‘The Blood Spattered Bride’: Politics and Vampirism Intersect in Francoist Spanish Cult Film [Horrors Elsewhere]

Spain was at the tailend of a nearly 40-year long dictatorship when The Blood Spattered Bride came out in 1972. Until a democracy was established, Spanish citizens sought outlets to voice their grievances. A filmmaker like Vicente Aranda naturally expressed his own feelings by writing and directing. However, not all audiences back then picked up […]

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