Tombs of the Blind Dead

Original title: La noche del terror ciego

1972
PG
1h 41m

IMDb RATING

6.1/10

6.6K

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

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IMDb RATING

6.1/10

6.6K

YOUR RATING

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Roger Whelan
(as Cesar Burner)

María Elena Arpón

Virginia White
(as Helen Harp)

José Thelman

Pedro Candal
(as Joseph Thelman)

Rufino Inglés

Inspector Oliveira
(as Rufino Ingles)

Verónica Llimerá

Nina
(as Veronica Llimera)

Simón Arriaga

Morgue Keeper
(as Simon Arriaga "Garibaldi")

Francisco Sanz

Professor Candal

Juan Cortés

Coroner
(as Juan Cortes)

Andrés Isbert

Train Engineer's Son
(as Andres Speizer)

Antonio Orengo

Train Engineer

José Camoiras

María Silva

Maria
(as Maria Silva)

Pedro Sempson

Train Engineer
(voice)
(uncredited)

Carmen Yazalde

Sacrificed Maiden
(uncredited)

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Trivia
Some distributors in the US re-cut and released this film with the title "Revenge from Planet Ape" in an effort to capitalize on the success of the Planet of the Apes (1968). A prologue was added in this cut version to make a connection--though dubious--between the two films. The prologue explains that 3000 years ago a simian civilization of super-intelligent apes struggled with man to gain control of the planet. In the end, man conquered ape after a brutal battle that saw him destroy the ape, his culture and society. After this battle man tortured and killed all the ape prisoners by piercing their eyes with red-hot pokers. One of the prisoners, who was also the leader of the apes, vowed they would return from the dead to avenge man's brutality" at a point in time before man destroyed Earth himself. This alternate prologue is available for viewing on the Blue-Underground DVD release.

Goofs
During the films intro titles, the camera is looking around the "abandoned" ruins of the Templars monastery. In one shot, a van with a ladder strapped to its roof-rack can be seen going across a bridge in the background, at the top of the picture.

Alternate versions
A dubbed English language version was made for US drive in theaters during the 70's entitled "The Blind Dead". This version was quite heavily edited for an "PG" rating, which heavily toned down the bloodier scenes and removed the rape sequence in the graveyard in its entirety. It also moved a flashback sequence which had originally occurred about 50mins into the film, showing the templars sacrificing a young maiden, to the beginning of the film. This version is included on the US DVD from Blue Underground along with the uncut Spanish language version.

Connections
Edited into Cent une tueries de zombies (2012)

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"...until the crows plucked out their eyes."

There's only one reason to watch Tombs of the Blind Dead: Zombies on horseback in slow-motion...look cool as hell!! The make-up department made the Templar's the scariest looking zombies I've seen in a while. Other than that, we've got an overrated Spanish bore. The pacing is slower than the blind dead themselves. If you're going to have a slow movie, you have to make it interesting. There are times in the movie when nothing is said or happens for 7 minutes at a time. There are some serious believability issues as well. I mean, for a bunch of slow, blind dead guys, they sure are hard to get away from. All in all, Tombs is not half as bad as I remember it being. I believe the DVD transfer can be thanked for that though. A clear, crisp picture can make any flick better. This film has a large cult following, however, there's just not enough action to keep me satisfied.