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Blood and Black Lace poster
A
Excellent
MASTER SCORE 81.7 / 100
1964·Crime / Drama / Horror·1h 28m

BLOOD AND BLACK LACE

“A Fashion House of Models… Becomes a Terror House of Blood!”

Isabella, a young model, is murdered by a mysterious masked figure at a fashion house in Rome. When her diary, which details the house employees' many vices, disappears, the masked killer begins killing off all the models in and around the house to find it.

Above the Line
Mario Bava·DirectorMarcello Fondato·ScreenplayGiuseppe Barilla·WriterUbaldo Terzano·Director of PhotographyCarlo Rustichelli·Original Music ComposerMario Serandrei·Editor
Cast
Cameron Mitchell·Massimo MorlacchiEva Bartok·Contessa Cristiana CuomoThomas Reiner·Inspector SilvestriAriana Gorini·NicoleDante DiPaolo·Franco ScaloMary Arden·Peggy PeytonFranco Ressel·Marchese Riccardo MorelliClaude Dantes·Tao-LiLuciano Pigozzi·Cesare LazzariniLea Lander·Greta
Full Crew
(10 credits)
Directing· 1
Mario Bava·Director
Writing· 3
Giuseppe Barilla·WriterMario Bava·WriterMarcello Fondato·Screenplay
Camera· 2
Ubaldo Terzano·Director of PhotographyMario Bava·Director of Photography
Editing· 1
Mario Serandrei·Editor
Sound & Music· 1
Carlo Rustichelli·Original Music Composer
Production· 2
Alfredo Mirabile·ProducerMassimo Patrizi·Producer
By the Numbers
81.7
OF 100
Master Score
7.1
OF 10
IMDb
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CRITICS
Rotten Tomatoes
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Worldwide Gross
0
Oscar Wins
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Poster DNA

THE VISUAL DECONSTRUCTION

A bespoke vision agent's reading of the design language behind Blood and Black Lace's key art.

Dominant Palette
3 colors
#000000
#136A6E
#C6302E
Mood
Ominous, Suspenseful, Violent
Composition
Diagonal
Era
1960s
Visual Style
Illustrated

“A dark, illustrated movie poster depicts a silhouetted figure in a trench coat and fedora, holding a weapon, standing over the bare legs of a person in a red ga”

horrorcrimedrama
Key Elements
Trench CoatFedoraWeaponBare LegsRed GarmentMoon
Atmosphere
Dark
Color Mood
Mixed
Setting
Wilderness
Design Score
8/10
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