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Tombs of the Blind Dead

PG 1971 1h 34m Horror List
77% Tomatometer 13 Reviews 57% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
Cowled skeletons of Spanish knights ride again, blinded by crows for their 13th-century savagery.

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Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Character actions don’t always make sense, but the ghoul designs are top-notch. Rated: 3/4 Oct 28, 2023 Full Review Dolores Quintana Dolores Quintana Overall, it is a film of strangely affecting beauty with a definite Spanish flair that has a certain hypnotic quality to it. Sep 14, 2021 Full Review Jennie Kermode Eye for Film If you have an interest in the history of horror cinema, or if you simply enjoy the visual language which would subsequently be adopted by the masters of giallo, this film is a must see. Rated: 4/5 Aug 12, 2021 Full Review M.V. Moorhead Less Hat, Moorhead It gets a little more engaging, I suppose, when the Blind Dead at last get up and around and back in the action. Mar 15, 2021 Full Review Alberto Abuín Espinof It offers several interesting moments, such as mixing the dead with vampirism. [Full Review in Spanish] Sep 11, 2019 Full Review C.H. Newell Father Son Holy Gore With its share of flaws, Tombs of the Blind Dead is a fun, spooky, and memorable addition to the world of cinematic horror. Rated: 3.5/5 May 7, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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jeffrey r Atmospheric, with great locations and old-school effects. But the pacing is very slow when your heart beat should be racing... Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review andy f Visually stunning but dramatically tiresome. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review júlio a Poxa, esperava tanto desse zumbi com templários, mas foi apenas méhhh, sexpleitation com zumbis mas é meio besta ahahahaha Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member The Voice Dub was not very good on this film. It is consider to be Spain's NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. Templar zombie knights with swords and horses look great. Some cool chanting music to go with that. Some good scenes of suspense. Lesbian desire, sexual violence and the unholy onslaught of the eyeless undead! It is rated PG racing overtones but nothing to wild . In fact this film would have been better served if it ramped up violence. Not a real scary horror. I am loving these seventies eurohorror-flicks! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Good, creepy, midnight horror. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member I was looking for creepy and this story about the accursed Templar Knights who were executed and had their eyes pecked out by birds but then came back from the dead to haunt their abandoned medieval Portuguese town seemed just the ticket. Reviews suggested that the gore was on the lighter side for this kind of Euro-Horror and that's true enough - however, a nasty rape scene was not what I wanted. Although the human rapist does meet his doom at the bony hands/teeth of the Satanic knights, this does not justify sexual violence against women. Considering the film without that scene - and, apparently, it was edited out in some prints - the film does have a spooky quality. These lumbering blind zombies and their slow-motion horses are rather relentless. Of course, as could be expected, the acting is not strong and the actions of the characters are implausible at best. Moreover, the Foley artists were really working overtime (I'm reminded of the recent and recommended Berberian Sound Studio, 2012). But I can't recommend this film given its content -- not unusual for horror during this time period and in Europe, but still unwelcome. I just wanted creepy. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Cowled skeletons of Spanish knights ride again, blinded by crows for their 13th-century savagery.
Director
Amando de Ossorio
Screenwriter
Amando de Ossorio
Rating
PG
Genre
Horror
Original Language
Spanish
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 20, 2015
Runtime
1h 34m