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"26.02.2019 Visually excellent. Cool jazz score. The lighting and stage design were also stand-out elements of this early slasher. "
"Mario Bava’s mixing of emotionally motivated color and object-centric tactility set the visceral template for the giallo. Thematically, Blood and Black Lace offers the giallo an irresolvable obsession with female violation that’s simultaneously cruel and heartfelt. Here, the murders are understood to reflect a debasement that suggests a furthering of the debasement of modeling, a suggestion that’s literalized by the killer’s placement of the bodies in hideous poses, and by a purposefully"
"1.9. Bavan esigiallo on värimaailmaltaan ja visuaaliselta tyylittelyltään todella upean näköinen, mutta sitä katsoessani mietin useampaankin kertaan, haluanko oikeasti katsoa yksityiskohtaista naisten murhaamista. Murhien pääpaino on kuitenkin jopa seksuaalisessa alistamisessa ja orgastisessa hekumoinnissa, mikä tuntuu hieman arvelluttavalta. Tämä on myös yksi niistä syistä, miksi giallo tai slasher eivät anna minulle genrenä kovinkaan paljoa."
"10/24/17 Directed by: Mario Bava Of course it looks great, being a giallo and all (plus some tasty Eastmancolor) and its not nearly as convoluted as other films in the genre, plus the ADR is surprisingly tolerable. Unfortunately, its also very dull and the "whodunit" aspect of the film is not even slightly compelling with all these completely undeveloped characters. "
"First viewing - July 21st Giallo Fest When I found out my neighborhood theatre was hosting a Giallo festival & I could see all 3 films for $25, I jumped on the festival pass & planned to spend time each night over this weekend watching the films. (They did weeknight screenings as well, but my weeknights are busy enough as it is.) They kicked off the festival properly with the film that's considered the first true Giallo film & the blueprint for those that followed, Mario Bava's Blood and Black"
"Probably my favorite Bava film, and one hell of a giallo! "