Blood and Black Lace Mario Bava

(aka " Sei donne per l'assassino " or " L' Atelier de la peur" or "Blutige Seide" or "Fashion House of Death" or "Six Women for the Murderer" or "Six femmes pour l'assassin" )

directed by Mario Bava
Italy 1964

An unscrupulous business operating under the guise of a top fashion house with exotic models running sexual favors, cocaine dealings and blackmail, becomes a murder scene—after someone is pushed to the edge. The saga begins when a beautiful model is brutally murdered, and her boyfriend, a known addict supplying her drugs, is suspected of the crime…but is he guilty or is someone waiting in the shadows setting him up?

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Theatrical Release: March 14th, 1964 - Italy

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DVD Comparison:

VCI (Unslashed Collectors' Edition) - Region 0 - NTSC vs. Hände Weg (LE) - Region 0 - PAL vs. VCI - Region 0 - NTSC

Big thanks to Gregory Meshman for the all of the Screen Caps!

(VCI (Unslashed Collectors' Edition) - Region 0 - NTSC LEFT vs. Hände Weg (LE) - Region 0 - PAL - MIDDLE vs. VCI - Region 0 - NTSC - RIGHT)

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Distribution	VCI Region 0 - NTSC	Hände Weg Region 0 - PAL	VCI Region 0 - NTSC
Runtime	1:24:42	1:25:18	1:24:48
Video	1.75:1 Original Aspect Ratio 16X9 enhanced Average Bitrate: 7.78 mb/s NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s	1.77:1 Original Aspect Ratio 16X9 enhanced Average Bitrate: 5.51 mb/s PAL 720x576 25.00 f/s	1.61:1 Original Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: 6.17 NTSC 704x480 29.97 f/s
	NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes.
Bitrate: VCI
Bitrate: Hände Weg
Bitrate: VCI
Audio	English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono) , Italian (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)	German and Italian 2.0 Mono Audio Options	DUB: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono) , Italian (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
Subtitles	English, Spanish, None	English, German and none	English subs on Italian track
Features	Release Information: Studio: VCI Aspect Ratio: Widescreen anamorphic - 1.75:1 Edition Details: • Commentary by Tim Lucas • American Trailer • 4 Bonus Trailers: City of the Dead, Ruby, Horrors of the Black Museum, Bird with the Crystal Plumage • Biographies • Tim Lucas Profile • Disc 2: • Bonus Music Sound Track • Interviews with Cameron Mitchell and Mary Dawne Arden • Photo Gallery DVD Release Date: November 8, 2005 Keepcase Chapters 12	Release Information: Studio: Hände Weg Aspect Ratio: Widescreen anamorphic - 1.78:1 Edition Details: • Uncut Anamorphic (16:9) Widescreen (1.85:1) Version • 4 Anamorphic Trailers for BLOOD AND BLACK LACE • 12 Anamorphic Trailers for other Mario Bava films he was associated with (some he directed and/or some he photographed) • Audio commentary by German Journalists Christian Kessler and Robert Zion (in German – no subtitles) • Introduction to the movie by lead actor Thomas Reimer (in German – no subtitles) • Photo Gallery • Comparison between the original & censored murder scenes (10 scenes) DVD Release Date: April 1, 2003 Keep Case Chapters 20	Release Information: Studio: Vci Home Video Aspect Ratio: Full Screen (Standard) - 1.61:1 Edition Details: • Commentary by Tim Lucas • Bonus Music Sound Track • Trailers: English, French, Bonus Bavas • Interviews with Cameron Mitchell and Mary • Dawne Arden • Photo Gallery • Alternative English and French titles DVD Release Date: December 12th, 2000 Keep Case Chapters 15

Comments:

ADDITION: VCI (Nov 2005 release 'Unslashed Collector's Edition') - Another disappointing release from VCI for this film. The image on new VCI disc is anamorphic this time and they carried over all extras from the previous disc. Unfortunately, the image is still better on Hände Weg disc and it's not has more information on the sides. Too bad the German DVD is no longer available. So, if you own German disc and previous VCI edition, there's no need to get a new one. If you only have German disc, you might want to pick this one up just for the excellent commentary by Tim Lucas especially since it can be purchased for under $10.

- Gregory Meshman

****

German disc is much superior image wise and has nice extras, but you need to speak German (or Italian, an interview with the composer Carlo Rustichelli is in Italian) to understand it. VCI disc features an excellent commentary by Tim Lucas, so I'll give them an edge for extras. VCI disc was transferred from PAL source into NTSC. German disc includes only German and Italian soundtracks (the whole film was post-dubbed, so there's no original language), but provides English subtitles. Both versions use German source and include a few seconds missing from US laserdisc. The menus and packaging is also superior for German disc.

- Gregory Meshman

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VCI (Unslashed Collectors' Edition) - Region 0 - NTSC

(Hände Weg (LE) - Region 0 - PAL - LEFT vs. VCI - Region 0 - NTSC - RIGHT)

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