I first saw this in the early 80s on a vhs. Revisited it recently.
This is truly the pioneer of slasher films.
Friday the 13th copied two scenes: face slamming with a machete/billhook and a couple's sandwich death scene with a spear.
A countess is strangled to death by her husband n later the husband is stabbed to death by an unseen killer. We have a daughter n her husband, an illegitimate son, a real estate agent n his girlfriend, a wierd entomologist n his even more wierdly dressed wife, all as suspects. Throw in some lousy hair teens n their girlfriends for nudity n body count. The film has ample body counts with solid effects, a nasty decapitation n a small shocking twist for that time. It has French beauty Claudine Auger, lil nudity but a lousy sex scene, lousy hair teen boys, grey haired males n a very odd scene of a shotgun. Viewers may recognize Luigi Pistilli (For a Few Dollars More, Death Rides a Horse, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Great Silence). As a master cinematographer, Bava succeeded in camera tricks to convince us that the film takes place near a forest but his tracking shots due to budget constraints were lousy.
In a shotgun with a double trigger, it is often possible to pull both triggers at once, firing both barrels simultaneously but it doubles the recoil, battering both shotgun and shooter n what if the shooter is a child? Watch the ending n u will come to kno the reason for my above statement.
A countess is strangled to death by her husband n later the husband is stabbed to death by an unseen killer. We have a daughter n her husband, an illegitimate son, a real estate agent n his girlfriend, a wierd entomologist n his even more wierdly dressed wife, all as suspects. Throw in some lousy hair teens n their girlfriends for nudity n body count. The film has ample body counts with solid effects, a nasty decapitation n a small shocking twist for that time. It has French beauty Claudine Auger, lil nudity but a lousy sex scene, lousy hair teen boys, grey haired males n a very odd scene of a shotgun. Viewers may recognize Luigi Pistilli (For a Few Dollars More, Death Rides a Horse, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Great Silence). As a master cinematographer, Bava succeeded in camera tricks to convince us that the film takes place near a forest but his tracking shots due to budget constraints were lousy.
In a shotgun with a double trigger, it is often possible to pull both triggers at once, firing both barrels simultaneously but it doubles the recoil, battering both shotgun and shooter n what if the shooter is a child? Watch the ending n u will come to kno the reason for my above statement.