Un hacha para la luna de miel (1970)

Spain, Italy, 1970
88m
35mm film, Eastmancolor, 1.66:1
mono, Italian

An Italian horror film directed by Mario Bava.

Plot Summary

The owner of bridal dress design house is also a vicious serial killer murdering the wome who buy their dresse from him.

Credits

Crew
Directed by: Mario Bava
Pan Latina Films (Madrid) and Mercury Films (Roma) for Peliculas Ibarra & Cía. S.A. (Madrid, Spain)
Produced by: Manuel Caño
Screenplay: Santiago Moncada ¹Credited as “screemplay” on English language prints]; Mario Bava [uncredited], Mario Musy [uncredited]
Director of Photography: Mario Bava
Film Editor: Soledad Lopez
Music by: Sante Romitelli
Sound: Arcofón, Madrid & Fono Roma, Roma
Costumes Brides Were Designed and Made by: José Ma Tressera [real name: José María Tressera]
Make up: Elisa Aspach, Piero Mecacci
Hair Stylist: Hipolita Lopez and Emilia Zachini
Art Director: Giulia Mafai [uncredited]
Studio: Balcázar, Barcelona
Actual Locations: Barcelona, Roma, Paris

Cast
Stephen Forsyth (John Harrington)
Dagmar Lassander (Helen/Susan)
Laura Betti (Mildred Harrington)
Jesús Puente (Inspector Russell)
Femi Benussi (Alice)
Antonia Mas (Louise)
Alan Collin (Vences)
Gérard Tichy (Doctor Kalleway)
Veronica Llimera (Betsy)
Fortunato Pascuale [real name: Fortunato Pasquale]
José Ignacio Abadaz (Jimmy)
Silvia Lienas (Vicky)
Montserrat Riba
Elina De Witt [uncredited]
Bruno Boschetti [uncredited]
Guido Barlocci [John – uncredited]

Alternative Titles

O Alerta Vermelho da Loucura – Brazilian title
La Baie sanglante 2 – French title
Blood Brides – UK title
Une Hache pour la lune de miel – French title
Hatchet for the Honeymoon – Australian title
A Hatchet for the Honeymoon – US title
Hentesbárd – Hungarian title
Honeymoon – Swedish video title
Kalman hääyö – Finnish title
Lua de Mel Sangrenta – Portuguese title
As Noivas da Morte – Portuguese video title
Red Wedding Night – West German title
Il rosso segno della follia: Un ‘accetta per la luna di miele – Italian title
O sadistis – Greek title

Links

Includes extracts from
I tre volti della paura (1963)

Extracts included in
Dusk to Dawn Drive-In Trash-o-Rama Show Vol. 2 (1996)
Frightened Dagmar (2015)
Joe Dante Remembers Twitch of the Death Nerve (2011)
Villa Parisi: Legacy of Terror (2016)
You Won't Stop Screaming (1998)

References

Books

• The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Horror by Phil Hardy (ed.) p.205
• Euro Gothic: Classics of Continental Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby pp.204
• Film Review 1972-1973 by F. Maurice Speed p.213 – credits
• The Haunted World of Mario Bava by Troy Howarth pp.190-201; 340-341 – illustrated review; credits
• Horror and Science Fiction Films II by Donald C. Willis p.164-165
• Italian Horror Films of the 1960s by Lawrence McCallum p.p.102-104
• Mario Bava: All the Colors of the Dark by Tim Lucas pp.777-793 – illustrated review, synopsis, production notes, credits