The Brides Wore Blood (1972)

User Rating:

3.8/10   

Director:

Bob Favorite

Writers:

Liz Blanda (writer)
Bob Favorite (writer)
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Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

A Psychotic Reaction of Horror

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Independent Film

Cast

Rita Ballard
Chuck Faulkner
Dolores Heiser
Bob Letizia	...	Perro
Jan Sherman

Directed by
Bob Favorite		(as Robert R. Favorite)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Liz Blanda		writer
Bob Favorite		writer
Dorothy Favorite		writer (as Dottie Favorite)
Tom Rahner		writer
Bob Smith		writer

Produced by
Bob Favorite	....	producer (as Robert R. Favorite)
Tom Rahner	....	associate producer
Rick Voight	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Lee Peters

Film Editing by
Steve Heape

Makeup Department
Dorothy Favorite	....	makeup artist
Tom Rahner	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Will Smott	....	production supervisor

Sound Department
Liz Blanda	....	sound assistant
Neil Mengle	....	sound recordist

Camera and Electrical Department
Lee Hansen	....	key grip
Peter Jannott	....	grip
Lynn Tidwell	....	gaffer
Rick Voight	....	camera operator

Other crew
Linda Stinson	....	script girl

Distributors

• Magnum Entertainment (USA) (VHS) (as "Blood Bride")
• Regal Video (video)
• Retromedia Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Blood Bride

Runtime:

USA:84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Jacksonville, Florida, USA

mildly interesting modern vampire/occult tale

Maybe it's just that I watched this film right after my first dumbstruck viewing of Andy Milligan's "Bloodthirsty Butchers." I guess it can only be up from there huh? As a fan of the entire spectrum of horror cinema, I quite enjoyed this dated no-budget obscurity from Florida. It operates on 2 levels: as unabashedly cheesy bad cinema, and as unassuming little rough diamond.

Things I sincerely liked about this film include the general storyline, which blends a family curse with vampirism and ritual magic. The sets and cinematography were OK. The Delorca family house is a typical cozy Gothic mansion, with a gargoyle around every corner, and a Temple dedicated to the Black Arts in the basement. The acting, save for the blatantly bad performance of Bob Letizia as Perro, a Torgo-like troglodyte complete with silly walk, was acceptable and even unusually restrained for this level of cinema.

Things I enjoyed for their abominable badness: the wardrobe, hair and make-up. The female lead is a frosted confection of frosted bleached hair, frosted blue eyeshadow and frosted pink lipstick. We can only hope that look never comes back into style, ACK! Wait, if you think she looks bad, check out the vampire makeup. I thought at first that one of the vampires had a pair of toothpicks protruding from her lip, till I subsequently observed that they were in fact a pair of those cheap plastic kiddie vampire fangs you buy for a buck at the drugstore around Halloween. Laughably lame and unscary. The heroine's makeup was a lot more frightening than any of the vampires. Finally, to draw attention again to Bob Letizia's portrayal of the idiot servant Perro, he was so bad that he made the guy who played Torgo in "Manos, The Hands Of Fate" look like an accomplished thespian.

No name cast and a director with about 2 other happily unknown credits.

Rewarding if you're searching for offbeat, seldom viewed horror, and equally effective as an amusing excursion into the warped, fascinating world of archaic bad cinema.