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Anyone else think the blood was a little too red???

posted 8 years ago by sharkra
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For example when Joan Collins segment and she scoops the blood up in the glass. You can tell it's just paint.. if it was actually taken seriously they would've known the blood gardens within a few minutes and it would've been impossible to remove from the rug.

I guess in the 70s they didn't have horror movies that showed a similar blood color as they do in today's movies.. were all horror movies this bad with the blood technique like this one?

I kinda see the blood as a joke in the movie aka making it somewhat a comedy.

[–] Tabbycat (878) 3 years ago

It’s terrible — distracting, even.
Too bad, as the color correction in Shout Factory’s Blu-Ray is otherwise spot-on.
Don’t remember but guess that’s what it looked like in the theater.

[–] [deleted] a year ago

it was paint.

[–] christomacin (4654) 17 days ago

They had a name for it in the British film industry back then: "Kensington Gore".