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tonight's feature: A Bay of Blood (1971)
A Bay of Blood may be the most influential of all the early slasher films. Released in Italy in 1971 under the title Antefatto ("Before the Fact"), then later re-released as Ecologia del delitto ("Ecology of Crime"), Reazione a Catena ("Chain Reaction") and Bahia de Sangre ("Bay of Blood" in Spanish) at various times, the film was eventually released in 1972 as Carnage in the states before the name changed to Twitch of the Death Nerve, the Last House on the Left Part II, Last House Part II and also New House on the Left. Directed and co-written by the master of Italian horror, Mario Bava, the film set a new standard in violence and gore.
Basically a complex murder mystery that keeps the murders and murderers ever-changing, A Bay of Blood centers on the death of the ultra wealthy Countess Federica Donati and the many who would claim her estate. But the mystery only seems to get more confounding because everyone seems like they might have been in on it.
Graphic murder scenes aside, this movie draws you in as the characters navigate against each other. Add in the sexy 70s soundtrack with exceptional bongo action and you've got something a step up from your basic Friday the 13th (which copied greatly from this blood splattered classic). 8 billhook machetes out of 10.
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