First and enjoyable original of the Templars dead series in which the medieval zombies awake to commit ritual sacrifices . The blind dead Templars return again from the 13th century with this creepy story . Blind Dead Tetralogy ( 1971-1975) is among the best and most prestigious Spanish horror pictures of its time . These films are surprisingly well-realized and eerie , displaying an original premise , some Zombi-like are blinded by crows as they made human sacrifices and were executed , but then the clergymen return eventually to the life . The best feature of the films is its title menace : ¨the Blind Dead¨ , the group of renegade knights were condemned for their black magic rituals , mummified zombies from medieval times which rise from their graves to drink the blood of their victims . Executed for their unholy deeds, the Templars bodies were left out for the crows to peck out their eyes . Now, in modern day Portugal, a group of people stumble on the Templars in abandoned monastery , reviving their rotting corpses to terrorize the land . The film starts when a trio ( Lone Fleming , Cesar Burner , Helen Harp as Virginia) travelling by train , then Virginia flees and refugees at an old castle . There the priests warriors wake up from the tomb and begin their criminal rampage . Ancient Zombies return of graves causing wreak havoc on the place , horrifying and torturing the rural population . They make a brutal massacre and the protagonists are surrounded in a fortress . Meanwhile the starring attempts to save the damsel in disgrace and a police inspector (Rufino Ingles) is investigating the weird deeds.
It is definitely a very entertaining horror flick and eerie as hell and based on Gustavo Adolfo Becker writings as ¨Mount of Animas¨ and ¨Miserere¨ . I got to admit I am a big aficionado of the Tetralogy Blind Dead movies , although have many flaws and gaps , it's still pretty damn good . In ¨Tombs the blind dead¨ we find the famous blind dead zombies which rise from the tombs 500 years after to wreak havoc upon some beautiful Euro-babes . The zombie-like pack of ancient warriors priest awake and rising from the graves to kill and torture the unfortunate victims . They were condemned and eternally dammed by cult practicing human sacrifices and blinded by crows and attack on his victims sucking them in hyena style . They encounter their victims by means of screams and sounds . This is a cheap Spaniard production with lack luster and low budget. Special effects are ridiculous and embarrassing, absurd and frankly lousy but functional , showing lots of blood and gore . This atmospheric horror movie contains scary scenes when appear the living dead Templars . It's the first and successful and immensely popular ¨Tombs of the Blind dead¨ series which to be continued by mediocre attempt to cash of following exhausted medieval warriors saga as a trilogy as ¨Return of evil dead¨ , ¨Ship of Zombies or Blind dead 2¨ and ¨Blind dead 3 or The night of the sea gulls¨ . Good exteriors filmed on Pantano San Juan , Monastery Cercon (Madrid) , Guadalquivir river , Estoril and Lisbon (Portugal). Creepy and frightening music especially when the dead attack is well composed by Anton Garcia Abril, author of the four eerie soundtracks in Gregorian chores style . Colorful cinematography and very well remastered by Pablo Ripoll . This lack budget film is regularly directed by Amando De Ossorio but is amusing and entertaining .
It is definitely a very entertaining horror flick and eerie as hell and based on Gustavo Adolfo Becker writings as ¨Mount of Animas¨ and ¨Miserere¨ . I got to admit I am a big aficionado of the Tetralogy Blind Dead movies , although have many flaws and gaps , it's still pretty damn good . In ¨Tombs the blind dead¨ we find the famous blind dead zombies which rise from the tombs 500 years after to wreak havoc upon some beautiful Euro-babes . The zombie-like pack of ancient warriors priest awake and rising from the graves to kill and torture the unfortunate victims . They were condemned and eternally dammed by cult practicing human sacrifices and blinded by crows and attack on his victims sucking them in hyena style . They encounter their victims by means of screams and sounds . This is a cheap Spaniard production with lack luster and low budget. Special effects are ridiculous and embarrassing, absurd and frankly lousy but functional , showing lots of blood and gore . This atmospheric horror movie contains scary scenes when appear the living dead Templars . It's the first and successful and immensely popular ¨Tombs of the Blind dead¨ series which to be continued by mediocre attempt to cash of following exhausted medieval warriors saga as a trilogy as ¨Return of evil dead¨ , ¨Ship of Zombies or Blind dead 2¨ and ¨Blind dead 3 or The night of the sea gulls¨ . Good exteriors filmed on Pantano San Juan , Monastery Cercon (Madrid) , Guadalquivir river , Estoril and Lisbon (Portugal). Creepy and frightening music especially when the dead attack is well composed by Anton Garcia Abril, author of the four eerie soundtracks in Gregorian chores style . Colorful cinematography and very well remastered by Pablo Ripoll . This lack budget film is regularly directed by Amando De Ossorio but is amusing and entertaining .