The Red Queen Kills Seven Times is a fantastic giallo, full of twists, turns, red herrings, and a web of complicated character relationships. I usually find, while probably sacrilegious to most film nerds on here, that giallo tends to be punchy moments amongst really boring and inconsequential circumstances that don't really add up to anything, relying mainly on a…, Sybiling RivalryorSisters Are Doing It* For Themselves. Every hundred years, the legend goes, the bloodthirsty Red Queen returns and… The Red Queen Kills Seven Times (1972) directed by Emilio Miraglia • Reviews, film + cast • Letterboxd Letterboxd — Your life in film The Wildenbrück Castle in…, Let's get this out of the way: Isn't Martin's place the ugliest you've ever seen? Charisse ’s review published on Letterboxd: I loved the opening scene with the two little girls. I found…. This has always been one of my favorite giallos with its crazy twist filled plot and beautiful German village setting. The Red Queen Kills Seven Times.The Red Queen Kills Seven Times (Italian: La dama rossa uccide sette volte) is a 1972 giallo film directed by Emilio Miraglia.Contents. A good example of Giallo! When two sisters inherit their family castle, a string of murders committed by a mysterious dark haired woman in a red cloak targets their circle of friends. Film data from TMDb. The Horror Ghoul is using Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists with friends. This one really has it all - gory murders, beautiful women, atmospheric locations and an intriguing mystery plot. I found it entertaining! It's all a bit over worked, but worth it for some striking imagery, corpses that can't help blinking, and a killer using a VW Beetle to deadly effect. Both are used pretty well, with some nicely done avenging murders. The murders are plentiful and the suspects all very... suspicious. But he assures them that this is just an old legend. Watched the Arrow Video Special Edition Blu-ray. This is an excellent film. And quite nude. This one is a bit of a mixed bag for me. Cool visuals and a good soundtrack, but very talky and kind of boring. TMDb The Red Queen Kills Seven Times 1972 ★★★½ . an Italian fashion house located in Germany. Fun, silly, baroque giallo about sisters haunted by a family curse involving a serial killing ghost. IMDb But solid costume design shouldn’t come as a surprise as with a lot of giallos, this movie deals with characters that work in high fashion, particularly fashion design and modeling. Forging onward with my Giallo addiction, my first rip through the Red Queen Kills Seven Times has provided the highest concentration of wacky sensationalism yet! I absolutely LOVE all the outfits in this movie. Review by Tony the Terror️ ★★★★★ 13. Also sports stunning cinematography, bold/colorful set designs (lots of red throughout), stellar performances, a handful of solid kills and a twisty, complex reveal. The Red Queen Kills Seven Times. Jan This was a fun Giallo. The cinematography looks great on the arrow resto, and the story is cool, but it feels way too drawn out. More details at Like the blunter cousins in the slasher genre, these films are sometimes more…. Colors are vibrant, deep, dark, and bright. In the film, an age-old family curse hits sisters Kitty and Franziska following the death of their grandfather Tobias. Truly gorgeous cinematography by Alberto Spagnoli (1st AC on Red Desert). * *Nobody cares if you don't think…, 1) Films missing are mainly hardcore porn and TV shows (Hitchcock mysteries namely). I would go mad if I lived there. 2020. It was hard to distinguish one from the other. Was Tobias just the first... and are Kitty and Franziska next? Dead people can’t come back. Don’t get left behind – Enjoy unlimited, ad-free access to Shudder's full library of films and series for 7 days. It earns the designation, from the architectural porn to the high fashion (interwoven into character, setting, and plot) to the long hallways and tight interiors to the wallpaper, yes, the glorious, sometimes garish, sometimes sublime wallpaper. The Red Queen Kills Seven Times was distributed … Probably. It has the best elements of what makes a giallo interesting; trashy paperback motifs, bloody slashing, relying on the spooky and familial flair of a gothic horror story, murrrder mystery, and something supernatural hiding in the shadows. Amazon Prime havers of October '17: this is a great transfer in the correct scope aspect ratio, Italian language with English subtitles. But giallo is not entirely about the plot; someone is being killed and someone is killing. Every hundred years, the Wildenbruck family has two sisters, one that dies at the hand of the other, only to return as the legendary "Red Lady" who'll kill six innocent victims followed by sister who murdered her. 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