The Blood Spattered Bride
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| Spanish | La novia ensangrentada |
| Directed by | Vicente Aranda |
| Written by | Vicente Aranda |
| Based on | Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu |
| Produced by | Jaime Fernadez-Cid |
| Starring | Simón Andreu Maribel Martín Alexandra Bastedo Dean Selmier |
| Cinematography | Fernando Arribas |
| Edited by | Pablo Gonzalez del Amo |
| Music by | Antonio Pérez Olea |
| Distributed by | Morgana Films |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
The Blood Spattered Bride (Spanish: La novia ensangrentada) is a 1972 Spanish horror film written and directed by Vicente Aranda, based on the 1872 vampire novella Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. It stars Simón Andreu, Maribel Martín, and Alexandra Bastedo. The film attained cult film status for its mix of horror, vampirism, rejection of fascism, and progressive ideas on gender and sexuality. A well-known US trailer advertising a double feature of this film paired with the 1974 horror film I Dismember Mama was filmed in the style of a news report covering the "story" of an audience member who had gone insane while watching the films.