Early Combat Gore Film

Cjrod3

I first saw this film on TV back in 1965, and I remember being struck by the extensive use of blood squibs in the combat scenes. Graphic close ups of exploding bullet wounds were rarely, if ever, used in a film before this. While squibs are a banal element in most action films now, it was unique to see them in a film back then. I don't remember a film using them this much until 1969's "The Wild Bunch." Anybody know of any movies released earlier than this one that used this technique? This one is hardly ever on TV, which is a shame, because action junkies would love it. The combat scenes are very well done, for the time, anyway.

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Cjrod3 17 February 2006

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