Ataque de los muertos sin ojos, El (1973)

Director:

Amando de Ossorio

Writers:

Amando de Ossorio (screenplay)
Amando de Ossorio (story)

Release Date:

14 September 1973 (West Germany)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Have they heard your heart beating?

Plot:

500 years after they were blinded and executed for committing human sacrifices, a band of Templar knights...

Plot Keywords:

Decapitation | Flashback Sequence | Sequel | Zombie | Horse

Cast

Tony Kendall	...	Jack Marlowe
Fernando Sancho	...	Mayor Duncan
Esperanza Roy	...	Vivian
Frank Braña	...	Howard
José Canalejas	...	Murdo
Loreta Tovar	...	Monica
Ramón Lillo	...	Bert
Lone Fleming	...	Amalia
Maria Nuria	...	Nancy - Amalia's daughter
José Thelman	...	Juan - Monica's boyfriend
Juan Cazalilla	...	Governor
Betsabé Ruiz	...	Governor's maid
Marisol Delgado	...	Doncella
Luis Barboo	...	Executed Templar
Francisco Sanz	...	Station Manager (as Paco Sanz)

Also Known As:

Attack of the Blind Dead
Mark of the Devil 5: Return of the Blind Dead (USA)
Return of the Blind Dead
Return of the Evil Dead (video title)

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:18 (re-rating) (1994) | Iceland:16 | UK:X (original rating) | Australia:MA | West Germany:18

Company:

Ancla Century Films

Movie Connections:

Edited into Amando de Ossorio: el último templario (2001) (V)

Better and yet worse than the first film

Return Of The evil Dead is the second film in writer-director Amando de Ossorio's Blind Dead series. Each film is essentially the same story told over again with a small variation on the plot. This film, however, bears the closest resemblance to the original as its plot is almost identical, just with new characters. Had some time been spent on creating a new story, this film would have been even better than the first. Yet the fact that the story remains so close to the original makes it feel more like a remake than a sequel. On the plus side, de Ossorio has really gotten a firm grip on what his villains are like and he presents them far better than in the first film. everything about the knights Templar is more creepy and effective than the last time out. So that's what I mean by better (in some ways) yet worse (its just the same thing rehashed) than the first film.