- Title
- Blood and Lace
- AKA
- Il Martello Macchiato di Sangue [The Hammer Stained with Blood] (Italy)
- Year of Film
- 1971
- Director
- Philip S. Gilbert
- Starring
- Gloria Grahame, Melody Patterson, Milton Selzer, Len Lesser, Vic Tayback, Terri Messina, Ronald Taft, Dennis Christopher
- Origin of Film
- USA
- Genre(s) of Film
- Gloria Grahame, Melody Patterson, Milton Selzer, Len Lesser, Vic Tayback, Terri Messina, Ronald Taft, Dennis Christopher,
- Type of Poster
- 30x40
- Style of Poster
- --
- Origin of Poster
- USA
- Year of Poster
- 1971
- Designer
- Unknown
- Artist
- Unknown
- Size (inches)
- 30 2/16" x 40"
- SS or DS
- SS
- NSS #
- 71/69
- Tagline
- SHOCK after SHOCK after SHOCK as Desire drives a bargain with DEATH!
Another largely forgotten horror from the early 1970s, Blood and Lace sounds a very interesting film, particularly since it was apparently released with a PG rating (actually ‘GP’, but equivalent) despite featuring brutal murders and torture of children. This website also shows how many similarities there are between this and several other horrors that came after it (including the killer’s striking resemblance to Freddy Krueger).
Notably, this was director Philip S. Gilbert’s only film. It seems that it has never been released on DVD but was briefly available to stream on US Netflix so there’s a chance that it may be given a release soon.
This US 30×40 features photographs that have been hand-tinted using brilliantly lurid colours and note the poorly-drawn blood-splatters on the hammer. I’m a big fan of what the designer of the poster did with the title.
The use of large, repeating type is a common them with horror film posters from this period.
The original trailer can be found on YouTube.
