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Hatchet for the Honeymoon is a italien film of genre Thriller directed by Mario Bava released in USA on 9 february 1974 with Laura Betti
Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970)
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Add to a movie listHatchet for the Honeymoon (Italian: Il rosso segno della follia / The Red Mark of Madness); also known as Blood Brides and An Axe for the Honeymoon) is a 1970 Italian giallo film directed by Mario Bava and starring Stephen Forsyth, Dagmar Lassander and Laura Betti.
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The film is about a series of murders committed by a sexually charismatic but impotent man who owns a bridal shop. Alienated from his wife because of his failure to consummate the marriage, he kills women dressed in his bridal gowns. He disposes of the bodies in an incinerator. The police suspect him, but have no evidence. After he eventually kills his wife, her ghost appears and informs him that she will never leave his side - and will be visible to everyone but him. At a nightclub he tries to pick up a woman, but she rejects him when she sees his wife's ghost by his side.Actors
Laura Betti
(Mildred Harrington)
Dagmar Lassander
(Helen Wood)
Femi Benussi
(Alice Norton)
Jesús Puente
(Inspector Russell (as Jesus Puente))
Luciano Pigozzi
(Vences (as Alan Collin))
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