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Though most do not watch Mario Bava films for their tightly constructed plots, this film still provided much of the inspiration for the first two FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH films, as well as some of the actual scenes. The plot hinges on a bunch of murderous relatives who are all competing for position to inherit the estate of the matron of the family, which is mainly the bayside resort at which they are staying. However, a gaggle of teens show up and see a bit too much and, well, it becomes the BAY OF BLOOD...Product Identifiers
EAN5027035006321
eBay Product ID (ePID)102179422
Product Key Features
ActorClaudio Volonte, Brigitte Skay, Luigi Pistilli, Claudine Auger
Film/TV TitleBay of Blood
DirectorMario Bava
LanguageEnglish
Subtitle LanguageEnglish
Run Time81 Mins
Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Release Year2010
FormatBlu-ray
FeaturesWidescreen, With Subtitles
GenreHorror/Occult, General
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate18
Country/Region of ManufactureItaly
Additional InformationA family's murderous battle over some bayfront property is the subject of director Mario Bava's bloody horror-thriller, which many have cited as the grandfather of the modern slasher film. Claudine Auger is the scheming daughter of a murdered Countess; her staged suicide forms the basis of the film's plot. In a seemingly unrelated subplot, four hippies arrive in a dune buggy led by Brigitte Skay, who dances the Shake and swims naked before having her throat hacked open with a machete. Skay's boyfriend has his face chopped with the same machete and the other couple has a spear thrust through their bodies as they make love. All of these murder scenes were imitated in Steve Miner's FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH, PART 2, and the film's style influenced countless American slasher films of the 1970s and '80s. Bava also includes a strangulation by telephone cord, a gory axe decapitation, a man speared to a wall, and five other murders.
Sound sourceDolby Digital
Movie/TV TitleBay Of Blood