“FEATURES ENOUGH VIOLENCE AND GRUE TO SATISFY THE MOST RABID MAYHEM FANS AND BENEFITS FROM THE INIMITABLY STYLISH DIRECTION OF HORROR SPECIALIST MARIO BAVA.”

JOE DANTE, THE FILM BULLETIN.





Considered by many to be director Mario Bava’s most influential film (and his own personal favourite of all the films he made), A Bay Of Blood is undoubtedly the undisputed grandfather of the modern-day slasher movie.

Directed by Bava (Blood And Black Lace; Black Sunday; Hatchet For The Honeymoon), starring Bond Girl and former Miss France, Claudine Auger (Thunderball), boasting special makeup effects by three-time Oscar winner Carlo Rambaldi (E.T.; Alien; Close Encounters Of The Third Kind; King Kong) and featuring second unit footage reportedly shot by Roberto Rossellini (Rome, Open City; Journey To Italy), A Bay Of Blood was in 2005 named by Total Film magazine as one of the 50 greatest horror films of all time.

When a rich countess is murdered, a bitter conflict ensues to determine who’ll inherit her estate, and you can bet that the body count is going to rise rapidly in the process as the plot twists spin wildly out of control.

The fight to gain control of the countess’ fortune quickly turns into a full-on murder spree as numerous victims are in turn mangled, hung, speared, stabbed, strangled, hacked with a machete and decapitated.

Before the matter is finally decided, an unlucky 13 corpses will be left floating in a gruesome Bay of Blood.

A Bay Of Blood (cert. 18) will be released on DVD (£12.99) and Blu-ray (£16.99) by Arrow Video on 20th December 2010.





Blu-Ray Edition contains;

• Reversible sleeve with original and newly commissioned art work
• Double-sided fold-out poster
• Collector’s booklet by Jay Slater, critic and author of Eaten Alive!
• Brand new high definition transfer of the English version of the film (1080p)
• Italian cut of the film
• Original Mono Audio.

Special Features

• Argento! Bava! Fulci! The Giallo Gems of Dardano Sacchetti (1080p)
• Joe Dante on Mario Bava (1080p)
• Shooting a Spaghetti Splatter Classic: Cameraman Gianlorenzo Battaglia on A Bay of Blood (1080p)
• Audio discussion with Tim Lucas, author of Mario Bava: All the Colors of the Dark
• A Bay of Blood Trailers: ‘Carnage’ and ‘Twitch of the Death Nerve’ with commentary by Edgar Wright, director of Shaun of the Dead
• Twitch of the Death Nerve Radio Spots

DVD Edition contains:

• 4 Panel reversible sleeve with original and newly commissioned art work
• Double-sided fold-out poster
• Collector’s Booklet by Jay Slater, critic and author of Eaten Alive!
• Brand new transfer of the English version
• Original Mono Audio
• Italian Cut
• Original Mono Audio

Special Features

• Joe Dante on Mario Bava
• Shooting a Spaghetti Splatter Classic: Cameraman Gianlorenzo Battaglia on A Bay of Blood
• Audio discussion with Tim Lucas, author of Mario Bava: All the Colors of the Dark
• A Bay of Blood Trailers: ‘Carnage’ and ‘Twitch of the Death Nerve’ with commentary by Edgar Wright, director of Shaun of the Dead
• Twitch of the Death Nerve Radio Spots
• Argento! Bava! Fulci! The Giallo Gems of Dardano Sacchetti