El buque maldito (1974)

Director:

Amando de Ossorio

Writers:

Amando de Ossorio (screenplay)
Amando de Ossorio (story)

Release Date:

28 June 1974 (West Germany)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

The living corpses of the Satan-worshiping Knights Templar hunt for human victims in a 16th century galleon.

Plot Keywords:

Ship | Model | Sea | Ghost Ship | Publicity Stunt

Cast

Maria Perschy	...	Lillian
Jack Taylor	...	Howard Tucker
Bárbara Rey	...	Noemi
Carlos Lemos	...	Professor Grüber
Manuel de Blas	...	Sergio
Blanca Estrada	...	Kathy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Margarita Merino	...	Lorena Kay (uncredited)

Directed by
Amando de Ossorio

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Amando de Ossorio		screenplay
Amando de Ossorio		story

Produced by
J.L. Bermudez de Castro	....	producer

Original Music by
Antón García Abril

Cinematography by
Raúl Artigot

Film Editing by
Petra de Nieva

Production Design by
Eduardo Torre de la Fuente		(as Torre de la Fuente)

Set Decoration by
Eduardo Torre de la Fuente		(as E. Torre de la Fuente)

Costume Design by
Dolores Marquerie

Makeup Department
Cristóbal Criado	....	makeup artist
Luis Criado	....	assistant makeup artist
Carlos Paradela	....	makeup artist
María Carmen Sánchez	....	assistant makeup artist (as Maria Carmen Sanchez)
Consuelo Zahonero	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Manuel Muñoz	....	assistant production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Juan Antonio Arévalo	....	assistant director (as Juan Antonio Arevalo)

Art Department
Augusto Lega	....	set designer (as Lega-Michelena)
Félix Michelena	....	set designer (as Lega-Michelena)
Horacio Rodríguez	....	assistant set designer (as Horatio Rodriguez)

Special Effects by
José Luis Campos	....	special effects
Pablo Pérez	....	special effects (as Pablo Perez)

Visual Effects by
J. Santines	....	visual effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Fernando Espiga	....	second camera operator
Felipe López	....	still photographer
Miguel A. Muñoz	....	assistant camera

Editorial Department
María Elisa Valero	....	assistant editor (as Maria Elisa Valero)
R. Wood	....	synchronization

Other crew
Oscar Guarido Garcia	....	production auxiliary
Marisol Martinez	....	secretary to director (as Marisol G. Martinez)
Pedro Sopeña	....	production assistant (as Pedro Sopena)

Production Companies

• Ancla Century Films
• Belén Films

Distributors

• Belén Films (1974) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Independent International Pictures (I-I) (1976) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• Astro Distribution (1998) (Germany) (VHS)
• Blue Underground (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• DMEG (2004) (Sweden) (video)
• Super Video (1984) (USA) (VHS) (as "Horror of the Zombies")
• Video Tours (video)
• World's Worst Videos (1988) (USA) (VHS)

Also Known As:

Ghost Ships of the Blind Dead
Horror of the Zombies
La noche del buque maldito
Ship of Zombies (USA)
The Blind Dead 3 (USA)
The Ghost Galleon
Zombie Flesh Eater (USA) (DVD title)
Das Geisterschiff der reitenden Leichen (West Germany) [de]
Das Geisterschiff der schwimmenden Leichen (West Germany) (video title) [de]
La nave maledetta (Italy) [it]
Le monde des morts-vivants (France) [fr]
To ploio me ta zombi (Greece) [el]

Runtime:

USA:89 min

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:15 | West Germany:(Banned) (1987) | Germany:(Banned) (2000) | USA:R | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain

Company:

Ancla Century Films

Goofs:

Continuity: The amount of blood on Noemi's face changes between shots as she is being dragged by the zombies back below deck.

Movie Connections:

References "The Twilight Zone" (1959)

not the standout in "The Blind Dead" collection

The first two "Blind Dead" films are pretty good, and the first is a classic of sorts. Not so for this one. A woman, who is a model, goes in search of her roommate, who is also a model, but seems to have disappeared. She's part of a super-secret advertising campaign for designer sporty life-boats or something (yes really), and she and another model have stranded themselves somewhere in the North Sea near the shipping lanes so that they can supposedly be rescued in style. The two women are supposedly stuck in one area, and surrounded by fog & tropic heat, and then they spot an old galleon, but stupidly expect to be rescued & have absolutely no qualms in hopping aboard this derelict ship. And guess who is on board? Why, it's our old friends, the walking dead Templar Knights. And you know that no good can come of that. To the rescue, though, is Lillian (Maria Perschy), the head of the sporting goods conglomerate, the woman looking for her roommate (Noemi), and some professor of something....who wants to see this ship, although supposedly it doesn't exist. He's a professor that apparently has a B.S., because that's certainly what he spouts. There's all kinds of stuff like talk of "other dimensions", etc., but why are rats running around a ship in another dimension with nothing but dead Templars on board? Got me. The dialog is totally ridiculous, to the point of being hilarious, especially when the professor is holding forth on his theories. And when the Templars make themselves known and are driven back "to the hell from where they came" (which in this case is apparently the hold of the ship), there's some kind of notebook or something sitting on the hatch that slides down inside before the hatch finally closes....was that the script? Could have been, oh well, I don't think anyone was using it anyway. A hoot for bad movie fans, but a real come-down after the first couple "Blind Dead" movies, which are actually worth seeing. 4 out of 10.