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Tombs of the Blind Dead

Play trailer Poster for Tombs of the Blind Dead PG 1971 1h 34m Horror Play Trailer Watchlist
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Cowled skeletons of Spanish knights ride again, blinded by crows for their 13th-century savagery.
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Cheryl Eddy io9.com Feb 12, 2025
These hungry ghouls hunt their prey at the speed of molasses, and that includes multiple scenes in which they ride slow-motion horses... still, even a shuffling chase can be high-tension. Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Oct 28, 2023
3/4
Character actions don’t always make sense, but the ghoul designs are top-notch. Go to Full Review
Dolores Quintana Dolores Quintana Sep 14, 2021
Overall, it is a film of strangely affecting beauty with a definite Spanish flair that has a certain hypnotic quality to it. Go to Full Review
Jennie Kermode Eye for Film Aug 12, 2021
4/5
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. Go to Full Review
M.V. Moorhead Less Hat, Moorhead Mar 15, 2021
It gets a little more engaging, I suppose, when the Blind Dead at last get up and around and back in the action. Go to Full Review
Alberto Abuín Espinof Sep 11, 2019
It offers several interesting moments, such as mixing the dead with vampirism. [Full Review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
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Rui F @RuiOfTheDead May 13, 2026 TOMBS OF THE BLIND DEAD (1972) can't decide whether it wants to bore or gross you out, and the latter isn't meant in a positive light. Beware of the unnecessary and graphic sexual assaults throughout its runtime. See more Jonathan O @RT41230270 Nov 13, 2024 This is a very different kind of zombie horror film but it's so fascinating to watch a Spanish zombie horror film and spooky atmosphere in the banned area which makes it work for horror and unbelievable gory deaths scene which is quite shocking. See more andy f @RT81936104 Jan 5, 2020 Visually stunning but dramatically tiresome. See more júlio a @RT51210674 Oct 13, 2019 Poxa, esperava tanto desse zumbi com templários, mas foi apenas méhhh, sexpleitation com zumbis mas é meio besta ahahahaha See more Jun 17, 2017 Good, creepy, midnight horror. See more Apr 11, 2017 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. See more 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
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