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The Blood Spattered Bride Reviews

1972
1 hr 23 mins
Horror, Suspense
R

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A young newlywed woman begins to have disturbing nightmares just after settling into the old mansion that has belonged to her husband's family for centuries. When her sinister dreams come true, the innocent bride is caught in a maddening maze of unspeakable horrors.

This lesbian vampire tale, loosely based on Sheridan LeFanu's classic novella Carmilla, features Martin as a frigid newlywed who is seduced by a mysterious stranger Bastedo--who turns out to be (wouldn't you know it?) a vampiress. The story, which has been done a dozen times (most notably in Carl Dreyer's classic VAMPYR, Hammer's THE VAMPIRE LOVERS, and Harry Kuemel's DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS), gets the standard Spanish treatment here, with plenty of bizarre and incongruous imagery amid all the sex and gore.