The blood dish of the riding corpses

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Movie
German title The blood dish of the riding corpses
Original title La Noche de las gaviotas
Country of production Spain
original language Spanish
Publishing year 1975
length 97 (shortened 85) minutes
Age rating FSK unchecked
Rod
Director Amando de Ossorio
script Amando de Ossorio
production Modesto Pérez Redondo
music Antón García Abril
camera Francisco Sánchez
cut Pedro del Rey
occupation

The Blood Court of the Riding Corpses (Original: La Noche de las gaviotas ) is a Spanish horror film and the fourth part of a film series that began in 1971 with The Night of the Riding Corpses . Directed by Amando de Ossorio , who also wrote the script.

The film is about an exiled order of the Knights Templar who devoted themselves to a cult with bloodthirstiness and since then sacrificed virgins in cruel rituals. Amando de Ossorio highlighted the cowl-wearing undead with striking slow-motion scenes.

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In the Middle Ages , members of a knightly secret society, known as the Templars, were once cursed by tearing virgins' hearts out to sacrifice a stone statue for idol worship. The blood-drinking and immortal religious have since then been condemned to periodically rise from their graves in a castle and drink the blood of virgins. Since then, the frightened residents have voluntarily provided the “riding corpses” with virgin sacrifices, because they fear the anger of the figures and want to avoid greater calamities.

In the present, Dr. Henry Sowa together with his wife Juana in a small Spanish coastal village to take over a colleague's practice as a doctor. The young couple is greeted by the villagers in an extremely negative manner. In addition to rejection and suspicious looks, the newcomers were particularly astonished by the hasty departure of the previous doctor, who warned Henry of this strange area. The couple are not particularly fond of this eerie place, but they decide to hold out and stay. On the first night, the dutiful newbies hear strange noises that seem to come from a nearby bay. Initially, however, one does not pay any attention to the events.

At first, Henry and Juana had no idea of ​​the activities of the sect of former knights of the order, to whom seven young women dressed in white were sacrificed by the locals at certain intervals. For this, the daughters of the village are led to the beach in a macabre procession at night, tied up and given as tribute to the approaching corpses on horseback. The blind figures sense the presence of the young women and locate them with the help of their remaining senses.

When the doctor couple learns of said "legend" from the disabled outsider Teddy, they initially consider the story to be superstition. But when they remember their orphaned housekeeper Lucy, who was looking for protection and who was handed over to the unfriendly village community at different times, they recognize their mistake. She should serve as a voluntary sacrifice. The brave doctor then tries to save Lucy and finally to end the hustle and bustle. Pursued by the crowd of skeletal beings, he flees with the freed Lucy to his house, where he barricades himself with the hunchbacked Teddy and his wife. The fearsome horde of the living dead gains entry to the building, kills Teddy and "rushes" the remaining ones into the old castle, where unfortunately more undead are up to mischief. On the way, Lucy is killed by the riders.

At the end of the film, the two survivors Henry and Juana flee to a temple, where the creatures are already waiting for them. Henry discovers a statue of a god-like cult in a tomb-like hall, and he immediately aims to destroy it. While more Templars rise from their burial chambers, the two manage to overturn and destroy the idol in an exhausting act. The sect members are thus annihilated.

Reviews

The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was “a horror film with sex interludes and superficial horror effects. "

The lexicon of the horror film, on the other hand, means that the film is a " follow-up to the horror drama The Night of the Riding Corpses " enriched with " some sex " . Furthermore, the work is based on a “ seldom stupid story, which is at least not so sloppy in terms of craftsmanship ”, unlike “ other strips that took up this topic. "

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  1. ↑ cf. The blood court of the riding corpses in the lexicon of international filmsTemplate: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used
  2. ↑ cf. Ronald M. Hahn & Volker Jansen: Lexicon of Horror Films , Bastei-Lübbe, 1985, page 58/59