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The first film in Amando de Ossorio's zombie sequence. When a group of tourists stumble across a ruined monastery, they inadvertantly cause the undead corpses of 13th century, devil-worshipping Templar Knights to rise from their graves and drain the blood from the locals. The knights were executed and the corpses left out for birds to pluck out the eyes, so these avenging demons locate their victims by sound alone.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Pob75
Format:DVD
I've got this film on a double sided US import DVD that has "Tombs..." in a slightly less edited form that's a couple of minutes longer and has "Return Of The Blind Dead" on the other side.
Tombs Of The Blind Dead (the first of 4 "Blind Dead" films) is an atmospheric variation on the undead/zombie genre. You won't get the usual lumbering, half-rotted zombies. These ones are skeletal, undead Templar knights from the 13th century, killed by villagers for their human sacrifices and blood-drinking practises that gained them immortality. They rise creepily and slowly from their graves centuries later. They're blind and hunt by sound (their eyes were pecked out by birds after the villagers hung them) which gives the director a chance to engineer some decent suspense. And they sometimes ride around on horseback in eerily soundtracked slow motion.
This film is quite slow-paced but genuinely creepy at points. If you're a gore fan you may be disappointed (there is some) but it's a pretty good film that manages a few very suspenseful sequences. Quite an effective, haunting soundtrack.
It's well worth a look. Filmed in Spanish with English subtitles.
Tombs Of The Blind Dead (the first of 4 "Blind Dead" films) is an atmospheric variation on the undead/zombie genre. You won't get the usual lumbering, half-rotted zombies. These ones are skeletal, undead Templar knights from the 13th century, killed by villagers for their human sacrifices and blood-drinking practises that gained them immortality. They rise creepily and slowly from their graves centuries later. They're blind and hunt by sound (their eyes were pecked out by birds after the villagers hung them) which gives the director a chance to engineer some decent suspense. And they sometimes ride around on horseback in eerily soundtracked slow motion.
This film is quite slow-paced but genuinely creepy at points. If you're a gore fan you may be disappointed (there is some) but it's a pretty good film that manages a few very suspenseful sequences. Quite an effective, haunting soundtrack.
It's well worth a look. Filmed in Spanish with English subtitles.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By S. Finch
Format:DVD
I first saw this film back in the 1970s at our local cinema. It was very scary - my boyfriend felt really spooked walking home alone through a dark alley. The fact it had subtitles (the film is in Spanish) did not detract from us rating it as one of the best horror films we had seen.
I have just watched the film again courtesy of Amazon rental. It seemed a bit dated the second time around & not so scary watching it on my TV in daylight & knowing the surprise twist at the end. The virgin's breast (sliced open by the templars) is obviously latex foam & the phoniest thing I've seen since the shark in Jaws. Nevertheless I really enjoyed seeing it again - the mortician's creepy assistant is not to be missed while the Blind Dead themselves I believe received an award for the best new movie monsters.
I have just watched the film again courtesy of Amazon rental. It seemed a bit dated the second time around & not so scary watching it on my TV in daylight & knowing the surprise twist at the end. The virgin's breast (sliced open by the templars) is obviously latex foam & the phoniest thing I've seen since the shark in Jaws. Nevertheless I really enjoyed seeing it again - the mortician's creepy assistant is not to be missed while the Blind Dead themselves I believe received an award for the best new movie monsters.
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