Blood and Black Lace (1964) {Italy}
Mario Bava directs this influential Italian giallo about a killer who
lives
in the shadows and stalks models, a film that inspired slasher flicks of
the
1980s with its innovative camera tricks and an impressive roster of dead
bodies. The only clue to the murderer's identity is a diary kept by of one
of his fashion victims. But he's determined to keep anyone from actually
reading it. Cameron Mitchell, Eva Bartok and Thomas Reiner co-star.
Fairly tame by later giallo standards, the film is a pretty good who did
it
mystery.
