Blood and Black Lace (Italian: Sei donne per l'assassino also known as Six Women for the Murderer) is a 1964 Italian horror thriller film directed by Mario Bava Bava co-wrote the screenplay with Giuseppe Barilla Marcello Fondato The film stars Cameron Mitchell and Eva Bartok The story concerns the stalking and brutal murders of various scantily-cald fashion models committed by a masked killer in a desperate attempt to obtain a scandal-revealing diary.