I find certain horror films hard not to go on about and this is most definitely one of those movies. Tombs of the Blind Dead is the first in a four part series of films (along with Return Of the Blind Dead, Night Of The Seaguls and Ghost Galleon)that tell the story of the resurrection of The Templar Knights, blind hooded zombies on horseback who hunt their victims by sound (including by heartbeat). The settings and atmosphere throughout this film are incredibly creepy and can certainly pack quite a punch 30 years later. Just watch for the scene were the templars attack the passangers of a train towards the end. the idea alone of shooting this scene just as the sun is coming up over the countryside is breathtaking. The dvd of the first and superior addition to the series comes with a dubbed and heavily cut UK version and the fully restored Spanish version.(Which really is the only way to see this film as it's certainly a classic of it's kind and it looks superb.)
The other three films in the series are a bit hit and miss but if you like interesting European horror from the 70's and 80's you could do a lot worse than to check this one out! It has pretty much everything you would expect or want from horror. And it's not been remade. Yet.
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