The Blood Spattered Bride (1972) ***

The Blood Spattered Bride (1972) is a slow burn supernatural Spanish horror film with an interesting mix of vampirism, lesbianism (a la Jean Rollin), progressive gender politics and sleaze. Some scenes and images in particular are quite striking while others are a tad goofy, making for a mixed bag of a film. I had watched this before, on Halloween, twelve years ago, and I did seem to recall the basic plot—that of a new bride who has visions of a long-dead bride who killed her husband on their wedding night, while fantasizing about killing her own husband—but largely forgot the rest. The movie was definitely worth revisiting—the ideas are strong; it's just too bad that the execution isn't a bit better.