dir. Mario Bava
1971 // 1 hr 24 mins // Digital Projection
Starring: Claudine Auger, Luigi Pistilli, Claudio Volonté
After having established the giallo genre with BLOOD AND BLACK LACE in ‘64, Mario Bava once again forever alters the horror landscape with A BAY OF BLOOD in ‘71. This primal scream of a film doesn’t merely hint at what’s to come later in its decade with TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE and HALLOWEEN. Rather, it bursts onto the scene as *the first slasher*, fully formed, without threadbare hallmarks of anything labeled with the “proto-” prefix.
A BAY OF BLOOD seriously delivers the goods in the slasher thrills department, and was the source material for two of FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 2’s greatest kills…this thing’s even set at a lakeside cabin (hint, hint!) Whether you’re a first-time or repeat viewer of A BAY OF BLOOD, you owe it to yourself to luxuriate in Severin Films’ blissful new 4K restoration.