Reazione a catena (1971)

Réalisateur:

Mario Bava

Scénaristes:

Franco Barberi (story)
Mario Bava (screenplay)
(suite)

Date de sortie:

3 mai 1972 (USA)

Genre:

Horreur | Mystère | Thriller

Accroche:

The second movie rated "V" for violence.

Intrigue:

An elderly heiress is killed by her husband who wants control of her fortunes. What ensues is an all-out...

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Inheritance | Friend | Locked Up | Psycho

Récompenses:

1 win

Avis des utilisateurs:

Greed twitches several death nerves in Mario Bava's brutal pioneering slasher flick!

Ensemble

Claudine Auger	...	Renata
Luigi Pistilli	...	Albert
Claudio Camaso	...	Simon (as Claudio Volonté)
Anna Maria Rosati	...	Laura
Chris Avram	...	Frank Ventura
Leopoldo Trieste	...	Paolo Fossati
Laura Betti	...	Anna Fossati
Brigitte Skay	...	Brunhilda
Isa Miranda	...	Countess Federica Donati
Paola Montenero	...	Denise (as Paola Rubens)
Guido Boccaccini	...	Duke
Roberto Bonanni	...	Robert
Giovanni Nuvoletti	...	Count Filippo Donati
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Renato Cestiè	...	Renata and Albert's Son (uncredited)
Nicoletta Elmi	...	Renata and Albert's Daughter (uncredited)

Réalisé par
Mario Bava

Scénaristes (dans l'ordre alphabétique)
Franco Barberi		story
Mario Bava		screenplay
Filippo Ottoni		screenplay
Dardano Sacchetti		story
Giuseppe Zaccariello		(screenplay) (as Joseph McLee)

Produit par
Giuseppe Zaccariello	....	producer

Musique originale
Stelvio Cipriani

Image
Mario Bava

Montage
Carlo Reali

Création des décors
Sergio Canevari

Direction artistique
Sergio Canevari

Création des costumes
Enrico Sabbatini

Maquillage
Adalgisa Favella	....	hair stylist
Franco Freda	....	makeup artist

Directeur de production
Roberto Cicutto	....	production supervisor
Fernando Franchi	....	production manager

Assistant réalisateur
Lamberto Bava	....	assistant director

Technicien du son
Carlo Diotallevi	....	sound recordist
Gene Luotto	....	post-synchronization
Carlo Tarchi	....	sound

Effets spéciaux
Carlo Rambaldi	....	special effects (as Rambaldi)

Caméra et Département Electrique
Gianlorenzo Battaglia	....	assistant camera (as Lorenzo Battaglia)
Emilio Varriano	....	camera operator
Franco Vitale	....	still photographer

Divers
Patrizia Zulini	....	continuity
Pino Locchi	....	voice dubbing: Claudio Camaso (uncredited)

Companies de production

• Nuova Linea Cinematografica

Distributeurs

• Hallmark Releasing Corp. (1972) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• Ambassador Film Distributors (1982) (Canada) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• Alberto Bitelli Intl. Films (1972) (Brazil) (theatrical)
• Internacional Films Distribución (????) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Astro Distribution (2001) (Belgium) (DVD)
• DMEG (2004) (Sweden) (video)
• Gorgon Video (198?) (USA) (VHS)
• Hokushin Audio Visual (1981) (UK) (video)
• Image Entertainment (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• M.I.B. (Germany) (DVD)
• Paradiso Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Raro Video/Nocturno (2005) (Italy) (DVD)
• Simitar Video (USA) (DVD)
• Starz Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Stomp Visual (2005) (Australia) (DVD)

Autres Companies

• Digitmovies Alternative Entertainment  soundtrack

Autre(s) titre(s):

A Bay of Blood (International: English title) (uncensored intended title) (USA)
Antefatto - Ecologia del delitto (Italy) (new title)
Bloodbath (UK)
Bloodbath Bay of Death (UK) (unauthorized video title)
Carnage
Chain Reaction (Italy) (literal English title)
E così imparano a fare i cattivi (Italy) (working title)
Ecology of a Crime (International: English title) (informal literal title)
The Antecedent (USA) (informal title)
The Last House on the Left, Part II (USA) (reissue title)
Twitch of the Death Nerve (USA) (new title)

Durée:

84 min | 76 min (cut)

Pays:

Italy

Langue:

Anglais | Italien

Couleur:

Couleur (Eastmancolor)

Rapport de forme:

1,85 : 1

Son:

Mono

Classification:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Ontario) | Australia:R | UK:18 (re-rating: 1994) (cut) | UK:(Banned) (1984-1994) | UK:R (original rating: 1972) | France:-16 | Netherlands:16 | UK:18 (uncut version, re-rating) | Norway:18 (DVD rating) (2009) (uncut) | Italy:VM14 | Italy:VM18 (DVD rating) | New Zealand:R16 | Spain:18 | USA:R | West Germany:(Banned) | Argentina:16 | Germany:BPjM Restreint

Lieux de tournage:

Sabaudia, Latina, Lazio, Italy

Société:

Nuova Linea Cinematografica

Anecdotes:

Reportedly has more alternate titles that any other movie.

Connexions De Film:

Edité en Mad Ron's Prevues from Hell (1987) (V)

Greed twitches several death nerves in Mario Bava's brutal pioneering slasher flick!

Many films on the Video Nasty list are horror cinema's answer to well-respected classics; The Last House on the Left offers a new spin on Ingmar Bergman's The Virgin Spring, Island of Death is a more brutal telling of the story of Bonnie and Clyde and, indeed, this Mario Bava film owes its plot to the French classic, La Ronde. Bay of Blood is often noted as being an obvious inspiration on the Friday the 13th series, and when taking things such as the setting and a certain murder sequence into account, that is certainly true; but let's not forget that this is also a fantastic movie in its own right. The film starts off with a glorious sequence that opens inside a beautiful manor house. We watch as a wheelchair-bound baroness is brutally strangled, only for the rug to be torn from under us moments later when her assailant is the next one to bite the bullet! It has to be said that the film never tops its opening sequence, but Mario Bava's gore-fest manages to remain fascinating all the way through, as it turns out that the first murder scene sets off a violent chain of events that results in a very high body count.

This film would be properly categorised as a slasher, but its Italian roots ensure that it's often labelled a Giallo, and indeed Mario Bava does include Giallo elements; from black gloved killers and an array of odd characters, all the way to an amazingly convoluted plot. Indeed, the storyline here gets so complicated at times that it's liable to give the viewer an extreme headache, but Bava is always on hand with another glorious murder scene, and as the film features thirteen deaths in it's eighty one minute running time - there's certainly no lack of the red stuff. Bava ensures that the murders are suitably varied, and we get treated from an array of methods of dispatch, including axes, a spear through a lovemaking couple and an excellent scene that sees someone skewered to a wall. Mario Bava's eye for detail doesn't wane with this film, as despite being a grisly slasher; there's still more than enough time for beautiful scene setting. The bay itself looks great and excellently lends itself as a location for savagery, while the decors of the character's homes are elaborately Gothic. With the pitch-black ending, the director shows us that the film isn't meant to be taken seriously, and overall, Bay of Blood is both influential and a great time - and therefore shouldn't be missed by horror fans.