DEATH WALKS TWICE: TWO FILMS BY LUCIANO ERCOLI (LIMITED EDITION BOXSET) [BLU-RAY + DVD]

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• Genre: Drama
• Plot: Emerging at the peak of the giallo boom of the early '70s, Luciano Ercoli's Death Walks films are two superlative examples of the genre linked by their shared casting of Spanish-born actress and model Nieves Navarro (billed under her adopted stage name of Susan Scott) as the lead woman in peril.; ; In Death Walks on High Heels (1971), exotic dancer Nicole (Navarro), the daughter of a murdered jewel thief, finds herself terrorized by a black-clad assailant determined on procuring her father's stolen gems. Fleeing Paris and her knife-wielding pursuer, Nicole arrives in London only to discover that death stalks her at every corner.; ; Returning in Death Walks at Midnight (1972), Navarro stars as Valentina — a model who, in the midst of a drug-fuelled photoshoot, witnesses a brutal murder in the apartment opposite hers. But when the authorities refuse to believe that a crime has been committed, Valentina is forced to assume the role of amateur sleuth.; ; Offering up all the glamour, perversity and narrative twists and turns that are typical of the giallo genre at its best, Luciano Ercoli's Death Walks on High Heels and Death Walks at Midnight anticipate the super-stylized trappings of Brian De Palma's early psycho thrillers (most notably, Dressed to Kill).;
• Runtime: 3:30
• Media Format: Movie