Spain, 1973
85m (Spain – cut version), 89m (USA), 106m
35mm film, Eastmancolor, 1.85:1
mono, Spanish
A Spanish horror film directed by Amando de Ossorio.
Plot Summary
A pair of models on a motor launch are lost at sea. The search party encounters a old sailing ship crewed by the zombie-like knights Templar.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Amando de Ossorio
Deposito Legal M-18.992-1973
© MCMLXXVI [1976] Independent-International Pictures Corp. [US prints – as Horror of the Zombies]
Ancla Century Films presents
Produced by: J.L. Bermudez de Castro
Written by: Amando de Ossorio
Director of Photography: Raul Artigot
Editor: Petra de Nieva
Music: Anton Garcia Abril
Sound: Cinearte S.A.
Costumes: Dolores Marquerie
Make-up: Carlos Paradela
Hair Dresser: Consuelo Zahonero
Special Effects: Pablo Perez
Optical Effects: J. Santines
Set Design: E. Torre de la Fuente, Lega-Michelena
Studios: Ballesteros
Exteriors & Interiors Filmed in Madrid and Alicante
Cast
Maria Perschy (Lillian)
Jack Taylor (Howard Tucker)
Barbara Rey (Noemi)
Carlos Lemos (Professor Grüber)
Manuel de Blas (Sergio)
Blanca Estrada (Kathy)
Margarita Merino [Lorena Kay – uncredited]
Cast Gallery
Alternative Titles
Das Geisterschiff der reitenden Leichen – West German title
Das Geisterschiff der schwimmenden Leichen – West German video title
The Ghost Galleon – US title
Ghost Ships of the Blind Dead
Horror of the Zombies
La nave maledetta – Italian title
Links
Sequel to
La noche del terror ciego (1971)
El ataque de los muertos sin ojos (1973)
Sequels
La noche de las gaviotas (1975)
Extracts included in
Mad Ron's Prevues from Hell (1987)
Press
Besa in Variety called it a “briskly-made Grade B exploitationer which provides the right number of chills and deaths demanded by non-sophisticates. Within the genre, item is well filmed, blending all the usual gory ingredients of mayhem, terror, pretty girls and violence.” 1Variety 25 September 1974 p.16 (USA)
References
Periodicals
Cineinforme no.232 (October 1975) p.11 – review
L'Écran Fantastique no.7 (1978) p.110 – review
Variety 25 September 1974 p.16 – credits, review (by Besa)
Books
The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Horror by Phil Hardy (ed.) p.289 – credits, review
Horror and Science Fiction Films II by Donald C. Willis p.176 – credits
The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia by Peter Dendle p.80-81 – credits, review
