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| Tombs Of The Blind Dead |
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Genre:Horror
Reviewed In Issue 25 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Lone Fleming, Cesar Burner, Helen Harp, Joseph Thelman & Maria Silva |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
Elite Entertainment |
| (Catalog Number): |
EE8662 |
| (MPAA Rating): |
Not Rated |
| (Retail Price): |
$39.95 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
101 |
| (Color Type): |
Color |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
No |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1971 |
| (LD Release Date): |
3/9/97 |
| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
A. De Ossorio |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
NA |
| (Story): |
NA |
| (Music): |
Anton Garcia Abril |
| (Director Of Photography): |
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| (Production Designer): |
NA |
| (Visual Effects): |
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| (Costume Designer): |
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| (Editor): |
NA |
| (Supervising Sound Editors): |
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| (Re-Recording Mixers): |
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| (Executive Producers): |
Salvadore Romero |
| (Co-Producers): |
Plaza Films S.A. & Interfilme |
| (Producers): |
Jose Antonio Perez Giner |
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| DVD Picture Information |
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| (Principal Photography): |
Flat |
| (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): |
1.66:1 |
| (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): |
1.66:1 |
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| DVD Sound Information |
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| (DVD Soundtrack): |
Mono Sound |
| (Theatrical Sound): |
Optical Mono |
| (Theatrical Re-Issue Soundtrack): |
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| (Remastered Dolby Digital): |
No |
| (Remastered DTS Digital Surround): |
No |
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| WSR Narrative Review |
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Story Synopsis:
Foreign. With Chapters containing restored footage, Amando De Ossorio’s Uncensored Director’s Cut of Tombs Of The Blind Dead is the beginning of a horror trilogy that epitomized Spanish horror cinema in the 1970s. The Blind Dead are actually mummies—Templar Knights of the 13th century who tortured and murdered many women. After a revolt from the townspeople, the Templars were executed and left for the crows to peck out their eyes. Now these blind ghouls are bloodthirsty, emerging from their tombs at night to feast on new victims—beginning with a young woman who jumps off a train at the wrong time.
LaserDisc Picture:
The 1.66:1 picture exhibits a plugged up quality with dated colors, but has generally natural fleshtones and deep, solid blacks. Images are wanting in sharpness and detail with generally good shadow detail and contrast. Slight noise and minor artifacts are apparent throughout. Subtitles cannot be read on widescreen monitors.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The soundtrack is undistinguished monaural that is distorted and out-of-sync with the images.
| (Surround Bass Below 50Hz): |
No |
| (Aggressive System Surround): |
No |
| (Intense 25Hz Bass): |
No |
| (Deep Bass Challenging): |
No |
| (Aggressive 0.1 LFE): |
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| (Holosonic Soundfield): |
No |
| (Aggressive Split Surround): |
No |
| (Center Back Surround Imaging): |
No |
| (Directionalized Dialogue): |
No |
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Superb Music Score Recording Quality: |
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Superb Special Visual Effects Quality: |
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Superb Color Fidelity: |
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Superb Cinematography: |
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