Tombs of the Blind Dead/Return of the Blind Dead DVD R1

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Tombs of the Blind Dead

Original title: La noche del terror ciego

• 1972

• PG

• 1h 41m

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SpanishFolk HorrorZombie HorrorHorror

Medieval knights executed for their black magic rituals come back as zombies to torment a group of vacationing college kids.

• Director

  • Amando de Ossorio

• Writers

  • Amando de Ossorio

  • Robert Oliver

  • Jesús Navarro Carrión

• Stars

  • Lone Fleming

  • César Burner

  • María Elena Arpón

Return of the Evil Dead

Original title: El ataque de los muertos sin ojos

• 1973

• Not Rated

• 1h 31m

SpanishFolk HorrorSupernatural HorrorHorror

A small Portuguese village prepares for a centennial festival when blind, execution-scarred Templar knights rise from their graves to hunt the living by sound.

• Director

  • Amando de Ossorio

• Writer

  • Amando de Ossorio

• Stars

  • Tony Kendall

  • Fernando Sancho

  • Esperanza Roy

• Born

  April 6, 1918 · A Coruña, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain

• Died

  January 13, 2001 · Madrid, Spain (undisclosed)

• Birth name

  Amando de Ossorio Rodríguez

• Nickname

  • Horseman of Horror

AMANDO DE OSSORIO

• He was born in 1918, although there isn't a consensus as some books date his birth in 1925. He was one of the main directors of the Spanish horror boom in the 70s, specially for his quartet of films about the living dead templars which started with Tombs of the Blind Dead (1972).
  - IMDb mini biography by: Miguel Ángel Díaz González

• Studied painting and photography. Moreover, he also made his living as a painter of creepy images of the Knights Templar in his later years.

• Began his film career by making short films and industrial documentaries.

• Also worked as a journalist and produced radio dramas.

• Began in films as a writer and assistant director after moving to Madrid, Spain in the 1940s.