Tombs Of The Blind Dead
by Amando de Ossorio
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Actor: C?sar Burner, Jos? Thelman, Lone Fleming, Mar?a Elena Arp?n, Rufino Ingl?sDirector: Amando de Ossorio
Cinematographer: Pablo Ripoll
Writer: Amando de Ossorio
Editor: Jos? Antonio Rojo
Producer: Jos? Antonio P?rez Giner
Producer: Salvadore Romero
Writer: Jes?s Navarro Carri?n
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: Spanish (Original Language), Analog
Format: Color, NTSC, Widescreen
Running Time: 86 minutes
Release Date: 1997-09-10
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Publisher: Starz / Anchor Bay
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
VHS Movie Reviews of Tombs Of The Blind Dead
Movie Review: Awakening The Dead
Summary: 3 Stars
`Tombs of the Blind Dead', released in '71 was the first of writer/director Amando de Ossorio's four cult films affectionately known by its fans as `the Blind Dead'. Who will ever forget that deep, unnerving chant-like moan resonating within the ancient castle walls that precedes the appearance a the long dead group of notorious 13th century Templar Knights.
Yes the production values are poor, the special effects weak and the dialogue bordering on laughable. Yet with all the negatives there is still something inordinately eerie that takes place when that moaning sound begins and the slow-motion, dirt incrusted corpses appear. It definitely creates an atmosphere not soon forgotten.
If you're a fan of low budget Euro-Horror enjoy!
Movie Review: AGHHHHHH AGHHHHHHH AGHHHHHH
Summary: 3 Stars
The first of four(don't bother with the sequels)Spainish flicks
shot by de Ossorio concering the Knights Templar:witchcraft
practicing monks who were executed centuries ago and now rise
from their mass grave as blood-drinking ghouls on horseback.
Being blind(their eyes have been eaten out by crows you see)
they find their victims through sound. With the slow/mo
directing and the famous soundtrack(AGGHHH...AGHHHHH)
you are in for a real GHOUL time(sic)
Movie Review: Hilarious
Summary: 2 Stars
This movie is hilarious. I wasn't sure to rate it 10 or 1.
The beginning Intro to the "mysterious knights templar" is nothing less than retarded.
It starts off so quickly with the main characters meeting at some resort in Lisbon and you get the feeling that just maybe something could happen.
Theres an allusion to a lesbian affair with the two main female characters and some heavy flirting from the male lead with one of them but the only things without clothes in this one is a bunch of mannequins.
The acting is atrocious and the story seems like it was written by a nerdy metalhead in high school who's played too much dungeons and dragons.
Why would the girl in the beginning just jump off the train alone in the middle of nowhere, walk up to the ruins of some monastery roll out her sleeping bag and tune in jazz on her transistor radio? Well of course the silly zombies kill the camper and she soon turns into a zombie.
One of the funniest scenes is when she gets "killed" by the timid gal in the mannequin factory. She manages to set her on fire The burning effect is a thing to contemplate. (I read that the director objected to the undead templars being refered to as zombies because that meant they were just mindless creatures. Like it matters!)
Another good one is the scene in the morgue where that strange guy with the frog pulls the sheet from the corpse and there's some old lady there instead of the couple's friend. I'm wondering if that was an attempt at comic relief but I really just think it was the director's idiotic idea of a fright.
So the moral of the review is this...
If you still think that old satanic cults coming back to life to suck the blood of their victims is scary and intriguing, then check this out. Alternately...if you're a seasoned horror fan who enjoys all the "facets" of the genre, then check this out.
Movie Review: One of the Best Horror Films You've Never Seen
Summary: 3 Stars
In 1971 Eurohorror auteur Amando di Ossario gave the horror world one of its most stunning creations, the faceless zombie Knight's Templars who hunted by sound alone. All in all, the film is much better than I imagined it would be. The Knights have a truly unique look (that would be replicated by Peter Jackson 30 years later for the Lord of the Rings trilogy).
The plot is a little lacking. After her boyfriend shows interest in another woman on a train in the Spanish countryside, Virginia jumps off a moving train and winds up at the Berzano Monastary home of the Templar Knights. There she is hunted and killed. After some exposition her friends learn the horrible secret of the Templars.
There is not much more to the story than this but the special effects of the Knights on their horses in slow motion is worth the price of admission. I saw the original Spanish print which clocks in at 97 minutes. The Blue Undeground disc also includes the truncated English version and a trailer. The print quality is pristine considering the age and low budget nature of the source print.
Well worth a rental.
Movie Review: One of the better horror films I've watched as of late
Summary: 4 Stars
I think from all of the horror films I've watched recently, "Tombs of the Blind Dead" truly had some genuine creepiness and suspense to it. I have to warn you though, it's better to watch the film in its original Spanish language with English subtitles, because the English version has been hacked to pieces.
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