The Red Queen Kills Seven Times

The Red Queen Kills Seven Times (La dama rossa uccide sette volte)
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Directed by	Emilio Miraglia
Produced by	Antonio Sarno
Written by	Emilio Miraglia Fabio Pittorru
Starring	Barbara Bouchet Ugo Pagliai Marina Malfatti Sybil Danning
Music by	Bruno Nicolai
Release dates	1972 (Italy)
Running time	98 min.
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Red Queen Kills Seven Times (Italian: La dama rossa uccide sette voltecode: it is deprecated ) is a 1972 Italian giallo film directed by Emilio Miraglia.

Plot

Two sisters, Kitty (Barbara Bouchet) and Evelyn, are cursed by a family painting depicting a hundred year-cycle in which a Red Queen is raised from the dead to kill seven times. After Evelyn seemingly perishes and multiple killings ensue, their niece Franziska (Marina Malfatti) and Kitty start to suspect that Evelyn may be the Red Queen.

Cast

• Barbara Bouchet: Ketty Wildenbrück
• Ugo Pagliai: Martin Hoffmann
• Marina Malfatti: Franziska Wildenbrück
• Marino Masé: Inspector
• Pia Giancaro: Rose Mary Müller
• Sybil Danning: Lulù Palm
• Nino Korda: Herbert
• Rudolf Schündler: Tobias Wildenbrück

Release

The film was released theatrically in its native Italy in August 1972.

The film was released theatrically in the United States by The Cannon Group in 1976.

On VHS and DVD, the film has been released by various titles including Blood Feast (not to be confused with the Herschell Gordon Lewis film of the same name).

NoShame DVD released the officially licensed film remastered, widescreen and uncut on DVD in 2006 as part of the Emilio Miraglia Killer Queen Box Set.

Critical reception

Allmovie called it a "standard but solid entry in the giallo genre."

External links

• The Red Queen Kills Seven Times at IMDb
• The Red Queen Kills Seven Times at AllMovie