Day 26Reflections on: Blood and Black Lace (1964)This may have the greatest opening credit sequence

Day 26

Reflections on: Blood and Black Lace(1964)

• This may have the greatest opening credit sequence of all time! The colours! The shapes! Molto bello!
  
• Everyone is dramatically lit and acts over-the-top.
• The cast consists of so many beautiful women that it’s hard to keep them all straight.
• As with many gialli, the dubbing is ridiculous. The diction is bizarre. One of the male characters sounded like a computer speech synthesizer. 
• This was the first giallo! I can see why it was so widely imitated. It’s a beautiful melodrama!
• Whenever a woman is attacked by the killer she makes absolutely no attempt to fight back. They’re so helpless they practically go limp :/
• Excellent clothes and decor. 
• Don’t ask me to explain the plot to you. Murder…. fashion. That’s about it.