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A masked, shadowy killer brutally murders the models of a scandalous fashion house in Rome.A masked, shadowy killer brutally murders the models of a scandalous fashion house in Rome.A masked, shadowy killer brutally murders the models of a scandalous fashion house in Rome.
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Dante DiPaolo
- Franco Scalo
- (as Dante Di Paolo)
Lea Lander
- Greta
- (as Lea Krugher)
Harriet Medin
- Clarissa
- (as Hariette White Medin)
Mary Carmen
- Model
- (as Mara Carmosino)
Fashion On Screen
Fashion On Screen
"The New Look," House of Gucci, and more stories about the creation of fashion.
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDue to the film's low budget Mario Bava mounted the camera on a child's wagon and used it for tracking shots.
- GoofsIn one English-dubbed print, the handwritten message of the killer is in German.
- Quotes
Inspector Sylvester: Perhaps the sight of beauty makes him lose control of himself, so he kills.
- Alternate versionsThe original European version opened with a title sequence in which the camera focuses on each cast member as their name appears on the screen. The US distributors, Lawrence Woolner and Bernard Woolner, hired Filmation Studios to create a new title sequence featuring a montage of mannequins and skulls. The original title sequence has been restored on VCI Home Video's DVD release. The original US release removed a shot of the bathwater turning blood red in Claude Dantes' death scene. This shot was seen in the montage of scenes used in Matador (1986), and has been restored on VCI Home Video's DVD release.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Matador (1986)
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Gorgeous Giallo!
Watching this film it's amazing how much cinema has changed in the past 30 years. This is the film that inspired the entire giallo genre, where the visual drive of film takes priority over the narrative. The script is therefore extremely perfunctory, with atrociously dubbed dialogue, minimalistic characterisation and outmoded sexual politics to say the least. If the script lacks sophistication however, visually this film is nothing short of stunning. Bava eschews rapid editing for a more langorous style of long gliding tracking shots and pans. Surprisingly ungraphic as well, considering its successors; the build up to the murder is more important than the act itself. What I find most amazing is how so much is achieved on a cinematic level on such a low budget. Every shot is planned to make the most of the sumptuous sets as possible; there is always something of visual interest onscreen, from the inspired use of foreground in the moving camera shots to pictural composition and the masterly use of colour and lighting. The second murder in the antiques shop is particularly stunning. Ultimately, as in a lot of the films of the genre (the early Argento films for example), the lack of any real narrative focus means that the film loses momentum towards the end. Still, stylistically a masterpiece.
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- Apr 5, 1999
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Krv i crna cipka
- Filming locations
- Villa Sciarra, Rome, Lazio, Italy(villa and garden)
- Production companies
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- Budget
- ITL 141,755,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
- Sound mix
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