FilmsA Bay of BloodLike this

Films like A Bay of Blood.

A Bay of Blood (1971) reads as Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / slasher, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

Sentenza di morte (1968) poster
1. Sentenza di morte1968

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Irezumi (1966) poster
2. Irezumi1966

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Torso (1973) poster
3. Torso1973

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan (1972) poster
4. Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan1972

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

And God Said to Cain (1970) poster
5. And God Said to Cain1970

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Black Christmas (1974) poster
6. Black Christmas1974

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Working Class Goes to Heaven (1971) poster
7. The Working Class Goes to Heaven1971

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Wedding in Blood (1973) poster
8. Wedding in Blood1973

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Sorcerers (1967) poster
9. The Sorcerers1967

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Child's Play (1972) poster
10. Child's Play1972

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972) poster
11. Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key1972

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Blood and Black Lace (1964) poster
12. Blood and Black Lace1964

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are A Bay of Blood’s neighbours — where are yours?

Rate five posters and the same twelve axes read you — then tonight’s pick comes from your own centre of taste.

Find my film for tonight — 60 sec →