On the day after Halloween - and a debaucherous party that takes up the beginning of this movie - Duke (Edward Williams),Jacopo (Gabriele Rossi) and Lenka (Carlotta Morelli) all wake up to not only a hangover, but the dead body of Elizabeth (Noemi Smorra) who has videotaped everything.
This description may have you saying, "Oh, maybe I'll see that someday."
But what if I told you the Ruggero Deodato - yes, the same man who made Cannibal Holocaust, Atlantis Interceptors, House on the Edge of the Park, Cut and Run, Dial: Help and Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man - made it?
I'll bet you're interested now.
The first movie Deodato directed in 23 years, this was inspired by the Meredith Kercher murder. On November 1, 2007, the British exchange student was assaulted and killed in an apartment with her boyfriend, her roommate and a burglar all unable to explain exactly what happened. And by inspired, I can report that Deodato read about this sensation case that was in the media and said, "I can go nuts on this one."
It's like he packed this movie with drugs, nudity, orgy scenes, more drugs, toilet usage, violent sex, torture, murder, more sex, some more nudity and a little more drugs, too. It's like he'd been freaking out directing for TV and wanted the world to know that he was, after all, Mr. Cannibal still.
A character even listens to the song "Sweetly" from House on the Edge of the Park and Deodato shows up only to get carried out on a cart. So there's that.
But if you're the kind of person who dislikes movies where there's nobody to root for, where everyone is a horrible person and...wait a second, if you feel that way, why would you even watch a Ruggero Deodato movie in the first place? Know what you're getting into.
While this may not be his best work, it's still nice to see a somewhat more recent movie - Deodato also made a segment in 2019's Deathcember - from an old friend.
Ballad in Blood
2016
Action / Horror
Ballad in Blood
2016
Action / Horror
Plot summary
It's the day after Halloween. Jacopo and Duke wake up in the apartment of two girls: Lenka, the Czech Republic, and Elizabeth, English, both in Italy thanks to the Erasmus project. The dawn of that new day brings with it a big problem: Elizabeth died. But there's more, because none of the three remember what happened. Neither James nor Duke nor Lenka, remember what happened that night.
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Welcome back old friend
Good old fashioned T&A horror!
Reminds me of the schlock B grades i used to watch as a teenager...Don't expect any Oscar nominations, but well worth a watch when the wife is gone and you have pizza and beer...!
It's like a bad Scooby-Doo with Crack Heads and Mr. T
Black guy bullies white European kids with a super annoying Sam Jackson from Pulp Fiction impression, but isn't funny. Maybe it's more Mr. T?
Crack.. some poorly portrayed goth kids... gypsies... lots of boobs. However, all the boobs are really good. I'd be remiss if I didn't give Rugger props for really finding actresses with fantastic boobs.