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A Bay of Blood

Original title: Ecologia del delitto
  • 19711971
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  • 1h 24m
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6.5/10
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A Bay of Blood (1971)
Through 13 Watchlist picks, we resurrect the bloody roots of the prototypical summer camp slasher: 'Friday the 13th' (1980).
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The murder of a wealthy countess triggers a chain reaction of brutal killings in the surrounding bay area, as several unscrupulous characters try to seize her large estate.The murder of a wealthy countess triggers a chain reaction of brutal killings in the surrounding bay area, as several unscrupulous characters try to seize her large estate.The murder of a wealthy countess triggers a chain reaction of brutal killings in the surrounding bay area, as several unscrupulous characters try to seize her large estate.
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    • Mario Bava
  • Writers
    • Mario Bava(screenplay)
    • Giuseppe Zaccariello(screenplay)
    • Filippo Ottoni(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Claudine Auger
    • Luigi Pistilli
    • Claudio Camaso
    • Mario Bava
  • Writers
    • Mario Bava(screenplay)
    • Giuseppe Zaccariello(screenplay)
    • Filippo Ottoni(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Claudine Auger
    • Luigi Pistilli
    • Claudio Camaso
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    • 134User reviews
    • 114Critic reviews
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    Claudine Auger
    Claudine Auger
    • Renata Donati
    Luigi Pistilli
    Luigi Pistilli
    • Alberto
    Claudio Camaso
    Claudio Camaso
    • Simone
    • (as Claudio Volonté)
    Anna Maria Rosati
    Anna Maria Rosati
    • Laura
    • (as Anna M. Rosati)
    Chris Avram
    Chris Avram
    • Franco Ventura…
    Leopoldo Trieste
    Leopoldo Trieste
    • Paolo Fosatti
    Laura Betti
    Laura Betti
    • Anna Fosatti
    Brigitte Skay
    Brigitte Skay
    • Louise
    Isa Miranda
    Isa Miranda
    • Countess Federica Donati
    Paola Montenero
    Paola Montenero
    • Sylvie
    • (as Paola Rubens)
    Guido Boccaccini
    • Luca
    Roberto Bonanni
    Roberto Bonanni
    • Roberto
    Giovanni Nuvoletti
    Giovanni Nuvoletti
    • Count Filippo Donati
    Renato Cestiè
    • Renata and Alberto's Son
    • (uncredited)
    Nicoletta Elmi
    Nicoletta Elmi
    • Renata and Alberto's Daughter
    • (uncredited)
      • Mario Bava
    • Writers
      • Mario Bava(screenplay)
      • Giuseppe Zaccariello(screenplay)
      • Filippo Ottoni(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Friday the 13th (1980) and Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) pay homage to this movie by lifting two murders from it (one in each movie), almost shot for shot. The locations in all three movies look similar.
    • Goofs
      The Count is stabbed repeatedly in his back and then he falls on his back and dies. When the killer is dragging him away, there should be a blood trail leading from The Countess to the door.
    • Quotes

      Simon: Man should live and let live, and without any interfering.

      Paolo: Even that poor squid was free once, Simon, eh? I study Coleoptera because I love them.

      Simon: Sure, but the squirming little creatures still end up under your microscope. Yeah, he's dead all right but at least I eat my squid. But I don't kill as a hobby like you do.

      Paolo: Good lord, Simon. You make me feel like a murderer.

      Simon: I'm not saying that, Mr. Fossati, but if you kill for killing's sake, you become a monster.

      Paolo: But, man isn't an insect, my dear Simon. We have centuries of civilization behind us, you know.

      Simon: No, I don't know. I wasn't there.

    • Alternate versions
      The Italian version contains alternative filmed dialog scenes by the same characters. It also includes different character names for the 4 teenagers who stumble upon the abandoned disco.
    • Connections
      Featured in Don't Scream: It's Only a Movie! (1985)

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    It does what it says on the tin
    You don't go to a Mario Bava picture expecting an Antonioni picture or a Fellini picture. Bava does exactly what it says on the tin and what it says on the tin here is "A Bay of Blood" so basically you know what you're likely to get and what you're letting yourself in for but Bava is as much an auteur as any Italian maestro and the killing that opens this film proves it. Working almost exclusively within the genre of the horror picture Bava was, above all, a great visual stylist, (as well as directing "A Bay of Blood" he was also the DoP), and unlike most films that might be termed slashers this could almost be called art, albeit of a very kitsch kind.

    Budget-wise Bava had to achieve his effects with very little, other than sheer imagination. "A Bay of Blood" may be a fairly basic giallo in terms of plot but it is also creepy and clever and thankfully tongue-in-cheek, (with a laugh-out-loud pay-off), and Bava knew that by including a few 'cult' names in his cast, (Isa Miranda, Laura Betti), he could draw in the cineastes. It may not be in the same class as some of his better known works but it's still worth seeking out.
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    • Release date
      • May 3, 1972 (United States)
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      • Fogliano, Latina, Lazio, Italy
    • Production company
      • Nuova Linea Cinematografica
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    • 1 hour 24 minutes
      • Mono

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