Curse of the Blind Dead

2020

Action / Horror

5
IMDb Rating 3.1/10 10 402 402

Plot summary

In the Thirteenth century, a group of Satan worshipers, the Knights Templar, are captured during a ritual and brutally murdered by the locals. Just before the execution, the Knights swear to return from their graves to haunt the village and the nearby forest. Centuries later, in a post-apocalyptic future, a man and his daughter try to survive against both the undead Knights and a sect commanded by a mad preacher.

Director

Raffaele Picchio Photo
Raffaele Picchio

Top cast

Sean James Sutton Photo
Sean James Sutton as Priest
Francesca Pellegrini Photo
Francesca Pellegrini as Lynn
David White Photo
David White as Paradise Man
Fabio Testi Photo
Fabio Testi as Jailer
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
800.74 MB
1280*534
English 2.0
NR
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24 fps
1 hr 27 min
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1.61 GB
1920*800
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 27 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by thedarkestshadow-32785 3 / 10

Goes nowhere

The movie is slow, very slow. It takes almost an hour for the "zombies" to show. Until then you are subjected to ridiculous acting and story that makes little sense. The gore is good but the Templar costumes are not. How is it the "zombies" looked better in the original Blind Dead movies?
Reviewed by parry_na 8 / 10

Nasty and loud - what's not to like?

In the early 1970s, Amando de Ossorio wrote and directed a series of four horror films featuring The Blind Dead. There have been a handful of loose sequels/reimaginings since then, the latest of which is 2020's 'Curse of the Blind Dead' (otherwise known as 'Curse of the Knight Templar'), helmed by director Raffaele Pocchio.Like Ossario, Pocchio is working with a limited budget, and yet curiously, this is the stick with which many critics are hitting this imagining of the story. Other criticisms seem to be that the new skull-like wraiths bear little resemblance to the slo-mo antics of the original antagonists.Opening with one of three fairly gruelling childbirth scenes (these Knights are concerned with taking peoples' babies for reasons unclear), to the pleasing strains of Antón García Abril's memorable original score. There are also scenes later on which feature the vision-impaired monsters going about their business, filmed in slow motion - so there are nods to the past without this version ever being a slave to it. A more pertinent question to be asked is - is 'Curse of the Blind Dead' any good?I enjoyed it. The gut-wrenching screams from the enthusiastic cast members - understandable in the circumstances - gets a little wearing for the ears, but there's a genuinely nasty sense of hopelessness in the story. Set for the most part after some apocalypse or other, we have a well defined future whereby for all the squabbling and friendships among the human-folk, it is the Knights Templar who are the ultimate threat. To understand that is to understand the machinations of the story, especially the final scenes. As long as these creatures are appeased, that provides the rest of dwindling humanity a respite from the brutal raw realities of their lives - and I rather like that premise.There's a tiny, tiny cameo from 70's Italian star Fabio Testi (blink and you'll miss him), and the rest of the actors do everything they can to convince us of the horror of it all. I'd quite like to see the Blind Dead come back for a few more films yet. My score is 8 gore-soaked points out of 10.
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