Beautiful women are serial murdered in this 1964 giallo horror film directed by Mario Bava. The film is highly stylish, with vivid use of color and great cinematography, but unfortunately, the plot isn't that great: A masked madman is killing off beautiful fashion models one by one. The killer and motive are at the heart of the mystery, but I felt like the resolution wasn't very well-executed--perhaps because there really wasn't much there to begin with. The use of color is stylish, but so much so that it becomes garish. Blood and Black Lace is a great example of too much style (I never thought I'd say such a thing!) and too little substance. I would suggest skipping it and watching Black Sunday instead.
6/10
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