Night of the Seagulls
6.2 /10 1 Votes
Director Amando de Ossorio Film series Zombi Duration Country Spain | 6/10 IMDb Genre Horror Budget 8.854 million ESP Writer Amando de Ossorio Language Spanish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 26 July 1976 (1976-07-26) Cast Víctor Petit (Dr. Henry Stein), María Kosty (Joan Stein), Sandra Mozarowsky (Lucy), Julia Saly (Tilda Flanagan), José Antonio Calvo (Teddy), Javier de Rivera (Doctor)Similar movies Sin Reaper , Return of the Blind Dead , Predator: Dark Ages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A bizarre cult that practices a ritual of sacrificing humans terrorizes a young doctor and his wife, who have just moved to the groups village.
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Night of the Seagulls (La Noche de las gaviotas; UK video title: Dont Go Out at Night) (1975) is a Spanish horror film written and directed by Amando de Ossorio. The film is the fourth and final in Ossorios Blind Dead series.
The Knight Templars return in this fourth installment of the Blind Dead seris. On this outing, the Templars haunt a fishing village, where they rise seven nights every seven years to claim their sacrificial offerings in return for the safety of the townspeople.
Plot
The film starts in medieval times, when a young couple is attacked by templar knights. The man is instantly killed, the woman is carried away to the templars castle where she is sacrificed.
The story then continues in the 20th century. A doctor and his wife are moving into a very primitive coast town, where they are met with distrust and hatred from the locals. It does not take long before the doctor and his wife find out that the town harbors an ancient evil: Every seven years undead templars will ride from the sea for seven consecutive nights to demand the sacrifice of a young maiden. The doctor and his wife then try to save one of the maidens, Lucy from her horrible fate, aided by the local village idiot.
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Release
The film was released on DVD on Dec 3, 2002 and again on April 15, 2003 as a multi-disc set by BCI. Blue Underground later released a Limited Edition version of the film on Sep 27, 2005. It was later released that same year by Anchor Bay Entertainment on November 14. Blue Underground would again re-release the film on DVD on Sep 26, 2006 and is the latest version of the film to be released on DVD.
Reception
Writing in The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, academic Peter Dendle said, "The film competently delivers the usual atmospheric settings, well-composed shots, and glacier-slow zombies, though overall its probably the least interesting of the tetralogy." Paul Corupe of DVD Verdict wrote "Although a weak story still dominates most of the action, Night of the Seagulls is in many ways a return to form for the series, yet another variation on the Templar legend that lacks continuity with the earlier films." Adam Tyner of DVD Talk called it "outright boring".
References
Night of the Seagulls WikipediaNight of the Seagulls IMDb Night of the Seagulls themoviedb.org