5/10
Second sequel in short budget with the creepy Templars dead and set on a ghostly ship
14 February 2007
The Templars Zombies return in this average sequel , now in a medieval ship . Two models with advertising aims embark aboard a yacht when find the damned ship . Later on , a diverse group (Jack Taylor, Maria Perschy , Manuel De Blas , Carlos Lemos and Barbara Rey) on board and sail to look for the models and again encounter the ghastly vessel drifting like the Errant Dutch boat .

In this second following (the first sequel was ¨Return of evil dead¨) from the original ¨Tombs the blind dead¨ also we find the famous blind dead zombies which rise from the tombs 500 years after to wreak havoc upon a beautiful bikinied Euro-babes . This scary horror movie contains eerie and creepy scenes when appear the living dead Templars . The fable is sometimes silly and laughable , though the action and terror moments are middlingly made . It is the following to the first great success and immensely popular ¨Tombs of the Blind dead¨ which to be continued by a trilogy : ¨Return of evil dead¨ , ¨Horror of Zombies¨ and ¨Night of the seagulls¨ . The zombie-like pack of ancient priest warriors awake and rising from the graves to kill and torture the unfortunate victims . They were condemned and eternally dammed by cult practising human sacrifices and blinded by crows . They meet their victims by means of screams and sounds . This is a cheap Spaniard production with lack luster and low budget , and it has been released multiple times on DVD over the years. . Special effects are ridiculous and embarrassing , just like the ship , an absurd toy-miniature into a bathtub that is frankly lousy . In the film appears known Eurotrash actors as Maria Perschy (¨Fumanchu castle¨ , ¨Hunchback of Morgue¨ , ¨Exorcism¨ ; however , she played for Howard Hawks in ¨Man's favorite sport?¨ with Rock Hudson) and Jack Taylor (usual player for Jess Frank : ¨Eugenie¨ , ¨Count Drácula¨ , ¨Necronomicon¨, ¨Commando Mengele¨), he posteriorly worked for Amando De Ossorio in ¨Hydra,sea serpent¨.

Eerie and frightening musical score especially when the Templars clergymen appear , being composed by ordinary Anton Garcia Abril . Colorful and atmospheric photography by Raul Artigot . The motion picture was regularly directed by Amando De Ossorio . Amando began in films as a writer and assistant director and continued his career by making short films and industrial documentaries . He was one of the main directors of the Spanish horror boom in the 70s, specially for his quartet of films about the living dead Templars which started with his first great success and immensely popular ¨Tombs of the Blind dead¨ which to be continued by a famous trilogy . Amando owns his own studio and created and/or designed many of the simple special effects sequences you see in any of his many imaginative undertakings . He displayed a varied career and specialized on all kind of genres as Western in "Rebels in Canada" and "Grave of the Gunfighter" , Historical as ¨Los Cantabros¨ , Monster movie as ¨Serpent of sea¨ and , of course, Terror as ¨Malenka¨ , The possessed¨ and ¨night of witches¨ . Ossorio also studied painting and photography , moreover, he also made his living as a painter of creepy images of the Knights Templar in his later years. ¨El Buque Maldito¨ is a mediocre attempt to cash of following exhausted medieval warriors saga . Followed by another inferior sequel ¨Night of the seagulls¨ also titled ¨Night of the death cult¨.
16 out of 37 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote.
Permalink

Recently Viewed