Directed by:
Amando de OssorioCinematography:
Miguel Fernández MilaComposer:
Antón García AbrilCast:
Lone Fleming, Tony Kendall, Fernando Sancho, Esperanza Roy, José Canalejas, Frank Braña, Juan Cazalilla, Francisco Sanz, Ramón Lillo, Loreta Tovar, Luis Barboo (more)Plots(1)
500 years after they were blinded and executed for committing human sacrifices, a band of Templar knights returns from the grave to terrorize a rural Portuguese village during its centennial celebration. Being blind, the Templars find their victims through sound, usually the screams of their victims. Taking refuge in a deserted cathedral, a small group of people must find a way to escape from the creatures. (official distributor synopsis)
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Though the second instalment in the franchise lacks the unique dark atmosphere and the weight of the curse that elevated the fourth film, the arrangement of the characters and their actions are sufficiently entertaining. Generally, the screenwriter’s idea of sending a horde of skeletal Templars on horseback into an enclosed square packed with people dancing and having a good time is cool. Of course there is no lack of the signs of trash filmmaking in the movie’s individual aspects, but overall it has a good, well-developed concept.
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"The Attack of the Blind Dead" doesn't significantly lag behind the first installment, but sometimes it seems to me that it tries too hard to imitate it. However, if you keep coming up with plot twists to make it interesting while maintaining the horror atmosphere, it eventually succeeds, although the film definitely doesn't scare as much as it could. Nevertheless, there are scenes that are disturbing.
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