The Brides Wore Blood

The Brides Wore Blood (1972) is an English horror movie that I recently watched on Tubi. The storyline follows a family that is cursed after a devil worshipping ritual goes wrong. As the curse is passed down generation to generation a father is worried about his son. He gets advice from an old lady on how to change his fate. He's told to invite four young ladies to his house and sacrifice them and the family curse will be lifted. The journey begins to see if the old lady was right.

This picture is directed by Bob Favorite (Riverboat Mama) and stars Dolores Friedline (Indian Raid, Indian Made), Jan Sherman (The New People) and Bruce Kerr (The Man from Snowy River).

This is a movie that had some potential with a classic horror storyline, solid settings, perfect background music and a well selected cast. The ladies selected for the cast were perfect. There's also a solid needle opening scene. Unfortunately, most of the kill scenes are pretty weak including the final sequence where the face melts. Overall, with better horror elements this could have been a better addition to the horror genre. I would score this a 4/10 and only recommend watching it if nothing better is available.