Review of The Red Queen Kills Seven Times

The siblings Kitty (Barbara Bouchet) and Evelyn Wildenbrück hate each other since they were children. They live in the old castle of their grandfather Tobias Wildenbrück (Rudolf Schindler) and one day they learn that there is a legend that their family is cursed. Every one-hundred years, one sister dies and returns to life killing seven persons and the other sister is her last victim. When they are older, they have a disagreement and Kitty accidentally kills Evelyn during a fight. However, their sister Franziska Wildenbrück (Marina Malfatti) and her husband Herbert Zieler (Nino Korda) hide Evelyn´s body in a room in the dungeons of the castle. Then they tell to Tobias and to the locals that Evelyn has moved to the United States of America. When Tobias has a heart attack and dies, the lawyer reads his will to Kitty, Franziska and Herbert and explains that they have to wait for one year to learn how they will inherit his fortune. Kitty continues to work at the fashion design company Springe, where she is photographer, and her boyfriend Martin Hoffmann (Ugo Pagliai) is the vice-director. Meanwhile a red cloaked woman that looks like Evelyn is killing acquaintances of Kitty and Martin and they are the prime suspect of the Police Inspector (Marino Masé) that is investigating the case.

"La dama rossa uccide sette volte", a.k.a. "The Red Queen Kills Seven Times", is an entertaining giallo with absurd plot point. The screenplay does not develop Franziska and Herbert that appear in the story. Giallos usually have at least a twist in the end to surprise the view, but this one is extremely unreasonable. However the deaths are great. But anyway it is worthwhile watching this film that keeps the tension until the ending. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "A Rainha Vermelha Mata 7 Vezes" ("The Red Queen Kills Seven Times")