Especially since spanish horror films often have a lot of style. Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate. But its definitely wellmade rather than wellwritten or wellacted and basically achieves its goals. It was released on may 31, 1981 by dont fall off the mountain. Oct 12, 2015 jess francos bloody moon original motion picture soundtrack from 1981. Bloody moon 1981 full movie download full hd youtube. Like any other jesus franco feature, the enjoyment level of bloody moon will largely depend on the viewers fondness for the directors other works and tolerance for his particular brand of shoestring productions. Miguel becomes obsessed with one of the girls at the school, and wants to resume. Get ready for incest, rape and bad special effects as a young man with a horribly disfigured face goes on a murderous rampage at a boarding school for young woman. The luscious olivia pascal of vanessa fame stars in this twisted thriller that was once banned in britain yet is now presented uncut and uncensored including the complete stone mill power saw sequence.
Franco has stated that rayo casablanca, who is credited as the screenwriter of the film was actually production manager erich tomek. An unhinged genre montage from the one time busiest man in spanish exploitation movies the redoubtable jesus franco. Miguel, a horribly disfigured young man, goes on a rampage at a masquerade party and rapes and then mutilates a girl. Bloody moon 1981, germany is a slasher film directed by jess franco. This trailer contains some spoilers, do not watch this if you havent seen the fulllength movie first. A blood moon happens when earths moon is in a total lunar eclipse.
Blood on the moon is the fifth studio album by american experimental rock band chrome. Produced by gerhard heinz, orchester michel dupont. Bloody moon is the demented bastard offspring, from an unholy union between the american slasher and the italian giallo. While it has no special astronomical significance, the view in the sky is striking as. The totem based on the best selling novel by david morrell. But for all its obviousness and despite the overwhelming temptation to write it off as franco just dutifully submitting his slasher, bloody moon is quite an interesting take. Bloody moon 1981 tt0083156 miguel, a horribly disfigured young man, goes on a rampage at a masquerade party and rapes and then mutilates a girl. I personally consider bloody moon to be one of his better efforts as well. Just after two oclock in the morning, the moon went into eclipse, fading to a deep red and casting a pall over the mountainside.
Bloody moon is not a movie which id call great, it is too shallow and obvious for that. Bloody moon as the bodycount genre stabbed its way into audiences hearts in the early 80s, eurotrash auteur jess franco sadomania, mansion of the living dead was asked to create his own saga of slaughtered schoolgirls complete with gratuitous nudity, graphic violence, and gory set pieces. A roller skatingsock hopdisco dance, plenty of outfits involving leotards, mom jeans and pastel colored leisure wear also age the film considerably but the film is not without its quirky charm. As the bodycount genre stabbed its way into audiences hearts in the early 80s, eurotrash auteur jess franco sadomania, mansion of the living dead was asked to create his own saga of slaughtered schoolgirls complete with gratuitous nudity, graphic violence, and gory set pieces. Together they live with their aunt if memory serves right, although the estate is located on the grounds. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our fandango. Institutionalized at a mental asylum, he is released five years later, into the care of his sister, manuela who, along with their wheelchair bound mother operates a boarding school for young women. Jul 03, 2014 bloody moon would be a straightforward slasher, but it becomes something much weirder than that thanks to jess francos bizarre style. Aug 08, 2012 trailer for jess francos slasher bloody moon. Considerably more polished and linear than a lot of jess francos films, bloody moon is, in many ways, fairly accomplished.
Jess franco certainly delivers the goods with this one, with lots of bloody stabbings including a girl stabbed in the back, the knife protruding through her nipple, strangulations, a hedge trimer attack, and an awesome band saw decapitation. There is really no point in denying that this wellknown filmmaker of cult eurosleaze and exploitation cinema is an acquired taste. Oct 28, 2008 as the bodycount genre stabbed its way into audiences hearts in the early 80s, eurotrash auteur jess franco sadomania, mansion of the living dead was asked to create his own saga of slaughtered schoolgirls complete with gratuitous nudity, graphic violence, and gory set pieces. If you put it in the hands of jess franco however, you end up with bloody moon 1981, a delirious and grand stab fest that still ends up being closer to a giallo than intended. Bloody moon is uncut and is a good picture, there is an 18 min interview with franco included. Am vrut sa incep sa fug, dar aiden a spus ca data trecuta cand. Nov 23, 2016 when a city is corrupt with bloody wars every night through 12. On tonights episode of the video nasty project, brad, ian and tony watch bloody moon, the first movie on the list from jess franco but most assuredly not the last. Triple gatefold sleeve, handmadehandglued in germany. A download from 101 great ga mes and activities, vangundy. Bloody moon was banned in several countries such as germany, but the english censors also gave the movie a hard time in the 80s it was banned for being a socalled video nasty. I have to admit, before watching bloody moon, i have had very little exposure to jess franco. Well thats not completely true as bloody moon was filmed in spain. In an interview on the bluray ported over from the previous dvd release, franco explains that he was hired by the producers to deliver a horror movie, but that once he got the script he had to take.
The prolific purveyor of exploitation the spanish filmmaker the late jesus franco whose 160 titles body or work is a spectrum of great and better film seen on teeth wanted in on the usa slasher action with an earlier attempt at replicating its conventions while also employing elements of gialli. In the spanish resort of the costa del sol, a disfigured maniac goes on a rapemurder spree to eliminate anybody knowing about. Suke te yuku kanojo no kokoro ni mada kyo mo tameratteru kubisuji ni rakuin kizame ba onaj. You can take the boy out of spain, but you cant take spain out of the boy. The movie itself is like most european horror flicks of the 70s and 80s. Maybe its a result of the culture clashing and maybe francos films tend. Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography. Oct 30, 2019 blood moon plural blood moons idiomatic, astronomy the moon as it appears during a total lunar eclipse. Bloody moon is a 1981 slasher film directed by jesus franco. For franco, his work on bloody moon must have just felt like another week on the calendar. Set in spain, the film opens with scarred man named miguel attempting to rape and ultimately killing a woman at.
Fans of horror will like the fact that bloody moon does deliver on the gore and violence given that many movies which were originally banned as part of the video nasty list dont live up to expectations in this day and age. That being said theres a complete lack in spanish slasher films, which is kind of a shame. Miguel, a young man with a horribly disfigured face, goes on a rampage at a masquerade party and rapes a girl. For whatever reason, i have stayed away thus far, but im happy to say that i do want to see more based on bloody moon. Bloody moon aka the bloody moon murders and the saw of death is a slasher movie from the year 1981. Bloody moon was released in west germany on march 27, 1981.
Morrell is the author of first blood and rambo and has written over 30 books including the 1979 horror thriller, the totem which stephen king called a knockout. Translation for blood moon in the free englishitalian dictionary and many other italian translations. Having murdered a girl a few years prior, a disfigured man named miguel is released from an institution and into the care of his sister. Its recommend that you watch the fulllength movie before watching this. Based on his reputation, a horror fan will either become interested and seek out francos work or stay away.
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