1980 - THE BLOODY LADY - aka Krvavá pani

An anti Disney princess movie if ever there was one.  The Bloody Lady is based on an actual individual Countess Elizabeth Bathory who along with her servants was possibly responsible for the deaths of 80 women.  These crimes turned into a folk legend that claimed she bathed in the blood of the women she killed in order to maintain her youth.

 This is an animated horror film with cute little furry animals in the forest and a virginal princess until it takes a turn to the dark side.  The animation is stylized and the backgrounds are minimalist for the most part.  The style of the film kind of reminds me of one of those Hanna-Barbara or Filmation cartoon productions that showed up on Saturday mornings but this one has plenty of exaggerated blood for the horror gang.

 

The director is a man named Viktor Kubal who was based in Slovakia and is practically unknown in the west.  There are some examples and completed cartoons of his work on YouTube which are worth a look particularly if you are a fan of animation.

 

The Bloody Lady is  available on YouTube in a complete and good transfer. 

The film runs 72 minutes and was written by Viktor Kubal