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4.0 out of 5 stars
ONE OF THE BEST, 3 Nov 2007
500 years ago, the town of Berzano rose up against the treacherous Knights Templar, torturing and killing them. In the present day, the annual day of the revolt is marked by a massive celebration in the town. Jack Marlowe, (Tony Kendall) is hired by Mayor Duncan, (Fernando Sancho) to provide a fireworks display for the celebration, and immediately runs into an old flame, Vivian, (Esperanza Roy) now with the Mayor. As the celebration begins in the town, the monastery out in the hillside spits up the Knights Templar zombies, who return to town to wreck vengeance for the original revolt. With the survivors held up in a church, tensions mount as the Blind Dead pick them off one to one. After a series of failed escapes, they have to use their ingenuity to make a last ditch attempt at freedom.
The Good News: In many ways, this is the superior film in the series. It has a quite rapidly paced plot, as it seems as it moves from one event to another in no time at all. The attacks come fast and furious, and it therefore never seems slow and dull. This is achieved from the major advancement over the original: the Templars are given the reigns to carry the majority of the film, and they prove they can here quite capably. Given the lion's share of the movie, they effectively come across as vicious, fear-able killers, which is exactly what they should be. By giving the decaying, creepy creations more screen time, it also results in the highest body count than the others, and the blood really flows in here. One is decapitated, another is dismembered, and quite a few are stabbed, allowing for plenty of blood-loss to be had. Also, with the high body count, there is a lot more action than before, another factor in keeping the film from becoming dull. The real stand-out is the village massacre, which features both horse-mounted and footed Templars laying waste to the citizens in an extended, action-packed sequence that features many different individually great scenes that combine into one great scene. As is usual with all Blind Dead films, the dead themselves are always a treat to watch, their rotting remains and mud-baked faces as scary here as they were when they first were seen.
The Bad News: The old Gothic feel of the first one is pretty lost here, replaced by a fast-paced feel that still delivers shocks but doesn't feel as overwhelmingly atmospheric as the first one felt. It also borrows elements liberally from other films, so it does have a seen-that-before element to it that the first one didn't have to it.
The Final Verdict: While it has a couple of seen-it-before elements to it, this is still arguably the best film in the series. It's action-packed, gory fun that any Euro Zombie fan will connect with. Any fan of the series should need to see it immediately, while genre fans are in for a great treat with one of the best films in it.
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