Bloody Moon

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.