Movies Like The Blood Spattered Bride (1972)

The Blood Spattered Bride is a 1972 drama, horror, thriller film from Vicente Aranda with a MovieMagicScore of 5.7/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Old Dark House and The Thirteenth Tale.

Drama Horror Thriller

The Old Dark House

1932

In a remote region of Wales, five travelers beset by a relentless storm find shelter in an old mansion.

6.7

MagicScore

The Thirteenth Tale

2013

Biographer Margaret Lea travels to the isolated rural mansion of the famous writer Vida Winter, who asks her to write her biography. Although initially she is reluctant, as Vida is known for constantly distorting the facts of her life, Margaret soon becomes fascinated with the story of a dark childhood, a disturbing tale that leads her to finally confront the traumas of her own past.

6.5

MagicScore

The Nest

2019

Samuel, a boy who lives with his mother Elena in Villa dei Laghi, an isolated manor surrounded by woods, feels trapped in the family routine, growing up seemingly protected, but unsatisfied and restless.

6.3

MagicScore

Darkness

2019

Three sisters, Stella, Luce and Aria, live in an isolated house, immersed in the shadows, submitted by a violent and authoritarian father, a religious fanatic obsessed with the end of the world, who keeps them prisoners behind locks and closed windows, under the pretext that the Apocalypse has finally arrived.

4.9

MagicScore

La Bête Humaine

1938

Returning by train to the French port of Le Havre, Jacques Lantier, a tormented railwayman, meets by chance the impulsive stationmaster Roubard and Séverine, his wife.

7.1

MagicScore

FX's A Christmas Carol

2019

London, 1843. Ebenezer Scrooge, a bitter old man, despises the Christmas holiday. Over the course of Christmas Eve night he is visited by three ghosts to show him his past, present and future.

7.2

MagicScore

The Last Hurrah

1958

In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank Skeffington, a veteran and honest politician, mayor of a New England town, tries to be reelected while bankers and captains of industry conspire in the shadows to place a weak and manageable candidate in the city hall.

7.2

MagicScore

When the Wind Blows

1986

With the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack, unaware that times and the nature of war have changed from their romantic memories of World War II.

7.4

MagicScore

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

1946

Three childhood friends, Martha, Walter and Sam, share a terrible secret. Over time, the ambitious Martha and the pusillanimous Walter have married. She is a cold businesswoman; he is the district attorney: a perfect combination to dominate the corrupt city of Iverstown at will. But the unexpected return of Sam, after years of absence, deeply disturbs the life of the odd couple.

7.1

MagicScore

#10

Museum

2016

In Tokyo, Japan, several grotesque murders take place on rainy days. Detective Sawamura, who is in charge of the case, soon discovers that his own family is connected to the crimes.

6.7

MagicScore

#11

Eye of the Devil

1966

A French nobleman deserts his wife because of an ancient family secret.

6.2

MagicScore

#12

Black Beach

2020

Carlos, a ruthless Spanish negotiation expert working in Brussels, is tasked with handling the kidnapping of a senior oil company executive in a troubled West African country —with which he has old and deep ties—, torn by ethnic tensions and government abuses.

5.7

MagicScore

#13

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders

1970

Valerie, a Czechoslovakian teenager living with her grandmother, is blossoming into womanhood, but that transformation proves secondary to the effects she experiences when she puts on a pair of magic earrings. Now seeing the world around her in a different light, Valerie must endure her sexual awakening while attempting to discern reality from fantasy as she encounters lecherous priest Gracian, a vampire-like stranger and otherworldly carnival folk.

6.9

MagicScore

#14

The Official Story

1985

Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1983. In the last and turbulent days of the military dictatorship, Alicia, a high school history teacher, begins to ask uncomfortable questions about the dark origins of Gaby, her adopted daughter.

7.4

MagicScore

#15

45 Years

2015

There is just one week until Kate Mercer's 45th wedding anniversary and the planning for the party is going well. But then a letter arrives for her husband. The body of his first love has been discovered, frozen and preserved in the icy glaciers of the Swiss Alps. By the time the party is upon them, five days later, there may not be a marriage left to celebrate.

6.6

MagicScore

#16

All Is True

2018

London, June 29th, 1613. The Globe Theater, ran by the famous playwright William Shakespeare, accidentally burns to ashes. Seriously affected, he stops writing and returns to his hometown, where his wife Anne and daughters Judith and Susanna get surprised to hear he intends to stay there definitively, after two decades working in the capital, neglecting his sincere affections for them.

6.0

MagicScore

#17

Savage State

2020

Saint Charles County, Missouri, December 1863. Edmond, a prosperous French perfume merchant, decides to flee to a safer place when the storms of the American Civil War start knocking at his door, threatening the life and fortune of his family.

5.6

MagicScore

#18

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

2019

In Shirleyville, Vermont, during the sixties, sisters Merricat and Constance, along with their ailing uncle Julian, confined to a wheelchair, live isolated in a big mansion located on the hill overlooking the town, tormented by the memories of a family tragedy occurred six years ago. The arrival of cousin Charles will threaten the fragile equilibrium of their minds, haunted by madness, fear and superstition.

5.5

MagicScore

#19

Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case

1959

Police Commissioner Jules Maigret returns to the small village where he spent his childhood at the request of the Countess of Saint-Fiacre, who has received a disturbing anonymous letter.

6.9

MagicScore

#20

The Postcard Killings

2020

After suffering a personal tragedy, and desperate for justice, Jacob Kanon, a veteran New York City police detective, embarks on the search for a twisted killer who is leaving a bloody trail of elaborate murders across Europe.

6.4

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Blood Spattered Bride?

The top films similar to The Blood Spattered Bride by MovieMagicScore are The Old Dark House (6.7), The Thirteenth Tale (6.5), The Nest (6.3). Each shares drama/horror/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Blood Spattered Bride worth watching?

The Blood Spattered Bride holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.7/10 from 72 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Blood Spattered Bride?

The Blood Spattered Bride (1972) is a drama, horror, thriller film directed by Vicente Aranda, starring Simón Andreu, Maribel Martín, Alexandra Bastedo.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Blood Spattered Bride?

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About movies like The Blood Spattered Bride

This ranked list pairs The Blood Spattered Bride (1972), a drama and horror and thriller film from Vicente Aranda, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Simón Andreu take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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