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The Red Queen Kills Seven Times
After the death of their grandfather, two sisters inherit their family castle, which is said to be haunted by the Red Queen, whom legend says claims seven lives every hundred years. When a mysterious woman in a red cloak starts targeting their circle of friends, the sisters begin to suspect there might be some truth to the legend.
Release : | 1972 |
Rating : | 6.5 |
Studio : | The Cannon Group, Phoenix Cinematografica, Romano Film, |
Crew : | Assistant Production Design, Production Design, |
Cast : | Barbara Bouchet Ugo Pagliai Marina Malfatti Marino Masé Pia Giancaro |
Genre : | Horror Thriller Mystery |
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Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.
It's complicated... I really like the directing, acting and writing but, there are issues with the way it's shot that I just can't deny. As much as I love the storytelling and the fantastic performance but, there are also certain scenes that didn't need to exist.
I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.
This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama
Emilio Miragli's second (and final) film, "The Red Queen Kills Seven Times" is a little-seen gem of the giallo golden-age. A red-cloaked female killer stalks players in the fashion industry, combining Gothic sensibilities with the supernatural in a compelling, often confusing whodunnit. There's a whole subplot about a family curse, with a seemingly never-ending array of sisters popping out of the woodwork to serve as seemingly little more than red herrings. Confused yet? You will be.Like much of its ilk, "The Red Queen" is both Italian and surreal. The audio track is a bit off, which seems to be a prerequisite with these films, and the cinematography and various set-pieces are absolutely exquisite and engrossing. Combined with a score by the Ennio Morricone-adjacent Bruno Nicolai, the film has a unique yet slightly familiar flavor that genre fans will find most intriguing. There are, of course, some soap operatic elements at play, but this all adds to the film's charms.Barbara Bouchet plays the lead character, Kitty, and appears to be the only character in good moral standing. She's an absolute pleasure to watch, as her face just oozes shock and horror when the carnage kicks in. On the other side of the coin, Marina Malfatti appears to relish playing the pot-stirring nymphomaniac foil, Franziska. When the film isn't creeping you out or staging elaborate death scenes for its unfortunate bystanders, you can rest assured that the performances on hand will keep you fully engaged and grinning alongside their often over-the-top portrayals. It's a shame Miragli fell completely off the map after making the film, as "The Red Queen Kills Seven Times," much like its mouthful of a title, is one for the ages. It's not a film for everyone, but it definitely slays.
One of the finest and most stylish gialli of early 70's "The Red Queen Kills 7 Times" by Emilio Miraglia tells the story of legend of The Red Queen who stabbed her sister(The Black Green)and six other innocent victims because she herself was earlier stabbed to death by Black Lady.This family curse happens every 100 years since 1772.There is a truly memorable and haunting femme killer in "The Red Queen Kills 7 Times":a red-caped black-haired beauty who stabs her victims to death via ancient dagger.Very stylish and colorful Italian giallo with lovely Barbara Bouchet and almost unrecognizable Sybil Danning.Plenty of nudity and some graphic murders including nasty death via iron fence.Fantastic soundtrack by Bruno Nicolai.It's a crying shame that "The Red Queen Kills 7 Times" was the last film of obviously talented Emilio Miraglia.8 red flowing gowns out of 10.
An old family story told to two young girls by their grandfather is brought to life 16 years later as he foretold.People are getting murdered and blood is being spilled and rats are scampering all over and naked bodies are being enjoyed.Kitty (Barbara Bouchet) is the suspect, but we know she is not the killer. Is it Franziska (Marina Malfatti)? Is it Evelyn back from death for revenge? Is it a plot to steal an inheritance? The color is superb in this thriller from Emilio Miraglia, who only did one other Giallo, as far as I know.The only thing that spoiled the film was the appearance that several frames were cut out. Someone calls the police, and suddenly they are there trying to save Kitty.
As children, sisters Evelyn and Kitty Wildenbrück are told a chilling family legend by their grandfather: every hundred years, The Red Queen, a Wildenbrück woman who has been murdered by her sister, will return from the dead to claim seven victims.Fourteen years later, after her grandfather dies, Kitty (Barbara Bouchet) begins to wonder if there was some truth in the old man's crazy tale: people in her acquaintance have started to be murdered, and witnesses claim that the killer not only wears red, but also looks a lot like her sister Evelynwhose corpse lies hidden deep under the Wildenbrück castle, having been accidentally killed by Kitty during an argument!!!A 70s giallo from director Emilio Miraglia, The Red Queen Kills 7 Times not only has one hell of a crazy story (a prerequisite of the genre), but also packs in plenty of female nudity and the occasional bit of bloodletting. However, despite being an admirer of the genre (and a big fan of gratuitous T&A and gore), I wasn't overly impressed by this effort, finding the plot too convoluted to follow at times (even for a giallo), the killer too easy to identify, and the ending rather rushed.On the positive side, Bouchet is gorgeous (as are her co-stars Pia Giancaro and Sybil Danning), the deaths are frequent (with the highlight being a juicy impalement on a fence), the score is great, the cinematography lovely, and, for sleaze fans, there is even a drug-dealing rapist to bring down the tone of the film a couple of notches.I give The Red Queen Kills 7 Times a rating of 6 out of 10, although it very nearly got a 7, for featuring cinema's largest pair of pentagonal glasses (as sported by Ms. Giancaro), and a cop who looks like Borat.