bay of blood ( or twitch of the death never ) be a brilliant film . the idea behind it be original and it still a one of a kind flick and even if the movie itself inspire a gazillion slasher . regard a the granddaddy of slasher and bay of blood have a unique concept behind it that none of it duplicator have successfully copy represent the concept of people be murder one by one and not by just one killer but by several killer and in very gruesome way and all in the name of super dry and jet black comedy . there something surprisingly stealthy about mario bava approach to the deliberately confusing story . throughout the labirynth like story line and we bounce from one character to the next and never have enough time to get to know the people in the movie to care enough for them and when they be kill and their death suddenly take a surprisingly modern twist . unlike most slasher out there and like friday the 13th or even halloween and their endless sequel and many critic have say that in order for the horror element in those movie to work and you have to care about the people get kill . many critic have dismiss the whole slasher genre just on that basis represent the film be not horrify because the people get kill either deserve it because theyre annoying or the acting be really bad and or just because the writing be terrible and the character be just token character and it not scary to see token and cardboard character get kill . well and in bay of blood and the ingeniously script story transcend this . the character in bob be not really deep or even memorable but their introduction to u and the viewer and be so quick and their death be so gruesome and so sudden and unexpected that the fact we know little about them hardly matter . it hardly matter because the killing aren not be make by a single killer with a singular reason but by several killer and whom all have a confusing number of reason ( which can all be trace to greed ) and with few of the killer know that others be also kill other people at the same time and a the film progress and the killer and in turn and also become victim themselves . this be the brilliant aspect of bob . people just kill each other left and right in a neverending succession of blood and violence and each people completely indifferent to each other . watch this make me giggle and wince . the story cannibalise itself repeatedly and every ten minute or so and snowball into an all out blood bath . the effect this create be like be trap inside a time loop and in which the same thing happen over and over and over again . combine this with the fact that the story action happen mostly within a brief time line ( except for the beginning and everything happens on the same day ) but that it also go back and forth in time and with flashback and such and and bob and oddly enough never feel ground to one specific time . the killing in bob feel different than anything i have ever see in a horror film . each killing be seemingly detach from the story itself and the film take an all new unique approach and a the death come to the fore while the rest fade in the background . it almost feel like be watch the killing happen live . there isn not a single lone female survivor and or a surprise end like most horror film ( there be a surprise end in bay of blood but it not a killer come back to life ) . the acting be good but the cast be mostly anonymous ( deliberate . ) . except for claudine auger and the rest of the cast seemingly all meld together . the location and set be also good . only the music be inappropriate at time and the cinematography be sometimes annoy and with bava constant use of out of focus shot and which i do not like at all . my favorite scene in bob be the one when claudine auger go to the bathroom . arf . though i consider bay of blood to be brilliant and the film be date and there a certain aloofness to it that even if it serve the story to a certain extent and this aloofness be carry to an unfortunate extreme which make the film feel not as passionate a it could have be or should have be . i guess aloofness be a bava trademark and which be one of the reason why i be not a big bava fan . except for hatchet for the honeymoon and i have haven not be impress by most of his film . well and bay of blood have impress me a lot and i have to say that it probably my favorite mario bava film and along with hatchet . all in all and i think bay of blood be a unique and one of a kind gruesome movie . anyone who do not like it just do not get it .