A Bay of Blood Review

Review of A Bay of Blood (1971) by screenqueeen: 👍 4/5

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A whirlwind of people who have reasons to murder for killer real estate set their own version of chess in motion. But each person thinks they're only playing against a singular party when in fact each piece moves entirely of their own accord. The direction gets messy and things tend to seem a little unfocused but you can tell Bava is doing something new here so you can't help but stay invested in it right up until the end.

It's fair to say those poor kids who just show up in their yellow dune buggy should've just found some other abandoned tiki bar nightclub to party in, but they provide the perfect pawn fodder for the property warfare to come. The ending will either shock you or make you laugh hysterically -- perhaps both. However you approach where this all ends up you have to admit the king and queen pieces in this chaotic game of chess are appropriately disguised and emerge with one hell of a checkmate.