Vengeance of the Zombies

Original title: La rebelión de las muertas

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An Indian mystic uses magical chants to raise women from the dead, then sends them out to perform revenge killings for him.An Indian mystic uses magical chants to raise women from the dead, then sends them out to perform revenge killings for him.An Indian mystic uses magical chants to raise women from the dead, then sends them out to perform revenge killings for him.

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Paul Naschy

Krisna…

Romy

Elvire Irving
(as Rommy)

Mirta Miller

Kala

María Kosty

Elsie
(as Maria Kosti)

Aurora de Alba

Olivia Mortimer

Luis Ciges

MacMurdo
(as Louis Ciges)

Pierre Besari

Ti Zachary

Antonio Pica

Supt. Hawkins

Elsa Zabala

Susan

Montserrat Julió

Flora
(as Monserrat Julió)

Ramón Lillo

Basehart
(as Ramon Lillo)

Norma Kastel

Gloria Irving
(as Norma Kastell)

Ingrid Rabel

Muerta

Asunción Molero

Muerta
(as Asuncion Molero)

Fernando Sánchez Polack

Augusto
(as Fernando Sanchez-Polak, Fernando S. Polack)

Alfonso de la Vega

Absalon

Víctor Barrera

Dr. Lawrence Radcliffe
(as Vic Winner)

Pedro Basauri 'Pedrucho'

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Goofs
When Elvire is removed from her bed, the bed sheet clings to her, but in the immediately following shot it is gone.

Quotes
Augusto: Flora, we've been robbing graves for a long time now.

Crazy credits
Background music of the scene then playing ends abruptly mid-phrase for brief silence under the title card, then picks up where it left off, mid-phrase, when it returns back under the interrupted scene.

Alternate versions
U.S. distributor Independent Artists released the film under the title "Walk of the Dead," adding a "Shock Notice" gimmick where red warning flashes preceded each gory murder.

Connections
Referenced in Sneak Previews: The Idolmaker, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, Every Man for Himself, Fade to Black (1980)

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Vengeance of the Zombies

Vengeance of the Zombies (1973)

** (out of 4)

Bizarre but mildly entertaining Spanish horror film has Paul Naschy playing a mystic who uses his powers to have women return from the dead and kill his enemies for him.

Sometimes a second viewing can make you see a film in a completely different light. The first time I watched Leon Klimovsky's VENGEANCE OF THE ZOMBIES it was from a public domain disc and the colors were drained. I gave the film a BOMB rating because I just found the entire thing to be deadly dull, poorly made and at times laughable. What changed on this second viewing? Well, being able to see a fully restored print certainly helped but I also managed to enjoy the film a lot more because I knew what I was getting into.

If you're expecting George A. Romero type of zombies then you're getting into the wrong movie. The zombies here basically just have some face paint on them but I found them to be mildly effective and especially with the light blue tint and how well it looked on the restored print. Another plus were the slow-motion scenes of the zombies approaching their victims. I usually can't stand when slow-motion is used but here it's actually quite effective. The gore isn't all that high but there are a couple gory scenes including a bizarre one where a can is used as a murder weapon!

Fans of Naschy will be happy to see him playing three different roles here. The scene with him wearing horns as a Satanic leader is certainly an eye-opener and for the most part he's good. The supporting women are all beautiful as you'd expect in a Naschy film. There are certainly some flaws here including the pacing of the picture as well as the rather bizarre soundtrack. I'm not sure if this soundtrack was used to make the film appear hip but it's quite distracting to say the least.