Blood and Lace

Not to be confused with Blood and Black Lace.

Blood and Lace
Theatrical one-sheet
Directed byPhilip Gilbert
Written byGil Lasky
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyPaul Hipp
Edited byMarcus Tobias
Production
companies
  • Contemporary Filmmakers[1]
  • Carlin Company[1]
Distributed byAmerican International Pictures
Release date
  • February 12, 1971 (1971-02-12) (Chicago)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$200,000

Blood and Lace is a 1971 American exploitation horror film directed by Philip Gilbert, written by Gil Lasky, and starring Gloria Grahame, Melody Patterson, Len Lesser, and Milton Selzer. The film follows an orphaned teenager (Patterson) who arrives at a remote orphanage run by a madwoman (Grahame) and her handyman, both sadists and child murderers.

Shot in Los Angeles in 1970 and released theatrically in early 1971, Blood and Lace became a frequent billing on the drive-in theater circuit throughout the 1970s. At the time, it was considered to be one of the most gratuitous films to receive a GP rating. In the years since its release, it has been cited as a progenitor of the modern slasher film.[2]

  1. ^ a b Craig 2019, p. 66.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference fangoria was invoked but never defined (see the help page).