The Blind Dead
05-07-2007, 09:40 AM
Well, I gotta admit I’ve never seen this Naschy film before in any incarnation, uncut or otherwise, so I must say I was extremely looking forward to checking this release from Deimos Entertainment out. As some of you already know from my previous Naschy review this week (Night of the Werewolf), I consider myself a fan. Now I wouldn’t say I’m a diehard Molina fan but truth be told I’d rather watch Paul Naschy over George Romero or John Carpenter any day. Does that make me a bad horror fan?
*shrugs*
I can’t really say what I expected from this film when I first sat down to watch it but I can say this…I wasn’t expecting a ridiculous score, silly smiling zombies, constant (and lame) slow motion attack sequences and…well…ugly women. THAT’S RIGHT UGLY I SAID IT…UGLY!! I’m always down for a Paul Naschy film and ANYTHING with Mirta Miller in it should be considered powerful cinematic Viagra but yowza, this was just plain goofy shit. Vengeance of the Zombies is a messed up mish-mash of Giallo cinema, quasi-Satanic voodoo cult mumbo jumbo and Naschy playing an Indian named Krisna.
According to Mirek Lipinski, webmaster for Naschy.com, the film is believed to hold some kind of esoteric significance to those that practice black magic and it offers secrets and messages only true dark arts initiates are able to decipher. Hopefully one of those...[READ MORE HERE] (http://www.joehorror.com/0000803.html)
*shrugs*
I can’t really say what I expected from this film when I first sat down to watch it but I can say this…I wasn’t expecting a ridiculous score, silly smiling zombies, constant (and lame) slow motion attack sequences and…well…ugly women. THAT’S RIGHT UGLY I SAID IT…UGLY!! I’m always down for a Paul Naschy film and ANYTHING with Mirta Miller in it should be considered powerful cinematic Viagra but yowza, this was just plain goofy shit. Vengeance of the Zombies is a messed up mish-mash of Giallo cinema, quasi-Satanic voodoo cult mumbo jumbo and Naschy playing an Indian named Krisna.
According to Mirek Lipinski, webmaster for Naschy.com, the film is believed to hold some kind of esoteric significance to those that practice black magic and it offers secrets and messages only true dark arts initiates are able to decipher. Hopefully one of those...[READ MORE HERE] (http://www.joehorror.com/0000803.html)