FeistyUpper If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

Kidskycom It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Prichards12345 A Bay of Blood is easily the most disappointing effort from Mario Bava I've seen to date. Black Sunday, Black Sabbath, Blood and Black Lace and Baron Blood (did he have a thing about the letter 'B'?') are all superior to this effort, which in spite of good cinematography and an effective murder or two (or thirteen!) never quite gels and is often annoying and silly.Exploitation is to the fore as a group of randy teenagers hang out and get offed; one after a nude swim, two others caught inflagrante delecto! The influence on Friday the 13th is obvious (they ripped it off!), but like that movie Bay of Blood has perhaps acquired a reputation it does not really deserve.There's giallo-style plotting galore going on - which makes little sense - though the surprise opening murder of an old rich lady in a wheelchair is effectively done, but as the killings mount up it becomes pretty kitsch. All in all this is just not one of Bava's best, and not a very good introduction to him. Watch the other films I've mentioned first...

qmtv Best part of this movie are the kills. The rest is pure amateur film making.The story sucks. It had some decent ideas but not fleshed out. The plot, dialogue, and characters are simply poor. The husband and wife are introduced halfway through the movie and you're wondering who the hell are they. The actors here are poor, I blame it mostly on the script and director.The cinematography is garbage. No imagination. I found out later that it was Brava at the camera. Editing didn't help.The music is also poor. Worst was after the blond woman was strangled, the man in the white sweater walks into the old nightclub. This is some seriously inappropriate music. It's like, here, we have this music, just put in there, and that's it. No one was like hey does it fit the scene. No.Best part of this movie was the kills. In the beginning when the old woman was hanged and the guy got stabbed. Good work. Still the cinematography is just very simple. The young people getting killed, one cut neck, one blade to the face, and the couple getting impaled (copied in Friday the 13). Telephone wire strangulation. The axe head cut was too cheesy. The impalement of the white sweater guy was great.Everything else in this movie sucked. This is what happens when someone tries to write, direct and work the camera at the same time. No one is there to balance out the amateur film making.3 stars for the kills alone. The rest of the movie is 0.

liambl This film was directed by Italian filmmaker, Mario Bava, who has apparently made other horror films prior to this. This being the first one I have seen of his, I wasn't expecting much from it, except for it to be good, or at least entertaining. So after watching it, was it either of which? Not really, to be honest. I would summarize the premise ... if I knew what the hell it was. It does start off pretty well, but that's only one of the positives. The kill scenes (some of them) are pretty disturbing; however, most (if not all) of them leave no impact whatsoever. I would also add that I found not one character interesting.But what truly aggravated me was each scene with the four supposed teenagers. As soon as they appeared on screen, I assumed that we would get depth out of at least one of them. But nope, they were just there to be murder victims. I would call it pointless, but what pi$$ed me off the most was the lake scene; those who've seen the movie, you know exactly what I'm talking about. You could argue that, because of a scene like that, of course it had to happen. Honestly though, I was really hoping otherwise, specifically that it would lead to something. But again, nope, because wishful thinking's a b*tch. It shouldn't really be a surprise though, as that particular sequence is on the cover of the movie.

Tim Kidner I watched it on the Horror Channel and am seeing for the first time (I'm mid 40's) a number of horrors of this vintage on this channel. It is not my usual fare, so I'm not expert. The version was dark and well saturated. It was dubbed, too. Normally I never watch my World Cinema dubbed but this is 80's horror and like badly dubbed porno of a certain age, a degree of naffness adds to the overall charm. And you don't want your screen littered up with tiny writing when you want to see all the gory details, do you?No, there's not much plot - that also would get in the way, too much to think about. Something about the Bay in question being turned into a holiday resort and the consequent nasty removal of those persons inheriting that land. What you DO get are some very inventive murders - 13 of them, apparently, naked bathing beauties and some pretty scenery. Much better than today's total, full-on barrage of splatter. It looks quite European.What is great about this director is the very fast moving camera - it zooms in and out very fast at times for maximum shock effect, which may only appear for a few seconds. Unfortunately the dark screen hid quite a lot of detail, there were fight scenes where you could only make out wrestling bodies and nothing else. The final scene will have you in amused disbelief.I enjoyed it, at least and seems to be a bit of cult classic, so is recommended.