Night of the Seagulls (1975)

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Slow Plot, Acting is only OK, the Templars are only OK, the kill scenes are unconvincing, the ending sucked.Very slow plot, needed more work. The acting was only OK, sucked in most part. The village idiot was the best part. The creepy town had tons of potential but it failed there. The Templars looked good, but when they swing the swords, it looks like children playing, don't swing too hard, you may hurt someone. The kill scenes were weak. The movie has atmosphere because of the cinematography and the locations. The ending was the worst. Just knock over the statue and the undead are killed off. Not good. Tons of potential but it just didn't work well. The first Blind Dead movie had issues as well, but so far that may be the best one.Rating is a C, for a B movie, or at most 5 stars for the creepiness, cinematography, and location. I originally thought that the rating would be a C or D, or 3 stars, but the atmosphere saves this film.

The blind Knights Templar are at it again in this fourth and final installment of the series. In this particular movie, a young doctor "Dr. Henry Stein" (Victor Petit) and his wife "Joan Stein" (Maria Kosty) travel to a small coastal village to set up shop. That night they hear strange sounds and go to investigate. What they see is a beautiful woman dressed in white being led by the townspeople somewhere out on the beach. The doctor passes it off as a local tradition. However, when two young women, "Tilda Flanagan" (Julia Saly) and "Lucy" (Sandra Mozarowsky) are taken from his house by the townspeople, he becomes concerned and tries to do something about it. Now, since I don't wish to spoil the movie for those who haven't seen it I will just say that this film had a darker feel to it than its predecessors. A big plus for this film was the three attractive ladies just mentioned. But even so there were parts that seemed ponderously slow and repetitious. In short, while this film is certainly watchable I think a person has to make some allowances in the process.

A doctor and his wife open his practice in a traditional coastal town, where they are met with distrust and hatred from the locals. The couple soon find out that town harbours an ancient evil - offering resident women for sacrifice to the zombie dead Knights Templar then to be eaten by crabs.Although only connected by the Knights returning to life Night of the Seagulls (La Noche de las gaviotas) is the fourth and final zombie Templar film from Director /Writer Amando  De Ossorio. Although it takes about 20 minutes for the Knights to rise from their graves in the seaside town, Night of the Seagulls is the faster paced of the bunch. This borrows from H. P Lovecraft, clearly Dagon has influenced this instalment.There's more fog, more eerie music and the dreamlike visuals come thick and fast, odd townsfolk, zombie knights on horseback and screaming seagulls.  There are fewer leads, the couple and the village girl are adequate enough and there are plenty of worn and old faces on display, Amando De Ossorio throws in the obligatory slow 'village idiot' that is hounded by the community.Debatably I maybe being to critical here but as a standalone film it works better if you haven't seen the other Blind Dead films, but for those familiar with them it's old trodden ground, a remake of a remake, that's it hard to enjoy fully without fresh eyes.The dubbing and seventies jumpers aside this last Blind Dead retains it's creepy atmospheric factor and trades the better sets for some character development.  Technically it's put together well but the closing act with a siege on the a house has been done and despite some good makeup effects is somewhat anti-climatic. That said, it redeems itself with the church showdown and conclusion.All in all a mix bag of enjoyable bones.

A doctor Henry Stein and his young wife Joan move to a remote seaside village,. Its Klein's first attempt at his own practice and despite early doubts about the village they stay. The villagers are all odd, they don't like outsiders, even the previous doctor warned them to get out. Sure enough strange things begin to happen immediately, they witness a ritualistic procession to the beach with the women of the village all wearing black hooded habits, they are leading a young girl in white, the Kleins heeding the advice they were given, do not meddle and return to their home and wait until morning to investigate. Befriending a local girl they slowly begin to piece things together, locals girls are being sacrificed to ward off the Blind Dead from the village. Night of the Seagulls improves immensely on its predecessor and is a darker instalment in the series, with a welcome return of the gory virgin slayings. The Blind Dead showing a slightly improved turn of pace as they feed on the newly disembowelled victims. The film is still lacking in some departments, with the nightly sacrifices becoming rather samey, its not until near that the pace picks up as the Dead Knights Templars advance on the village to take revenge on the Kleins. Solid entry, but its pace will turn many off.