The People Who Own the Dark

Original title: Último deseo

1976
R
1h 22m

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Rich partygoers in castle survive nuclear war. Venturing out, they find townspeople blinded. Discover sinister group called "People Who Own The Dark" exists.Rich partygoers in castle survive nuclear war. Venturing out, they find townspeople blinded. Discover sinister group called "People Who Own The Dark" exists.Rich partygoers in castle survive nuclear war. Venturing out, they find townspeople blinded. Discover sinister group called "People Who Own The Dark" exists.

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Trivia
The English dubbed version released in the United States as "The People Who Own the Dark" had a replacement score that included music cues from "The Blob" (1958).

Goofs
During the clay pigeon shooting scene, it can clearly be seen that the man does not pull the trigger.

Alternate versions
The Spanish language print runs 94 minutes. When the film was released in the US it was dubbed in English and ran approximately 82 minutes and it was this shorter, re-edited version that was released onto home video in the states. The English version is not missing any violence and retains almost all the nudity, but several scenes are trimmed mostly of some dialog.

Connections
Edited from The Blob (1958)

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A Spanish-language take on NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD

Forget the reference books (including the IMDb) - PLANETA CIEGO was directed by Argentinian filmmaker Leon Klimovsky, also responsible for WEREWOLF VS. THE VAMPIRE WOMAN, VENGEANCE OF THE ZOMBIES (both with Paul Naschy, who co-stars here, too) and THE VAMPIRE'S NIGHT ORGY. A group of prominent business and military men enjoying a weekend debauch in the cellar of a rural bordello are spared when a nuclear attack devastates Europe. Finding the locals blinded, and drawing hatred upon themselves for looting the village stores, the survivors board up the villa and prepare for an attack by night. PLANETA CIEGO, which is also known as THE PEOPLE WHO OWN THE DARK (a shortened version that played in America) and ULTIMO DESEO is an exciting and disturbing (if non-graphic) reworking of themes found in George Romero's NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. The cast includes Alberto deMendoza (HORROR EXPRESS) and Maria Perschy (also in Klimovsky's VENGEANCE OF THE ZOMBIES). This film has for too long been attributed to Amando de Ossorio, probably because he directed the well-known "Blind Dead" films. Well worth seeking out.