A Bay of Blood

A Bay of Blood
Italian film poster
Directed byMario Bava
Screenplay by
  • Mario Bava
  • Giuseppe Zaccariello
  • Filippo Ottoni
  • English Version:
  • Gene Luotto
Story by
Produced byGiuseppe Zaccariello
Starring
CinematographyMario Bava
Edited byCarlo Reali
Music byStelvio Cipriani
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Nuova Linea Cinematografica
Distributed byNuova Linea Cinematografica
Release date
  • 8 September 1971 (1971-09-08)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryItaly
Languages
  • Italian
  • English

A Bay of Blood (Italian: Ecologia del delitto,[a] lit. "Ecology of Crime", later retitled Reazione a catena [lit. "Chain Reaction"]) (also known as Carnage, Twitch of the Death Nerve and Blood Bath) is a 1971 Italian giallo slasher film directed by Mario Bava. Bava co-wrote the screenplay with Giuseppe Zaccariello, Filippo Ottoni, and Sergio Canevari, with story credit given to Dardano Sacchetti and Franco Barberi. The film stars Claudine Auger, Luigi Pistilli, Brigitte Skay, Nicoletta Elmi and Laura Betti. Carlo Rambaldi created the gruesome special make-up effects. The story details a string of mysterious murders that occur around the titular bay.

Widely considered Bava's most violent film,[2] its emphasis on graphically bloody murder set pieces was hugely influential on the slasher film subgenre that would follow a decade later.[3][4] In 2005, the magazine Total Film named A Bay of Blood one of the 50 greatest horror films of all time.[5]

  1. ^ Lucas, Tim (2007). Mario Bava: All the Colors of the Dark. Video Watchdog. pp. 847–869. ISBN 978-0-9633756-1-2.
  2. ^ "Mario Bava Centennial". American Film Institute. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
  3. ^ Thompson, Nathaniel. "Twitch of the Death Nerve". Mondo Digital. Retrieved 2006-12-08.
  4. ^ Brown, K.H. "Bay of Blood". Kinocite. Archived from the original on 2006-12-22. Retrieved 2006-12-08.
  5. ^ "Shock Horror! Total Film Proudly Hails The 50 Greatest Horror Movies Of All Time". Total Film. October 10, 2005. Archived from the original on October 20, 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-08.


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