AMANDO DE OSSORIO'S CLASSIC EURO-HORROR SERIES, RESTORED, REMASTERED AND TOGETHER ON DVD FOR THE FIRST TIME!
In 1971, Spanish writer-director Amando de Ossorio created what many horror fans consider to be Spain's answer to "Night Of The Living Dead" with his classic TOMBS OF THE BLIND DEAD. The film spawned three sequels – RETURN OF THE BLIND DEAD, THE GHOST GALLEON and NIGHT OF THE SEAGULLS – and so was born one of the most startling series of films in horror history.
Now Anchor Bay UK is proud to present the definitive DVD editions of these four Euro-horror classics, fully restored from original vault materials and remastered in high definition, and collected together for the first time in the five-disc boxed set, THE BLIND DEAD COLLECTION. The collection also includes an exclusive Bonus Disc of interviews with the late Amando de Ossorio that will only be available as part of this collection.
Ossorio's nightmare vision begins with TOMBS OF THE BLIND DEAD, in which a dead legion of Knights Templar rise rotting from their graves to exact bloody revenge on the living. Executed during medieval times for performing unholy deeds in life and left to have their eyes pecked out by crows to prevent them finding their way back to earth from Hell, the Blind Dead hunt by sound for human flesh. The terror starts when a modern-day tourist trip to the ruins of the Templar monastery unleashes a frenzy of lesbian desire, sexual violence and the unholy onslaught of the eyeless undead!
The chilling sequel, RETURN OF THE BLIND DEAD sees the depraved undead Knights terrorising the residents of the rural Portuguese village responsible for condemning them to death 500 years ago. Taking refuge in a deserted cathedral, a small group of villagers are forced to fight for their very souls against the seemingly unstoppable legion of the damned.
In THE GHOST GALLEON, the third film in the "Blind Dead" series, two swimsuit models go missing at sea shortly after reporting the sighting of a mysterious ghost ship. A search party sent to find the girls discovers the grisly truth behind their disappearance when they comes across the phantom galleon carrying the coffins of the eyeless zombies of the Knights Templar.
The classic "Blind Dead" saga concludes with NIGHT OF THE SEAGULLS, the creepy tale of a remote coastal town where frightened villagers must sacrifice beautiful virgins to the blood cult of the Knights Templar. For seven nights every seven years, these eyeless zombies rise from the sea to feast on human flesh as the souls of the damned are trapped in the screams of gulls. In this final unforgettable shocker from Amando de Ossorio, the mood is darker, the fear is stronger and the hunger of the Knights Templar more ferocious than ever before!
The five-disc Collectors' Edition THE BLIND DEAD COLLECTION (cert. 18) will be released on DVD (£29.99) by Anchor Bay UK on 14th November 2005. Special Features include exclusive 40-page booklet written by Nigel J. Burrell, film notes, biographies, photo galleries, Stereo 2.0, optional 5.1, DTS and subtitles for the hard of hearing.
The four titles included in THE BLIND DEAD COLLECTION – TOMBS OF THE BLIND DEAD, RETURN OF THE BLIND DEAD, THE GHOST GALLEON and NIGHT OF THE SEAGULLS – will also be available individually on DVD, priced £12.99 each.
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