Review of Blood and Black Lace (1964) by Nir E — 25 Aug 2007

I would like to use this comment to encourage movie lovers that are still not familiar with Mario Bava work, to step in and give him a try. Blood and black lace is a proof that Bava is a mastermind in the art of cinema, getting influences from Orson Wells, Fritz Lang and other great directors which shape the cinema we see today.

Blood and black lace is known as one of the first giallos ever made, and responsible for the big Giallo productions in Italy afterwords. In blood and black lace Bava increased his abilities of photographing woman closeups to a level of amazing beauty, his mastership in portraits is so clear in that movie.

The story is not the best part of Blood.. but bava know how to tell this story in an imaginative way with many twists that will make you stay in your sit, and I am not getting into the murder set pieces which are so disturbing and violent even for today standards.

So all you cinema lovers out there, if you want to get excited from something fresh and unique check Bava work, because bava was one of the best directors in the cinema history and time will surly tell.