her for the diary.

Silvestri suspects that the murderer is a serial killer and one of the men who work at the fashion house. He holds all the men in custody, as potential suspects. However, even with the men at the station, another model meets her violent doom. So, is the killer, one of the women? The rest of the plot answers this question. BBL is an watch and has some great eye candy. Packing gore, sets with gaudy decor and aburd multicolored lighting in some of the most unexpected places along with a interesting whodunit plot. BBL makes it’s mark as a quintessential Giallo movie

The movie is a good one-time watch.

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