Search - Blood and Black Lace [Special Edition] on DVD

MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Violence, Not For Children Movie Release: 1964 DVD Release: 10/24/2000 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English, Italian Subtitles: English, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 28 mins Studio: Vci Video Members Wishing: 6 Genres: Thriller, Psychological Thriller, Giallo See Also: Blood and Black Lace, Blood and Black Lace

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. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide

Cameron Mitchell - Max Marian
Eva Bartok - Contessa Cristina
Thomas Reiner - Inspector Sylvester
Arianna Gorini - Nicole
Mary Arden - Peggy
Claude Dantes - Tao-Li
Luciano Pigozzi

Long revered by Italian cinema fans as one of the earliest and best examples of the giallo, Mario Bava's Blood and Black Lace comes to DVD from VCI Home Video. Presented in 1.66:1 widescreen and featuring multiple audio tracks in English, French and Italian Dolby Digital Mono, optional English and Spanish subtitles are also accessible. Extra features include commentary by Bava expert Tim Lucas, an isolated score track, trailers a photo gallery and interviews with Cameron Mitchell and Mary Dawne Arden. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide