The return of the riding corpses
| Movie | |
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| German title | The return of the riding corpses |
| Original title | El ataque de los muertos sin ojos |
| Country of production | Spain |
| original language | Spanish |
| Publishing year | 1973 |
| length | 83 min. (Original version) or 87 min. (Long version) or 89 min. (new amended version) minutes |
| Age rating | FSK FSK unchecked (original and long version), FSK 16 (new version) |
| Rod | |
| Director | Amando de Ossorio |
| script | Amando de Ossorio |
| production | Ramón Plana |
| music | Antón García Abril |
| camera | Miguel Fernández Mila |
| cut | José Antonio Rojo |
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The Return of the Riding Corpses (Original: El ataque de los muertos sin ojos ) is a Spanish horror film and the second 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 satanic cult with bloodthirstiness and was massacred and blinded for it by angry citizens . Amando de Ossorio highlighted the blind undead with striking slow-motion scenes.
action
In the Middle Ages, Knights Templar held a blood mass in the mountainous landscape of Berzano and killed a young woman in a satanic ritual. Angry peasants from a nearby village storm their refuge, take the knights prisoner in order to bring them to account for their offenses. You want to kill the murderer. The religious, however, appear unimpressed by the threats of the indignant crowd, and for their part threaten resurrection and bitter vengeance. The situation escalates and the angry mob burns the defenseless accused. Before that, their eyes were burned so that in the event of their prophesied return they would not be able to find the small farming village.
In the present, the whole village, which has meanwhile grown into a small town, is preparing for the festivities for the 500th anniversary of the exile of the Templars . Mayor Duncan is planning an elaborate fireworks display to simulate the burning of knight dolls, which will be the highlight of the festival and has Jack Marlowe, a former demolition expert of the pioneers, come with his team. On his arrival, he meets Duncan's younger fiancé Vivian, his past love affair. The two immediately fall in love again and decide to leave Berzano together after the party. This of course arouses the mayor's displeasure.
Hardly noticed by those involved, the hunchbacked and handicapped outsider Murdo warns the community with sinister hints of the approaching return of the cursed religious. However, his comments remain largely unheard. At night, the humiliated eccentric goes to the decaying Templar estate, where he sacrifices a virgin to the dead buried here. The blood of the murdered girl causes the skeletal figures to rise from their graves on the day of the festival. Vengeful, the blind, living and partly mounted corpses now pursue the hunt for the descendants of their murderers. With the help of Murdo, who leads them to Berzano and is spared for it, they cause a cruel massacre during the festival. Countless people die.
Only a small group of those attending the festival managed to survive. You will find a safe shelter in an old church, which is besieged by the "corpse knights". The seven-member group of survivors, which includes a married couple with their daughter Nina, is joined by Murdo, who is already hidden in the church and discovered after a short time. Jack, who takes over the leadership of the trapped, organizes the barricading of the building with the other men seeking protection, as they cannot count on help that night. The romantic entanglements have meanwhile been clarified. Vivian openly confesses to her childhood sweetheart Jack, Mayor Duncan, who is also staying in the church, no longer plays a role in her life.
Instead of waiting relaxed for daybreak, some of those trapped, above all the unscrupulous Duncan, misjudged their situation and tried to leave the shelter without informing the others. Little by little, their number diminishes and they fall victim to the outnumbered besiegers, who are obviously very afraid of fire. Shortly before dawn, the group around Jack, Vivian, little Nina and DaCosta, an assistant to the mayor who was killed earlier, decimates. The loving DaCosta tries to rape his adored Vivian, Jack comes to her aid. A wild scuffle ensues, as a result of which DaCosta is fatally injured.
At the end of the film, Vivian, Jack and the - now orphaned - Nina secretly and almost silently leave the church in order not to put the terrorizing creatures on their trail when they are amazed to see that the Knights Templar are incapacitated at the beginning of the morning. The trio wanders off with an unknown destination.
synchronization
| role | German speaker |
|---|---|
| Mayor Duncan | Günther Sauer |
| DaCosta | Horst Naumann |
| Murdo | Fred Klaus |
| Amalia | Eva Kinsky |
| minister | Christian Marshal |
| Jack | Michael Cramer |
Reviews
The Lexicon of International Films is of the opinion that this is a " second-rate horror film from the Spanish series ". The film magazine Cinema expresses itself similarly in its online presence, which recommends " silly nonsense, only for trash friends ".
The lexicon of the horror film quotes Rolf Giesen from the magazine Vampir, who wrote that “ Ossori relied too much on common clichés when […] drawing the characters ”, “ which would allow (this) attempt to slide into the banal ”. Literally it says: “ The young hero […] who knows everything and who succeeds everything […] the pretty heroine and a little girl personify the 'good' and are therefore allowed to escape, while the others who are either 'bad' or themselves oppose the command of the hero [...] fall victim to the swords of the Templars; especially the villainous mayor. "
In the lexicon of horror films Carsten Wrobel comes from the Science Fiction Times to speak, who noted that " some technical successful things from the first film (the silent appearance of the monster, her listening, searching, responding to heart sounds, their slow motion-like danger) only were repeated in the beginning ”in favor of a reduction“ to the crime fiction structure ”, true to the motto“ Who will be next? ". He also criticizes the fact that “ the expectation of the viewer [...] is directed to necessary sacrifices, stirred up and satisfied ”.
Web links
- Return of the Blind Dead in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The return of the mounted corpses in the online film database
- Comparison of the cut versions international version - Spanish version , FSK 16 - international version , astro double tape - international version of The Return of the Riding Corpses at Schnittberichte.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. The return of the mounted corpses in the lexicon of international films
- ↑ cf. http://www.cinema.de/film_aktuell/filmdetail/film/?typ=inhalt&film_id=14352
- ↑ a b cf. Ronald M. Hahn & Volker Jansen: Lexicon of Horror Films , Bastei-Lübbe, 1985, page 368