This fourth and finale movie in the Spanish zombie franchise The Blind Dead is sadly the worst one in a series that progressively got worse and worse from the outset.My ratings were 8, 6, 4 and now a 3 so maybe it's best that the franchise ended when it did.I really was blown away by the first film, I simply didn't expect to enjoy it as much as I did and gradually became mortified upon realising that this franchise wasn't going to continue with that level of quality.The first film was original, atmospheric, well paced and genuinely fascinating. Sadly they simply ran out of ideas and it all fell apart.This fourth movie tells the story of a doctor and his wife who move to a beautiful coastal village only to discover that girls are being sacrificed to the Blind Dead. Though the concept is solid, the delivery falls flat.You barely see the dead at all, the execution is flacid and it breaks my heart to say it simply isn't very good.The Blind Dead collection had all the tools to be the stuff of legends but for me will be remembered as squandered potential.The Good:Couple of okay ideasCast are competentThe Bad:Novelty is gonePoorly madeReally quite dullThings I Learnt From This Movie:When sacrificing a woman its best to get her boobs out first, because reasonsDead templars like to give their victims crabs

Poor Susana Estrada. She is the first victim of the Knights in this film. They sacrificed her before they were killed off just to eat her heart. Believe me her heart was nothing compared to the bounteous assets she displayed for all of them to see. Is there no man among these knights? Dr. Henry Stein (Víctor Petit) and his wife Joan (María Kosty) arrive at a small village, but are made to feel unwelcome from the start. It seems the villagers have a secret ritual to satisfy the zombie knights, and they don't want any strangers interfering.I can't fault the knights for ignoring the beauty of Julia Saly; after all they are zombies now.When they interfere and try to save one of the sacrifices (Sandra Mozarowsky), the zombies came after them.It is the ending that intrigues me. I find it full of meaning, but you may not.Enjoyable movie, but not at the level of great horror.

Night of the seagulls is my favorite Amando De Ossorio's movie . All the flicks he made about the legend of the templars zombies are pretty decent given the difficulties to surmount to fund and create an horror film in the late 60s early 70s Spanish industry . La noche de las Gaviotas appears as the more credible and well rounded outcome among his creations ( well don't know if we can use the term credible when we are referring to templars zombies) .Ossorio manages to transmit an eerie and creepy atmosphere throughout the film . All action is located in a remote and isolate village in the Galicia's seaside , whose villagers are encircled by the Blind Dead cult . Sole solution to ease the templars' blood thirst is to offer them young virgin for sacrifice .A young doctor and his wife arrived there and, obviously they don't seem to agree with local traditions . Villagers don't seem to love foreigners either , so you can expect a tied match Well , plot might seem a bit dull and won't dare to deny that actually is , but what counts here is the atmosphere Ossorio manages to create a chilly and eerie ambiance , maybe due to the remote localization in which the film was shot but for whatever reason film is actually very effective . Scenes where templar's appears on the beach to regain their victims are pretty well filmed

Not sure what exactly it was about "Night of the Seagulls" that makes it stand apart from the other Blind Dead films to me, but it just has an ambiance to it that the other films were missing.I got the Blind Dead Box Set, which includes a little book that says that "Night of the Seagulls" is regarded as the weakest of the four. So, I went into it a little jaded. Maybe that's why I felt rewarded at the end of this one.The plot is similar to the other films, but the overall creepiness was just better and more effective. There are a few scenes where the templar dudes are trying to get into houses or chasing people and the tension is thick and very real.Anyway, I really liked this one. Definitely as good or better than "Tombs of the Blind Dead." 7 out of 10, kids.