1981 was really peak business for slasher films; The Burning, Friday the 13th Part 2, Happy Birthday to Me, Halloween II, My Bloody Valentine and many more jockeyed for a piece of box office pie, with most turning a profit and then some. It only made sense for Euro-horror to want in on the action; after all, the giallo was a big influence on the aesthetic and body count of the slasher, so why shouldn’t they try something more attuned to mainstream audiences at the time? 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. You can take the boy out of Spain, but you can’t take Spain out of the boy.
Well that’s not completely true as Bloody Moon was filmed in Spain,...
Well that’s not completely true as Bloody Moon was filmed in Spain,...
- 8/4/2018
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
The Game's father, George Taylor, died unexpectedly in his sleep Wednesday morning ... TMZ has learned. We're told a family member found him unresponsive in his home in Apple Valley, CA ... and alerted a neighbor who called 911. The Fire Dept. arrived at 8:30 Am this morning. He was unresponsive, and transported to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. We're told, at this point, It doesn't appear there's any foul play. The coroner's office has George's body now,...
- 1/17/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Huh? A Jess Franco film that is neither a porno nor in one of IMDb’s “worst ever” lists?
What’s this?
“Bloody Moon” is a German thriller-cum-slasher from the early eighties which has a bit of a reputation for containing a Very graphic decapitation, using a giant stonecutting-saw. Its original German title “Die Säge Des Todes” even leaves the plot for what it is and just refers to this single scene.
Of course this moment had to be cut (haha!) in many countries but that only added to the film’s notoriety.
So we have a few gory kills, a cast made up mostly of German seventies softporn actors providing the “necessary unnecessary nudity”, and helming it all is director Jess Franco who probably holds the world record for making the largest amount of bad movies ever.
Add to this a soundtrack by Pink Floyd… no wait.
That was scrapped,...
What’s this?
“Bloody Moon” is a German thriller-cum-slasher from the early eighties which has a bit of a reputation for containing a Very graphic decapitation, using a giant stonecutting-saw. Its original German title “Die Säge Des Todes” even leaves the plot for what it is and just refers to this single scene.
Of course this moment had to be cut (haha!) in many countries but that only added to the film’s notoriety.
So we have a few gory kills, a cast made up mostly of German seventies softporn actors providing the “necessary unnecessary nudity”, and helming it all is director Jess Franco who probably holds the world record for making the largest amount of bad movies ever.
Add to this a soundtrack by Pink Floyd… no wait.
That was scrapped,...
- 12/8/2008
- by Ard Vijn
- Screen Anarchy
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