Directed by Manuel Esteba (El E. T. E. Y el Oto), who wrote the story with Xavier Flores, Sexo Sangriento is about the home of María Domènech (Mirta Miller), a place where she lives with her strange son (Ovidi Montllor). Psychology student Norma (Rosa Romero) convinces her friends Laura (Diana Conca) and Andrea (Viki Palma) to go to that house, thinking that it has been empty since the end of the Second World War. They have the plan to do a seance there before breaking down - bad omen - and having María, a painter, offer to host them in her ancient manor - even worse omen - for the evening.
Shot mostly handheld, this feels a bit Italian gothic as well as giallo what with the ghost in the basement. Then again, it also has someone wandering around before death with a knife stuck in their stomach, strange bloody paintings and a tomb beneath it all. This has the reputation for being sleazy but it's actually a decent movie. Maybe because it has a lead lesbian couple? Then again, one of the murders does get rather rough.
A lot of the music in Bloody Sex comes from the CAM Music Library, selecting some of the same songs that are in Pieces and Ring of Darkness. And you'll recognize Goblin's "L'alba dei morti vivirti" from Dawn of the Dead/Zombi, which Mattei reused for Virus - l'inferno dei morti viventi.
Shot mostly handheld, this feels a bit Italian gothic as well as giallo what with the ghost in the basement. Then again, it also has someone wandering around before death with a knife stuck in their stomach, strange bloody paintings and a tomb beneath it all. This has the reputation for being sleazy but it's actually a decent movie. Maybe because it has a lead lesbian couple? Then again, one of the murders does get rather rough.
A lot of the music in Bloody Sex comes from the CAM Music Library, selecting some of the same songs that are in Pieces and Ring of Darkness. And you'll recognize Goblin's "L'alba dei morti vivirti" from Dawn of the Dead/Zombi, which Mattei reused for Virus - l'inferno dei morti viventi.
