The movie takes place in deepest, darkest Africa (or a set that's standing in for it) and starts in the past (maybe the 1910s? earlier? later?) with a Caucasian woman is about to be the sacrifice in some sort of ritual. Unlike The Blind Dead, however, it is not particularly atmospheric nor does it have any scenes that are memorably creepy. A movie that is also slow and a bit plodding. Then, in 1973, de Ossorio made the topic of today's review, Night of the Sorcerers ( La Noche de los Brujos). ![]() I mention this because de Ossorio's "Blind Dead" films are the ones that most people are familiar with, and the first of these is rather good. ![]() The movie dealt with undead Templar Knights, and while it was slow and a bit plodding, it was rather atmospheric and the rising of the undead, eyeless Templars (the "Blind Dead") is one of the creepier scenes that you can find on film. ![]() In 1971, Spanish writer/director Armando de Ossorio made a movie called La Noche del Terror Ciego ( The Night of Blind Terror), known in the US as The Blind Dead, Mark of the Devil, Part 4: Tombs of the Blind Dead (which was a neat trick, as this isn't a sequel to anything, as far as I can tell) and Revenge from Planet Ape (a recut version, which must've been inspired by an acid trip considering the movie has nothing to do with apes or planets).
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