Directed by:
Mario BavaScreenplay:
Mario BavaCinematography:
Mario BavaComposer:
Stelvio CiprianiCast:
Claudine Auger, Luigi Pistilli, Claudio Camaso, Chris Avram, Brigitte Skay, Isa Miranda, Renato Cestiè, Leopoldo Trieste, Laura Betti, Paola Montenero (more)VOD (3)
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A 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. (Arrow Films)
(more)Cast
Claudine Auger
France
Best movies:
Flic Story (1975)
Yoyo (1965)
Le Rouge et le noir (1997) (TV movie)
Luigi Pistilli
Italy
Best movies:
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
For a Few Dollars More (1965)
The Octopus (1984) (series)
Claudio Camaso
Italy
Best movies:
1900 (1976)
Joko invoca Dio... e muori (1968)
Wake Up and Die (1966)
Chris Avram
Romania
Best movies:
California (1977)
The Violent Professionals (1973)
Viva! Django (1971)
Brigitte Skay
German Empire
Best movies:
San Babila-8 P.M. (1976)
Four Times That Night (1971)
A Bay of Blood (1971)
Isa Miranda
Italy
Best movies:
The Seven Deadly Sins (1952)
The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)
The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
Renato Cestiè
Italy
Best movies:
La traviata (1982)
The Life of Leonardo Da Vinci (1971) (series)
Devil in the Brain (1972)
Leopoldo Trieste
Italy
Best movies:
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
Laura Betti
Italy
Best movies:
1900 (1976)
La dolce vita (1960)
Wait for the Dawn (1960)
Paola Montenero
Italy
Best movies:
A Bay of Blood (1971)
Man, Woman and Beast (1977)
Rugantino (1973)
Nicoletta Elmi
Italy
Best movies:
Death in Venice (1971)
Deep Red (1975)
Demons (1985)
Roberto Bonanni
Best movies:
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
Forget Paris (1995)
A Bay of Blood (1971)
Cicely Browne
USA
Best movies:
Amarcord (1973)
The Big Racket (1976)
Confessions of a Police Captain (1971)