Movielogr

Rating: 6 stars

All movies seen on 10/09/2011

View on: IMDb | TMDb

Attack of the Blind Dead (1973)

Directed by Amando de Ossorio

Horror

Most recently watched by sleestakk

Overview

500 years after they were blinded and executed for committing human sacrifices, a band of Templar knights returns from the grave to terrorize a rural Portuguese village during it’s centennial celebration. Being blind, the Templars find their victims through sound, usually the screams of their victims. Taking refuge in a deserted cathedral, a small group of people must find a way to escape from the creatures.

Length 91 minutes

Actors

Tony Kendall | Fernando Sancho | Esperanza Roy | Frank Braña | José Canalejas | Loreta Tovar | Ramón Lillo | Lone Fleming | José Thelman | Juan Cazalilla | Betsabé Ruiz | Marisol Delgado | Luis Barboo | Francisco Sanz | Ramón Centenero

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

This followup to Tombs of the Blind Dead is the second of four Blind Dead movies that came out of Spain in the 1970s.

Known by a number of names including its original title, Attack of the Blind Dead, and Mark of the Devil 5: Return of the Blind Dead, the second in the series isn’t quite as well executed as the first, but still has a lot going for it.

The undead, blind Knights Templar are pretty damn creepy and the movie as a whole features a healthy amount of garish bloodiness so emblematic of euro horror from the seventies.

Most, if not all, of the main protagonists are unlikeable, which explains why I was cheering for the knights to do them all in.

I’ve got the next two movies in the series on the way from Netflix as well, so we’ll see how they compare to the first two.

Comments