Review of Mardi Gras Massacre (1978) by Lee ? — 30 Sep 2010

Pretty much an Updated version of the 1963 classic Blood feast but instead the killer is an Aztec not an Egyptian. So main reasons why I watched this the title sounded promising and it if it was a semi remake to blood feast I was going to watch it. The film itself is very hard to get your hands on that?s what took me ages to watch it.

Low rent semi-remake of Blood Feast. 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. The Aztec priest takes a prostitute back to his place and makes her strip. He then ties her to a table in his basement and begins doing some magical ritual. He then proceeds to torture her by amputating hands, then feet.

Well like Blood feast there is a detective on the case looking for the killer. The story could have been better but to tell you the truth it never god boring. The acting is rather mixed usually we get a performance other times its kind of bad. The special effects are a big praise in my opinion that the reason this movie landed in the video nasty list. Some of the murder scenes were just unbelievably cool yet sick. Lots of nudity yeah and some sick acts of sexual nature. Music and setting are a different thing the music okay nothing scary about it but I liked the setting not scary but good.

Here are some facts I found.

The film was listed as one of the DPP's 72 video nasties in the UK and even made the final list of 39 official titles for prosecution. It has yet to receive a UK release.

Shot in 1976 but couldn?t be released until 1979.

But overall my final verdict is kind of recommended. If you love horrors of slashers your going to have a great time.