La noche de los brujos (1973)

Country of Origin: Spain
Year of Production: 1973
Running Times: 80 mins (USA)     94 mins
Length: 2360 metres
Format: Eastmancolor     35mm
Ratio:
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Hesperia Films S.A. / Profilmes S.A.
Executive Producers: Luis Laso, Ricardo Muñoz Suay

SCRIPT
Script: Amando de Ossorio

DIRECTION
Director: Amando de Ossorio

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Francisco Sánchez

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Antonio Ramírez de Loaysa

MUSIC
Music: Fernando García Morcillo

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Jesús Iglesias

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Cruz María Baleztena

LOCATIONS
Locations: Aldea del Fresno, Madrid, Spain

CAST
María Kosti (Liz)
Simón Andreu (Rod Carter)
Kali Hansa (Tunika)
Barbara King (real name: Bárbara Rey)
Jack Taylor (Professor Jonathan Grant)
Joseph Thelman (Tomunga)
Loli Tovar (Carol)

PLOT SUMMARY

A team trying to discover why elephants have been disappearing from the African jungle stumble upon a group of zombies who sacrifice the female members of the team - who then return as vampires!

AVAILABILITY

Spain
Theatrical Distributors: Mercurio Films S.A.

USA
Television Distributors: Avco Embassy Television
Video Distributors: Sinister Cinema; Something Weird Video; Unicorn Video Inc; Viva Video Inc

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Belgium
Rating: KNT

Finland
Rating: K-18

TIMELINE

1974
September
15: Belgium - theatrical release

December
16: Spain - theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Night of the Sorcerers

KEYWORDS

africa, altars, archeologists, decapitations, expeditions, gore, human sacrifices, jungles, leopards, the occult, reanimation, sex, the supernatural, tribes, vampires, voodoo, zombies

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009