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We are then introduced to Angela, who has come to the newly opened boarding school to learn Spanish. She finds herself in the middle of a bizarre killing spree. Has Miguel finally gone off the deep end or is there something else going on? |
We are then introduced to Angela, who has come to the newly opened boarding school to learn Spanish. She finds herself in the middle of a bizarre killing spree. Has Miguel finally gone off the deep end or is there something else going on? |
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* [[Attempted Rape]] |
* [[Attempted Rape]] |
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* [[Boarding School of Horrors]] |
* [[Boarding School of Horrors]] |
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* [[Breast Attack]]: When Eva is killed with a knife, it is shown going through her breast. |
* [[Breast Attack]]: When Eva is killed with a knife, it is shown going through her breast. |
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* [[Brother |
* [[Brother-Sister Incest]] |
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* [[Car Fu]] |
* [[Car Fu]] |
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* [[Cassandra Truth]]: Angela attempts at telling what happened are constantly dismissed as bad dreams. [[Plot Induced Stupidity|And she is stupid enough to believe that]]. |
* [[Cassandra Truth]]: Angela attempts at telling what happened are constantly dismissed as bad dreams. [[Plot Induced Stupidity|And she is stupid enough to believe that]]. |
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* [[Fan Service]] |
* [[Fan Service]] |
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* [[Final Girl]]: Angela. |
* [[Final Girl]]: Angela. |
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* {{spoiler|[[Frame |
* {{spoiler|[[Frame-Up]]}} |
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* [[Good Scars Evil Scars]] |
* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]] |
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* [[Hand of Death]] |
* [[Hand of Death]] |
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* [[Harassing Phone Call]] |
* [[Harassing Phone Call]] |
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* [[Improvised Weapon]]: The scissors at the beginning. |
* [[Improvised Weapon]]: The scissors at the beginning. |
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* [[Infant Immortality]]: Averted. |
* [[Infant Immortality]]: Averted. |
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* [[It Was Here I Swear]] |
* [[It Was Here, I Swear]] |
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* [[Knife Nut]] |
* [[Knife Nut]] |
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* [[Man On Fire]] |
* [[Man On Fire]] |
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* [[Mummies At the Dinner Table]] |
* [[Mummies At the Dinner Table]] |
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* [[Not Quite Dead]] |
* [[Not Quite Dead]] |
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* [[Off |
* [[Off with His Head]] |
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* [[Peek-a-Boo Corpse]]: Angela runs into a row of these near the end. |
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* [[Plot Induced Stupidity]]: It never occurs to Angela that she should inform the law about the murders. |
* [[Plot Induced Stupidity]]: It never occurs to Angela that she should inform the law about the murders. |
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* [[Pool Scene]] |
* [[Pool Scene]] |
Latest revision as of 20:36, 15 April 2014
Bloody Moon (aka The Bloody Moon Murders and The Saw of Death) is a Slasher Movie from the year 1981. It was directed by Jesus Franco.
Set in Spain, the film opens with scarred man named Miguel attempting to rape and ultimately killing a woman at a masquerade party. Five years later his sister Manuela picks him up from a mental institute.
We are then introduced to Angela, who has come to the newly opened boarding school to learn Spanish. She finds herself in the middle of a bizarre killing spree. Has Miguel finally gone off the deep end or is there something else going on?
Tropes used in Bloody Moon include:
- Attempted Rape
- Bedlam House
- Big Damn Heroes
- Blood From the Mouth
- Boarding School of Horrors
- Breast Attack: When Eva is killed with a knife, it is shown going through her breast.
- Brother-Sister Incest
- Car Fu
- Cassandra Truth: Angela attempts at telling what happened are constantly dismissed as bad dreams. And she is stupid enough to believe that.
- Cat Scare
- Chainsaw Good: Huge circular saw and a bush trimmer are put to deadly use.
- Dramatic Unmask
- Fan Service
- Final Girl: Angela.
- Frame-Up
- Good Scars, Evil Scars
- Hand of Death
- Harassing Phone Call
- Impending Doom POV
- Improvised Weapon: The scissors at the beginning.
- Infant Immortality: Averted.
- It Was Here, I Swear
- Knife Nut
- Man On Fire
- Mummies At the Dinner Table
- Not Quite Dead
- Off with His Head
- Peek-a-Boo Corpse: Angela runs into a row of these near the end.
- Plot Induced Stupidity: It never occurs to Angela that she should inform the law about the murders.
- Pool Scene
- Red Herring: Miguel
- Reptiles Are Abhorrent
- The Reveal: It's all Manuela's plot to get her mother's inheritance.
- Screaming Woman
- Thirteen Is Unlucky
- Vapor Wear: Manuela's nightgown.
- Video Nasty
- Weird Moon: It's full moon all the time.