DEATH WALKS ON HIGH HEELS

Although less celebrated than some of his better known giallo peers such as Dario Argento, Mario Bava and Sergio Martino, late producer-turned-director Luciano Ercoli contributed three hugely entertaining and memorable entries to the genre - including this, his 1971 sophomore effort, Death Walks on High Heels. Spanish-born model and actress Nieves Navarro stars as Nicole, an exotic dancer who finds herself terrorized by a black-clad assailant determined on procuring her murdered father's stolen gems. Fleeing Paris in hopes of evading her knife-wielding pursuer, Nicole arrives in England only to discover that death stalks her at every corner. With the scene-stealing Navarro at its center, Death Walks on High Heels manages to subvert the conventions of the giallo film by having a ballsy, well-rounded female protagonist to root for - representing a welcome departure from the neurotic stereotypes found elsewhere within the genre.

Audio commentary by film critic Tim Lucas Introduction to the film by screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi From Spain with Love – featurette comprising newly-edited archive footage of director Luciano Ercoli and actress Nieves Navarro, interviewed at their home in Barcelona Master of Giallo – screenwriter Gastaldi on Death Walks on High Heels and how to write a successful giallo Death Walks to the Beat – a career-spanning interview with High Heels composer Stelvio Cipriani Original Italian and English Trailers Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Gilles Vranckx