La noche del terror ciego (1971)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.1/10   

Director:

Amando de Ossorio

Escritores:

Jesús Navarro Carrión (additional dialogue)
Amando de Ossorio (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

febrero 1973 (USA)

Género:

Horror | Misterio

Frase comercial:

Who are these unholy savages who hunt out their victims by sound alone?

Plot:

In the 13th century there existed a legion of evil knights known as the Templars, who quested for eternal...

Plot Keywords:

Knight | Corpse | Blood | Crow | Evil

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Defining moments of horror in a sea of mediocrity

Reparto

Lone Fleming	...	Betty Turner
César Burner	...	Roger Whelan
María Elena Arpón	...	Virginia White (as Helen Harp)
José Thelman	...	Pedro Candal (as Joseph Thelman)
Rufino Inglés	...	Insp. Oliveira
Verónica Llimera	...	Nina
Simón Arriaga	...	Morgue keeper
Francisco Sanz	...	Prof. Candal (librarian)
Juan Cortés	...	Coroner
Andrés Isbert
Antonio Orengo	...	Train engineer
José Camoiras
María Silva	...	Maria

También conocida como:

A Noite do Terror Cego (Portugal)
Crypt of the Blind Dead
La noche de la muerta ciega
Mark of the Devil, Part 4: Tombs of the Blind Dead (USA)
Night of the Blind Dead
Revenge from Planet Ape (USA) (recut version)
The Blind Dead (USA)
The Night of the Blind Terror (International: English title) (literal title)
Tombs of the Blind Dead

Duración:

USA:86 min | Spain:101 min

País:

Spain | Portugal

Idioma:

Español

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.66 : 1

Sonido:

Stereo

Clasificación:

Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Spain:18 | Australia:R | Sweden:(Banned) | UK:18 (cut) | USA:PG | West Germany:18 | Germany:Película restringida en Alemania

Locaciones de Filmación:

Estoril, Cascais, Lisbon, Portugal

Compañía:

Interfilme

Trivialidades:

The blind dead are never referred to as "Templar Knights" or "Caballeros Templarios" in the original Spanish language version. They are referred to as "los Guerreros de Oriente" ("The Warriors from the Orient").

Errores:

Errores que Revelan: During the films intro titles, the camera is looking around the "abandoned" ruins of the Templars monastery. In one shot, a van with a ladder strapped to its roof-rack can be seen going across a bridge in the background, at the top of the picture.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Películas para no dormir: Cuento de navidad (2005) (TV)

Defining moments of horror in a sea of mediocrity

Yet another example of the perception of a film being superior to the reality of actually sitting and watching it. There is no argument from me that the Blind Dead (The Templar Knights) are fantastic creations and director/writer Amando de Ossorio is to be revered for their birth. The scenes of the Templars stalking their victims and chasing them on horseback are striking and haunting and now occupy a special place in the pantheon of fantastique cinema. Unfortunately, "Tombs of the Blind Dead" is also a slow, boring, illogical mess. The performances are terrible, the "suspense" scenes are hit-and-miss, and the day-for-night photography, though effective in parts, is not believable. The film's bloody climax is a good one and the final freeze frame has some power, but it's sad to see such a wonderful concept handicapped by mediocre scripting and appalling acting. Still, there are defining moments of horror within the frames of this Spanish potboiler.