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The undead Templars cannot see.  They thirst for the warm blood of the living, and hunt victims by following their terrified screams.  This is the badly chopped U.S. version of "Tombs of the Blind Dead."

I got the chopped up,way to dark copy on vhs. I really need to upgrade,as the idea and the zombies in themselves are really cool.

The comparison to 'Beaches' was beautiful (wiping away a tear).

If only Bette Midler had been chased down and slashed to death by undead Templars.

I have the Blue Underground "The Blind Dead Collection" box set and the quality is very good.  They also included both the original and the US versions for each film.  The "Tombs of the Blind Dead" DVD linked to in the review to purchase the film is part of that set - just the first film (both versions) only.

Wasn't this movie on Elvira's Fine Features?  I seem to remember this, but it has been soooo long since I have seen Elvira and her fine features.  Is there a train scene at the the end where a girl and a guy escape only to be followed by the blind dead?

I would like to see this again if it is what I am thinking of.

Later,

John

The version I have is an old vhs copy...entitled RETURN of the EVIL DEAD (?).

This is most likely your film.  She does get on a train to escape, but it tarries too long and the blind dead catch it.



That is the second in the series, also known as "Return of the Blind Dead" (and other names).  For some reason, the Blind Dead movies all have about 10 alternate titles.

Some little interesting stuff cut out of the blind dead like the fact that betty and virgina are lesbians, pedro actually isn't a nice guy he rapes betty before the blind dead get him in the end that was also cut as well as some violence all this was restored on the dvd of this movie called the tombs of the blind dead the actually title of the film.

That video with the girl screaming reminds me of the problem I had with the Sci-Fi channel original film "Minotaur". Instead of staying quiet so the monster doesn't catch them the characters scream and yell at each other. My roommate and I used the words "Shut up!" many times that night as we watched.

There's even a scene I remember where two characters are climbing up to freedom, the minotaur appears, and it doesn't notice them UNTIL the girl screams.

I watched this movie the other night and I had no idea there was gonna be a review of it. Anyways, I thought the movie was alright and I guess a little Spanish exploitation never hurt anybody.

The only movie with the Templars I've seen is Ghost Galleon, and that one was pretty amusing, albeit the version I had was edited (and given the misnomer "Zombie Flesh Eaters").

The main problem I have with this film is trying to understand why two lesbians would be interested in a man?

There's a new flick "Army of the Dead" 2008 Reminds me of the blind dead but like most new movies it just sucked!!
The second of the Blind Dead series is my fave! The First i have in spanish with subtitles but it still chills you!
The slow movement when they ride for the victims is cool. Love this crap!!

Is it just me or did Peter Jackson see this movie before filming the Black Riders in Lord Of The Rings?

The country in the movie is not Spain but Portugal! (Learn this too!)

Yikes: that theme music is creepy  :buggedout: but it sounds actually like a bunch of drunk monks singing over dropped kitchen utensils.  :wink:

True, and one thing that ruins the atmosphere of the last film, "Night Of The Seagulls" is the over-use of the "clip-clop" used for the horses as the Templars come to the beach to collect their sacrifice.

Other than that, the only other thing I can think of that ruins the other films, is the obvious fake effigies of the Templars that were being "burned" to death at the beginning of the second film, "Return Of The Blind Dead."  The scene was so fake.  That, and the hands of the Templars, those "grabby" looking things.

The better option would have been to put makeup on the hands and in a way that blended in with the skeletal remains of the rest of them.  All in all though, I truly enjoyed the unique take on the living dead and the atmosphere of the Templars rising from the old church grounds.   True lost classics!   :cheers:

One of the best '70's Eurohorrors..up there with Paul Naschy's werewolf films.

Indeed! In fact, sometimes I think about the makeup on the Blind Dead and Naschy's Werewolf and think that they would be awesome characters to put together on the cover of one of those old horror comics from the early 70's, namely "Wierd" or "Tales From the Tomb".

Three or four of the Blind Dead could be biting that girl to death like they did in the movie while 3 or 4 others are staking Naschy thru the chest in that classic art style that made those comics the comics as cool as they were.

Indeed filmed in Portugal, as I love the film and have been trying to find the exact location of the castle ruins. Hope to have a holiday and pack in a visit at some point. This film is badly flawed, but it is creepily wonderful all the same and I dread a studio ever planning a remake.

I can't give you a definitive answer, but you may want to start with these buildings or buildings here, which can be glimpsed in the film.

Monasterio del Cescon, Madrid, Spain
Estorial, Cascais, Lisbon, Portugal
Faculty of Medicine, Lisbon University, Lisbon, Portugal

Good luck and happy hunting. I have had the good fortune to visit Spain, but I have yet to make it to Portugal. One of those places I hope to see sometime in the future.

One interesting fact about Spanish horror films: 

It was said that under Franco's rule, horror films couldn't be made in Spain. They could be made by Spanish film companies, but couldn't be filmed in Spain, thus the amount of filming in Portugal. Franco allegedly hated horror movies and thus the ban on these films being made in Spain.  Paul Naschy went into that in one of his interviews one time.  Also a lot of horror films were made in Italy at the time, as were a number of westerns, but the interesting thing is how all manner of films except horror films were allowed to be made in Spain.