Rojo sangre (2004)

Director:

Christian Molina

Writer:

Paul Naschy (writer)

Release Date:

23 April 2004 (Spain)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

Veteran actor Pablo Thevenet (Paul Naschy) has no luck: His daughter has been murdered, his wife has left him...

Plot Keywords:

Murderer | Female Nudity

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Paul Naschy	...	Pablo Thevenet
Bibiana Fernández	...	Dora Grizzel
Menh-Wai Trinh	...	Tic-Toc (as Mehn-Wai)
Miguel Del Arco	...	Reficul
José Lifante	...	Camilo
Teresa Manresa	...	Berenice
Saturnino García	...	Cuchillero
Guillermo Montesinos	...	Herr Fuchs
Francisco Algora	...	Martin (as Paco Algora)
Vicente Gil	...	Enrique Arjona
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Carles Arquimbau
Alfonso Azpiri	...	Cameo: customer at Pandora
Miquel Bordoy
Hèctor Claramunt	...	Chema
Pedro Gutiérrez
Laura Manzanedo	...	Colaboracion especial
Rosa Maria Sardà	...	Herself (as Rosa Mª Sardà)

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

Germany:16 | Spain:18 | Canada:13+ (Quebec)

Company:

Canonigo Films

Trivia:

When Pablo (Paul Naschy) mentions the movies he has made, most of them are from Naschy's own filmography.

Good Return for Naschy

Rojo Sangre (2004)

*** (out of 4)

Spanish horror film written and acted by the legendary Paul Naschy. In the film, which is semi-autobiographical, Naschy plays a horror legend who finds himself becoming a has been due to how the business is ran these days. He gets a break working in a club where he's paid to perform as various real-life serial killers but one day he starts to take the job too serious and begins to murder off the "new and cool" people of television. This film started out so well, unlike any other Naschy film but the director really blew things in the second half. The second half of the film is incredibly bad but I still enjoyed this for the terrific start. The opening hour is a brutal attack on current fame and current Hollywood, which rings all too true. Seeing the legend Naschy having to beg for work hits home quite strongly and Naschy's performance has never been better. His screenplay for this opening stuff dealing with a forgotten great is also the best he's ever done. The second half of the film really falls apart due to the director trying to be too stylish and there's an incredibly stupid twist in the story that doesn't work at all.