philiptaylor-62598 Review of Blood and Lace

Blood and Lace (1971)

Just Want to Comment on One Gaping Illogical Scene

[5/10 · 20 December 2022]

I don't have much to add overall on the qualities of this production as others have already said most of what I also would have said. Melody Patterson is very appealing though a bit old-looking to be a teenager. But here is what bothers me; even though you don't expect stellar logic in a cheesy story like this. I still cannot help wondering WHY - after Ellie has seen a fellow female "inmate" chained up in the attic by the mistress of the house, and after she has seen possibly lifeless bodies in another room, and considering she very much wants to get away from this place, WHY - when the sheriff's detective comes to check out the place - does she not immediately tell him what she has seen in the attic and other room? It would have spelled the end for the wicked couple running the home and it would have freed Ellie as well. Anyone with any sense would have done that. Or perhaps they just decided to glide over this gaping plot point in order to keep the movie going?