The Red Queen Kills Seven Times is a 1972 Italian-German giallo horror thriller film directed by Emilio Miraglia [as Emilio P. Miraglia] (The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave) from a screenplay co-written with Fabio Pittorru (Nine Guests for a Crime; Calling All Police Cars; The Weekend Murders).
The movie stars Barbara Bouchet, Ugo Pagliai, Marina Malfatti and Marino Masé.
The soundtrack score was composed by Bruno Nicolai (Eyeball; The Antichrist; All the Colours of the Dark; Count Dracula; et al).
Plot:
Germany: Young sisters Kitty and Eveline attack each other violently but are stopped from stabbing each other by their grandfather. They’ve been driven insane by an old painting, a depiction of ‘The Red Queen’, a figure said to curse their family, appearing every hundred years to claim seven victims.
In 1972, Kitty (Barbara Bouchet) is working as a photographer for Springe fashion house. She receives a call from her other sister, Franciska (Marina Malfatti), informing her that their grandfather has died, apparently from a heart attack induced by the appearance of a mysterious figure in a red cape. When Hans Meyer, the sleazy manager of Springe, is stabbed to death, it seems Eveline might be responsible…
Choice dialogue:
Elizabeth Hoffman: “All men are filthy beasts!”
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Alternative opening
Original Italian theatrical trailer
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Gilles Vranckx
Trailer:
Clip:
Bruno Nicolai soundtrack score:
Cast and characters:
Barbara Bouchet … Kitty Wildenbrück
Ugo Pagliai … Martin Hoffmann
Marina Malfatti … Franziska Wildenbrück
Marino Masé … Police Inspector
Pia Giancaro … Rosemary Müller
Sybil Danning … Lulu Palm
Nino Korda … Herbert Zieler
Fabrizio Moresco … Peter
Rudolf Schündler … Tobias Wildenbrück
Maria Antonietta Guido
Carla Mancini … Elizabeth Hoffmann
Bruno Bertocci … Hans Meyer
Sisto Brunetti … Policeman
Dolores Calò … Dress-Fitter at Fashion House
Nestore Cavaricci … Policeman
Alfonso Giganti … Springe’s Department Director
Filming locations:
Weikersheim and Würzburg, Germany
Stabilimento SAFA-Palatino, Piazza dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo 8, Rome, Italy (studio)
Original title:
La dama rossa uccide sette volte
US release:
Released in a truncated form as The Corpse Which Didn’t Want to Die; Blood Feast and Feast of Flesh.
Film Facts:
In 2006, No Shame released the film in the USA in a unique box set with Emilio Miraglia’s The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave that included a Red Queen figurine.
