Terror and Black Lace is a Mexican horror film from 1985, originally titled Terror y encajes negros, directed and scripted by Luis Alcoriza from a story by Ramón Obón. It stars Gonzalo Vega, Maribel Guardia, Claudio Obregón, Jaime Moreno and Claudia Guzmán.
“A Mexican psycho thriller filled with moustaches, machismo and melodrama but little else. Dismally dreary and, sadly, of little interest even for fans of world horror cinema.” Adrian J. Smith, Horrorpedia
“It’s the story of Isabel (Maribel Guardia), a young woman suffocated by her jealous, controlling husband (played perfectly by Gonzalo Vega), who keeps her virtually imprisoned in their apartment. The first two-thirds of the film chronicles Isabel’s struggle to break out of this extreme isolation. The story takes a turn in the final 30 minutes, when Isabel is terrorized by the psychotic Cesar (played by veteran character actor Claudio Obregón), after she witnesses him disposing of a dead body in her building. To the film’s credit, though, Isabel’s ordeal isn’t just horror for horror’s sake; it’s skillfully woven back into the main story as a way of highlighting both Isabel’s loneliness and her husband’s irrational distrust.” Amazon.com
