El buque maldito (1974)

User Rating:

3.1/10   

Director:

Amando de Ossorio

Writers:

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

Release Date:

28 June 1974 (West Germany)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

Two young girls travel in a newly constructed boat at sea. This event should make a propaganda for this new construction...

Plot Keywords:

Ship | Sea | Model | Knight | Fog

Cast

Maria Perschy	...	Lillian
Jack Taylor	...	Howard Tucker
Bárbara Rey	...	Noemi
Carlos Lemos	...	Professor Grüber
Manuel de Blas	...	Sergio
Blanca Estrada	...	Kathy

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:

Revealing mistakes: When the boat catches fire near the climax of the film, the fire is too large and reveals the fact that it is a model that's burning, not a real ship.

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.