A Bay of Blood
Directed by Mario Bava
When a rich Countess dies, strange murders befall people trying to claim her property in Mario Bava's gruesome giallo, which many credit with giving birth to the slasher genre. Combining his famously rich cinematography style with increasingly bizarre murders, Bava's film became a favorite of directors like Joe Dante and horror historian Stephen Thrower. It also found many detractors, including horror icon Christopher Lee, who found the extreme violence revolting. Controversial, disturbing and incredibly influential, A BAY OF BLOOD is a total must-see. Contains sexual scenes, violence and gore.
When a rich Countess dies, strange murders befall people trying to claim her property.
Cast: Claudine Auger, Luigi Pistilli, Laura Betti
Member Reviews
I wanted to give this film two and a half stars but Shudder doesn't allow that, and two stars seemed unfairly low. While I do appreciate this film for inspiring decades of slasher films (especially the Friday the 13th series), the plot was a bit too convoluted and all over the place for me. The kills and gore are all great but everything else didn't really work for me.
A fun, gory, and uncompromisingly misanthropic classic. Hell, Friday the 13th Part 2 stills one of the series most famous kills from this.
yay
Moody images and some nasty gore can’t cover the fact that this is an absolute snoozefest
Cool effects, otherwise , meh.