--- title: 'The Blood Spattered Bride (1972)' type: 'film' director: 'Vicente Aranda' released: '1972-09-30' runtime_minutes: 100 genres: - 'Horror' - 'Thriller' countries: - 'Spain' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-blood-spattered-bride-1972' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069029/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Blood Spattered Bride (1972) 1972 · 100 min · Horror, Thriller · Spain Original title: La novia ensangrentada ## Synopsis The Blood Spattered Bride is a 1972 Spanish horror film written and directed by Vicente Aranda, based on the 1872 vampire novella Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. It stars Simón Andreu, Maribel Martín, and Alexandra Bastedo. The film attained cult film status for its mix of horror, vampirism, rejection of fascism, and progressive ideas on gender and sexuality. A well-known US trailer advertising a double feature of this film paired with the 1974 horror film I Dismember Mama was filmed in the style of a news report covering the "story" of an audience member who had gone insane while watching the films. ## Credits - **Director:** [Vicente Aranda](https://cinepixo.com/people/vicente-aranda) - **Screenplay:** [Vicente Aranda](https://cinepixo.com/people/vicente-aranda) - **Original Music Composer:** [Antonio Pérez Olea](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonio-perez-olea) - **Producer:** [Jaime Fernández Cid](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaime-fernandez-cid) - **Director of Photography:** [Fernando Arribas Campa](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernando-arribas-campa) - **Editor:** [Pablo González del Amo](https://cinepixo.com/people/pablo-gonzalez-del-amo) ## Cast - [Maria-Rosa Rodriguez](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-rosa-rodriguez) - [Alexandra Bastedo](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexandra-bastedo) as Countess Mircalla Karnstein - [Maribel Martín](https://cinepixo.com/people/maribel-martin) - [Simón Andreu](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-andreu) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-blood-spattered-bride-1972 Film facts: Wikidata (Q3210561); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.