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Hatchet for the Honeymoon - 1969 (1974)

2 Ratings: 3.5

Cult Movies movie directed by Mario Bava

John Harrington (Stephen Forsyth) is a successful, handsome, somewhat vain young man who runs a fashion studio. He's also, unfortunately, quite insane. Driven by an overpowering Oedipus complex and the recurring image of his dead wife, Harrington has … see full wiki

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Cast: Laura Betti, Femi Benussi, Dagmar Lassander, Stephen Forsyth, Jesús Puente

Director: Mario Bava

2 reviews about Hatchet for the Honeymoon - 1969 (1974)

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review by ryguy4738. March 01, 2012

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Another satisfying horror headtrip from Bava.

*** out of **** Mario Bava, one of the great pioneers for the horror genre as well as the famed "Giallo" sub-genre that it claims, has never been one to abandon his signature style that consists of colorful shots, abstract camera angles, and supernatural storytelling. From his rise ("The Woman Who Knew Too Much") to his fall ("Shock"), his style never changed. I admire Bava and his desire to terrorize the audience with a bombardment of never-ending nightmarish imagery; and … more

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review by Sheila. May 02, 2004

posted in Movie Hype

Hatchets & Lingerie & Wedding Veils, OH MY!

Mario Bava's Hatchet For The Honeymoon tells the story of a unhappily married, very disturbed, young wedding dress & lingerie designer with a "killer" Oedipus complex, not to mention a MAJOR SEXUAL fetish for women mannequins, wearing wedding veils, & hacking up young brides with a smallish meat cleaver. Let alone his passion for his toy train set & his boyhood bedroom, untouched all these years. The young man is COMPELLED to keep killing so that he may recollect what terrible and horrible things … more

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