Other Titles • A Bay of Blood (1972) • Antefatto (1971) • Before the Fact-Ecology of a Crime (1971) • Bloodbath (1976) • Bloodbath Bay of Blood (1971) • Bloodbath Bay of Death (1971) • Carnage • Ecologia del delitto (1971) • The Ecology of a Crime • Last House on the Left Part II (1973) • New House on the Left (1971) • Twitch of the Death Nerve (1973) • Blutrausch des Teufels (1971) • Im Blutrausch des Satans (1971) • Bay of Blood • Before the Fact - Ecology of a Crime • Last House on the Left, Part 2
Synopses for A Bay of Blood (1971)
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This late entry in Italian horror auteur Mario Bava's catalog is in keeping with much of his other work: a rather murky plot, inventive camera work and editing, gauzy lighting using red and blue gels, and an atmospheric, dreamlike feel throughout. Where it parts ways with many of his films is in the high body count--so high that many feel Bay of Blood was a likely influence on American slasher films such as Friday the l3th. The killing centers on a list of potential heirs to a piece of lakefront property ripe for development (a subplot involves camping teenagers who are also being slaughtered--sound familiar?). The slayings come fast and furious, with gunshots, chokings, stabbings, decapitations, and a two-for-the-price-of-one impalement, to name a few. Bava creates an off-kilter mood of melancholia for the film that makes it somewhat less fun than the mindless slasher flicks of the 1980s, but also renders it a more thought-provoking, cynical sort of movie. --Jerry Renshaw
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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 13TH 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...
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Countess Federica, the elderly owner of a coveted piece of bayside property, is brutally slain by her husband - who is himself killed by a mysterious third person at the murder scene! Who is the killer? Could it be the real estate developer or the entomologist neighbor who wants to preserve the natural insect life thriving around the bay? Perhaps the Countess's illegitimate son, in a bid to claim a name for himself, is responsible? Whoever it is, brace yourself, because no one's a suspect for very long in Mario Bava's black comedy of human greed - which boasts 13 characters and 13 of the most shocking murders ever filmed!
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