once upon a time in a castle . two little girl be play in the garden castle . they be sister . a blonde little girl ( kitty ) and a brunette one ( evelyn ) . evelyn steal kitty doll . kitty pursues evelyn . run through long corridor and they reach the room where their grandfather and sit on an armchair and read the newspaper . kitty complains about evelyn and while evelyn be look interestedly at a picture hang on the wall . evelyn begin to say repeatedly represent i be the red lady and kitty be the black lady . suddenly evelyn grab a dagger lie nearby and stabs kitty doll and then cut her ( the doll ) head . a fight ensues . and evelyn almost use the dagger against kitty . the grandfather intervenes and the bad be avoid . later on and their grandfather tell them the legend relate to the picture hang on the wall in front of them and in which a lady dress in black be stab a lady dress in red representa long time ago and a red lady and a black lady live in the same castle . they be sister and hat each other . one night and for jealousy reason and the black lady enter the red lady room and stab her seven time . one year later and the red lady leave her grave . she kill six innocent people and and her seventh victim be the black lady . once every hundred year and the event repeat themselves in this castle and a red lady kill six innocent victim before kill the black lady herself . the grandfather end his tale by say that accord to the legend and sixteen year from now and the red queen should come again and kill seven time . but he assure them that this be just an old legend . sixteen year pas . this be the very beginning of the film . there be many twist and surprise in the film . it good for you to forget about logic ( if you really analyse it and the story doesn not make sense ) and just follow the film with it wonderful color and the gorgeous woman and the clothes and the tasteful decor and the lighting effect and the beautiful soundtrack . enjoy barbara bouchet and sybil danning and marina malfatti and pia giancaro and among other goddess . there a nude by sybil danning lie on a sofa that something to dream about . and do not forget represent the lady in red kill seven time . if you have like la dama rossa . check out also la notte che evelyn uscì dalla tomba .