Spaghetti Western Trivia - Margaret Lee’s unmade “Blood Bath”

I mentioned in the Margaret Lee obituary on April 24^th a western she was to appear in that was never produced. Film historian and researcher Michael Ferguson e-mailed me this interesting information on what became of the project.

“For years I kept a close watch for "Blood Bath" and waiting for it to turn up in ads or on video. Producer Espartaco Santoni made and starred in two films the following year with similar titles both of which probably came out of the western's presales (which would have had to have been honored). Too bad the original sales brochure hasn't survived.”

On further reflection "Blood Bath" actually got made BUT not as a western. One of the two films mentioned above was “Blood Bath of Elizabeth Bathory” (aka “The Legend of Blood Castle” in 1973 starring Lucia Bosè and Espartaco Santoni and the other was “The Violent Blood Bath” (1974) starring Fernando Rey and Marisa Mell.