La novia ensangrentada (1972)

Director:

Vicente Aranda

Writers:

Vicente Aranda (writer)
Sheridan Le Fanu (novel)

Release Date:

April 1974 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

The revenge of a young bride on her wedding night!

Plot:

A young husband's sexual fantasies frighten his new wife and cause her to seek advice from Carmilla...

Plot Keywords:

Supernatural | Female Frontal Nudity | Breast Removal | Pubic Hair | Lesbian Scene

Cast

Simón Andreu	...	Husband
Maribel Martín	...	Susan
Alexandra Bastedo	...	Mircalla Karstein
Dean Selmier	...	Doctor
Ángel Lombarte	...	Carol's father
Montserrat Julió	...	Carol's mother
Maria-Rosa Rodriguez	...	Carol (as Rosa Rodriguez)

Also Known As:

Blood Castle
Bloody Fiancée
The Blood Spattered Bride (USA)
Till Death Do Us Part (cut version)

Runtime:

100 min | USA:82 min

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Isla de La Toja, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain

Company:

Morgana Films

Trivia:

The Anchor Bay release of the film is in English, also dubbed in English to clean up the Spanish accents of the actors attempting English throughout. It is not likely that a Spanish language version of this film exists.

Goofs:

Continuity: Susan draws a portrait of Mircalla Karstein, on which Susan's husband doodles in the upper right-hand corner. Later, when Susan looks at the drawing, her husband's doodling is missing.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films (2003)

Almost perfect example of Eurotrash Vampire thrillers...

By turns mysoginistic and feminist, this one has some spooky metaphorical comments on marriage, virginity and lesbianism. It also has the gorgeous cinematography, splendidly dreary autumnal locations and beautiful women going absolutely demented that we've come to expect from European horror movies of the time. Nudity is kept to the minimum, unusually, but the classically beautiful Alexandra Bastedo of cult TV series The Champions is the vampire this time, and the scene where she's discovered buried in the sand is totally surreal and inspired, almost Bunuelian. The movie flags a little in the middle, as most of them do, but the ending is suitably hysterical and subversive. It also seems to be almost a prequel for Vampyres, another stylish and sexy Spanish vampire flick.