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Bloody Moon

Original title: Die Säge des Todes
  • 19811981
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 30min
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
2.2K
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Jasmin Losensky in Die Säge des Todes (1981)
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Girls are killed at a language-school in Spain.Girls are killed at a language-school in Spain.Girls are killed at a language-school in Spain.

IMDb RATING
5.3/10
2.2K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Jesús Franco
  • Writer
    • Erich Tomek(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Olivia Pascal
    • Christoph Moosbrugger
    • Nadja Gerganoff
Top credits
  • Director
    • Jesús Franco
  • Writer
    • Erich Tomek(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Olivia Pascal
    • Christoph Moosbrugger
    • Nadja Gerganoff
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 38User reviews
    • 94Critic reviews
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  • Videos1

    Bloody Moon
    Trailer 1:39
    Bloody Moon

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    Jasmin Losensky in Die Säge des Todes (1981)
    Die Säge des Todes (1981)
    Die Säge des Todes (1981)
    Olivia Pascal in Die Säge des Todes (1981)
    Corinna Drews in Die Säge des Todes (1981)
    Corinna Drews in Die Säge des Todes (1981)
    Jasmin Losensky in Die Säge des Todes (1981)
    Jasmin Losensky in Die Säge des Todes (1981)
    Ann-Beate Engelke in Die Säge des Todes (1981)
    Jasmin Losensky in Die Säge des Todes (1981)
    Jasmin Losensky in Die Säge des Todes (1981)
    Corinna Drews in Die Säge des Todes (1981)

    Top cast

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    Olivia Pascal
    Olivia Pascal
    • Angelaas Angela
    Christoph Moosbrugger
    • Alvaroas Alvaro
    Nadja Gerganoff
    Nadja Gerganoff
    • Manuelaas Manuela
    Jasmin Losensky
    Jasmin Losensky
    • Ingaas Inga
    Corinna Drews
    Corinna Drews
    • Lauraas Laura
    • (as Corinna Gillwald)
    Ann-Beate Engelke
    • Evaas Eva
    Peter Exacoustos
    • Antonioas Antonio
    María Rubio
    • Countess Maria Gonzalesas Countess Maria Gonzales
    Antonia García
    • Elviraas Elvira
    Beatriz Sancho Nieto
    Beatriz Sancho Nieto
    • Ritaas Rita
    Alexander Waechter
    Alexander Waechter
    • Miguelas Miguel
    Jesús Franco
    Jesús Franco
    • Dr. Domingo Aundosas Dr. Domingo Aundos
    • (uncredited)
    Otto Retzer
    Otto Retzer
    • Buenoas Bueno
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Jesús Franco
    • Writer
      • Erich Tomek(screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    Miguel, a young man with a horribly disfigured face, goes on a rampage at a masquerade party and rapes a girl. He then brutally hacks up the young woman with a pair of scissors. Miguel is institutionalized at a mental asylum for five years. Afterward, he is released into the care of his sister, Manuela. Along with their wheelchair bound mother, they operate a boarding school for young woman, called Europe's International Youth-Club Boarding School of Languages, on the Spanish resort of Costa Del Sol. Miguel is intrigued by Angela, a long-haired brunette, whom he first saw on the train ride from the sanitarium. The creepy Miguel follows her around. Miguel meets with Manuela to request that they resume their incestuous relationship. She reminds him that it was this relationship that made him emotionally unstable five years earlier. She says they cannot because nobody understands them: "Only if we could get rid of everyone, then things could go back to the way they were." Then Angela's friends are killed one by one. One, while topless, is skewered from behind by a 12-inch knife that exits her right nipple. Another is coerced by a romantic masked Spaniard who insists on tying her up in an abandoned lumber mill (which according to her is "kinky," but OK) and is decapitated quite nicely with a large power saw, complete with squirting blood from her neck. A young boy is run over mid-section by a Mercedes. Another friend is strangled by smoldering fireplace tongs. There is also the real decapitation of a snake. When the girls start to turn up missing, nobody believes Angela that there's a killer on the loose. She had seen the corpse of one girl, and it was gone as soon as she went for help. Confused and scared, Angela finally looks for help from the people who run the school. —Sujit R. Varma
    murder of a nude womanmysterious killerpsychopathic killergrindhouse filmpsychotronic film172 more
    • Plot summary
    • Plot synopsis
    • Taglines
      • Don't Panic... It only happens once in a... Bloody Moon
    • Genres
      • Horror
      • Mystery
      • Thriller
    • Certificate
      • Not Rated
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Jesús Franco was initially told by the producers that Pink Floyd was going to do the score for this film.
    • Goofs
      (at around 38 mins) Angela is wearing a gray nightshirt when she finds Eva dead on her bed and immediately runs screaming out of the bungalow at which point Angela is suddenly wearing a sweater with a colorful forest pattern instead of the nightshirt.
    • Quotes

      Manuela: No, Miguel. I'm your sister. We shouldn't start again. Don't you see that people wouldn't let us love each other. It's that... don't you see... it's everybody that's around us, staring at us and judging us.

      [gasps]

      Manuela: I'm so afraid. Miguel, I'm terribly frightened. If we could just get rid of everyone around us. Then things could be as they were.

    • Alternate versions
      Dutch DVD is cut and at the gore scenes the picture goes from light to dark. The last available German censored master was used.
    • Connections
      Featured in Matador (1986)

    User reviews38

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    Great slasher film.
    "Bloody Moon" is a great slasher film from the master of exploitation Jesus Franco.The plot is obviously inspired by "Halloween" and "Friday the 13th".The acting is pretty average,but there is plenty of gore to satisfy fans of splatter.There is for example very bloody power saw decapitation plus some other killings which involve chainsaws,razorblades and knives.The music score is pretty appalling and the film's theme tune is incredibly annoying.Overall,the film is moderately entertaining,so if you're a Franco fan give this one a look. Here is the plot:"Bloody Moon" takes place in a Spanish language school,where pretty female students are murdered by an unidentified stalker in a variety of grisly ways.
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    • HumanoidOfFlesh
    • Oct 1, 2003

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 17, 1981 (Spain)
    • Countries of origin
      • West Germany
      • Spain
    • Languages
      • German
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Krvavi mjesec
    • Filming locations
      • Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
    • Production companies
      • Lisa-Film
      • Metro Film
      • Rapid Film
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      • 1h 30min
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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