Mardi Gras Massacre

1h 33m 1978

Brief Synopsis

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Low rent semi-remake of Blood Feast (1963) - the movie that broke the barrier in showing gore on screen. In this version of the same story, instead of an Egyptian character we have a deranged Aztec high priest as the main character. A serial killer in a welder's mask stalks the streets of New Orleans during the Mardi Gras festival. He is a strange intense-looking guy who shows up at a bar which is also home to the town's prostitutes. He tells the chicks that he wants the most evil woman in the bar. The head ho points him into the direction of a fat breasted brunette. She tells him, 'I could win first place in any evil contest', and away they go. The Aztec priest takes her back to his place and makes her strip. He then ties her to a table in his basement and begins doing some magical ritual with baby oil that makes her nipples rise. He then proceeds to torture her by amputating hands, then feet, then 'the part that you use for evil'. These are then sacrificed to Coatla, the Goddess of the Four Directions and Queen of Evil. The sacrifice involves removing the victim's heart, in one victim after the next until the final prostitute is despatched. After hearing of the crime, a police detective who sleeps with a whore and gets all the inside tips from her, becomes involved with trying to catch the murderer. One interesting gore scene is where one of his victims has her stomach split open and bloody organs pulled out from within.

Cast & Crew

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Jack Weis

Director

Curt Dawson

Gwen Arment

Bill Metzo

Laura Misch

Catherine Lacey

Film Details

Genre
Horror
Release Date
1978

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 33m
Color
Color

Synopsis

A dignified man with money g s to strip clubs and bordellos in New Orleans looking for the most "evil" prostitutes he can find. He offers the women large sums of money to go back to his apartment and once there, they are never seen alive again. When the bodies of the prostitutes begin showing up in dumpsters, the New Orleans police begin to work on the case. But the corruption of the officer in charge of the investigations allows the killer to continue his reign of terror. The chief of police demands that he be stopped before the approaching Mardi Gras celebration fills the streets, and his men hope that the murderer will expose his identity by making some mistake, and that he d s it soon.

Director

Jack Weis

Director

Cast

Curt Dawson

Gwen Arment

Bill Metzo

Laura Misch

Catherine Lacey

Nancy Dancer

Butch Benit

Wayne Mack

Ronald Tanet

William Metzo

Crew

Jack Mcgowan

Cinematographer

Donald J Piel

Cinematographer

John Stimac

Assistant Producer

Jack Weis

Producer

Jack Weis

Cinematographer

Rick Wigginton

Sound

Film Details

Genre
Horror
Release Date
1978

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 33m
Color
Color

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Released in United States 1978

Released in United States 1978

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