14 August 2013

Blood and Black Lace (Mario Bava, 1964)

8/10
Hard to believe this giallo from Mario Bava dates all the way back to 1964! The first so-called "bodycount" movie, it's not real gruesome, just features a lot of what would become giallo staples - namely masked men killing women. The colors are gorgeous, the opening title sequence is fantastic, the soundtrack is good...the plot starts out pretty knotty but kind of dumbs itself down by the end, which was a bummer, but you can't expect too much from a movie like this. But it was really enjoyable and visually a treat, so I liked it.

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