The Blood Spattered Bride

The Blood Spattered Bride
Spanish theatrical release poster
SpanishLa novia ensangrentada
Directed byVicente Aranda
Written byVicente Aranda
Based onCarmilla
by Sheridan Le Fanu
Produced byJaime Fernadez-Cid
StarringSimón Andreu
Maribel Martín
Alexandra Bastedo
Dean Selmier
CinematographyFernando Arribas
Edited byPablo Gonzalez del Amo
Music byAntonio Pérez Olea
Distributed byMorgana Films
Release date
  • 30 September 1972 (1972-09-30) (Spain)
Running time
100 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

The Blood Spattered Bride (Spanish: La novia ensangrentada) is a 1972 Spanish horror film written and directed by Vicente Aranda, based on the 1872 vampire novella Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.[1] It stars Simón Andreu, Maribel Martín, and Alexandra Bastedo. The film attained cult film status for its mix of horror, vampirism, rejection of fascism, and progressive ideas on gender and sexuality.[2] A well-known US trailer advertising a double feature of this film paired with the 1974 horror film I Dismember Mama was filmed in the style of a news report covering the "story" of an audience member who had gone insane while watching the films.[3]

  1. ^ Robert Firsching (2012). "La Novia Ensangrentada (1972)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
  2. ^ Willis, Andy (2003). "Spanish Horror and the Flight from Art Cinema". In Jancovich, Mark; Lázaro-Reboll, Antonio; Stringer, Julian; Willis, Andy (eds.). Defining Cult Movies: the Cultural Politics of Oppositional Taste. Manchester: Manchester University Press. pp. 77–78. ISBN 978-0-7190-6631-3.
  3. ^ "Review of 42nd Street Forever Vol. 1". DVD Drive-In. Retrieved 2008-04-25.

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