Safety razor steel blades remain in limited production for lower income markets. Because Gillette held a patent on stainless blades but had not acted on it, the company was accused of exploiting customers by forcing them to buy the rust-prone blade. The risk of injury from handling razor blades was further reduced in 1970 when Wilkinson released its "Bonded Shaving System", which embedded a single blade in a disposable polymer plastic cartridge. A flurry of competing models soon followed with everything from one to six blades, with many cartridge blade razors also having disposable handles. Cartridge blade razors are sometimes considered to
A Blade in the Dark and neighbors are murdered by a razor-wielding slasher, and there is a weird next door neighbor who is a key suspect. Lamberto Bava was offered to direct "A Blade in the Dark" while he was assisting Dario Argento on "Tenebrae" (1982). The film was written by the husband and wife writing team of Dardano Sacchetti and Elisa Briganti. Bava and Sacchetti recalled that their collaboration was difficult, with the two being more friendly during the production of "Twitch of the Death Nerve" (1971), but their approach to this film was at odds with each other. The film was initially commissioned