SLASHERS Pt 3: A Bay of Blood (1971) Feat. Alan Jones

The Evolution of Horror

Mike Muncer

Tv & Film, Film History

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2017

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

We continue the Evolution of the Slasher by looking at the boom in Italian horror in the late 60s / early 70s, particularly the films known as 'Giallo' (or Gialli?) Mike chats to Giallo guru Alan Jones about the history of the sub-genre, its influence on the slasher and gets the lowdown on Giallo pioneer Dario Argento. He is then joined by Dan Martin from the Arrow Video Podcast to review Argento's Bird With The Crystal Plumage (1970) and Mario Bava's Bay Of Blood (1971).

Music by Jack Whitney.
Jack can be found on Twitter (@Jack_Whitney)

Alan Jones is a broadcaster, critic, author, co-director / founder of FrightFest and a journalist. He has written books on Giallo and on director Dario Argento such as Profondo Argento (2004). Find more information about Alan here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jones_(film_critic)#Books_.28as_author.29
Find Alan on Twitter (@AlanFrightFest)

Dan Martin is a film SFX artist and a co-host of the Arrow Video Podcast. Find their podcast on iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/arrow-video-podcast/id1257705874?mt=2
Find Dan on Twitter (@13FingerFX)

Mike Muncer is a podcaster, video producer and film journalist. Find him on Twitter (@TheMovieMike).
Mike also produces and co-presents a movie podcast with critic Rhianna Dhillon called Back Row (http://backrowpodcast.net)

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The Bird With The Crystal Plumage (1970)
Dir: Dario Argento
Courtesy of Arrow Video / Central Cinema Company Film / Glazier / Seda Spettecoli

A Bay Of Blood (1971)
Dir: Mario Bava
Courtesy of Arrow Video / Nuova Linea Cinematografica

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0:00.0	The It's 1964.
0:15.0	1964 and a glamorous Italian model is walking home alone at night, unaware that she's being stalks by a black glove-wearing
0:26.5	killer who is about to murder her in the most brutal graphic way imaginable.
0:31.6	The glamorous female victim and the black-gloved
0:36.8	killer are key tropes in a popular sub-shortner for horror in the 60s and
0:41.2	70s known as Jalo.
0:43.4	Whilst Jalo movies clearly share an obvious connection with slashes,
0:52.1	they're actually entirely different beasts, with
0:55.0	their own unique style, tone, and aesthetic.
0:59.3	Italian filmmakers like Mario Barver and Dario Argento concern themselves more with luscious visuals and lavish
1:05.1	production designs, add a bit of artistry to what was otherwise quite grisly subject matter.
1:10.8	There's no denying, however, the influence that Barva and Argento had on future Hollywood filmmakers such as John Carpenter and Wes Craven.
1:18.0	Perhaps these influences are most apparent in Barver's most infamous Jalo movie, Bay of Blood, and Argento's debut feature,
1:26.2	The Bird with the Crystal Plumage.
1:28.8	Join me as we continue exploring the evolution of the slasher movie and enter the deadly but beautiful
1:35.7	world of the Jalo. Lala, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la,
1:45.0	la, la, la, la, la,
1:48.0	l, la,
1:49.0	welcome back to the podcast. My name is Mike, and as ever ever I am your host.
1:53.0	If you're tuning him for the first time then welcome.
1:56.0	You can find more of our episodes if you subscribe to us on iTunes or Stitcher or SoundCloud or most other podcast platforms.
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