Behind the Couch

1975 Dir. Amando de Ossorio AKA Don't Go Out at Night Night of the Blood Cult Night of the Death Cult Terror Beach The Blind Dead 4 Doctor Henry Stein and his wife Joan move to a small seaside village in the middle of nowhere in order to set up a medical practice. Shunned by the inhospitable locals, and warned to leave as soon as they can by the nervous former doctor, they soon discover that the village harbours a dark and blood-splattered secret. For seven consecutive nights every seven years, the townsfolk congregate on the beach to sacrifice one of their young women in order to appease the savage appetites of the Templar knights who rise from their tombs in a nearby castle to claim the unfortunate victims… Following on from Tombs of the Blind Dead , Return of the Evil Dead and The Ghost Galleon , Night of the Seagulls is Ossorio’s forth and final instalment in his Blind Dead series. Once again the diabolical living-dead Templar Knights return from their graves to...

1974 Dir. Amando de Ossorio AKA Ghost Ship of the Blind Dead Horror of the Zombies Ship of Zombies The Blind Dead 3 The Blind Dead return to hunt tender flesh on the high sea! Two models are out at sea in a new speedboat as part of a publicity stunt. Don’t ask, just go with it. Their boat is surrounded by a thick fog and a seemingly abandoned ship drifts out of nowhere. Radioing for help the models soon decide to explore the vessel and, naturally enough, mysteriously disappear! Their belatedly concerned colleagues set out to find them; but not before consulting with a professor who believes that the ghostly ship contains the living-dead bodies of the Templar Knights! When our intrepid and fashionably dressed rescuers board the ominous ship, they too soon fall prey to the reanimated and blood-thirsty corpses of the Templars… Welcome aboard!  Following on from the Tombs of the Blind Dead and Return of the Evil Dead , Amando de Ossorio quickly filmed a third instalment ...

1973 Dir. Amando de Ossorio AKA Return of the Blind Dead Attack of the Blind Dead Mark of the Devil 5: - Return of the Blind Dead Mark of the Devil Part V: Night of the Blind - Terror Mark of the Devil V Jack Marlowe’s return to his home village of Berzano to patch things up with his ex, coincides with the village’s 500th anniversary celebrations of the slaying of the Templar knights who plagued Berzano’s inhabitants centuries ago. The village idiot, disgruntled because of the way he has been outcast, performs a human sacrifice to reanimate the bodies of the Templars and extract retribution. Sure enough, they rise from the dead and ride on living-dead horses into the village to slaughter anyone they can find. A small band of survivors seek refuge in the town church and try to stay alive until morning whilst the gruesome Templars stand guard outside… Amando de Ossorio really made an impact with his series of highly atmospheric  Blind Dead films, the second of which, fo...

1971 Dir. Amando de Ossorio AKA Crypt of the Blind Dead Mark of the Devil Part 4: - Tombs of the Blind Dead Night of the Blind Dead Revenge from Planet Ape (!) The Blind Dead The Night of the Blind - Terror Tombs of the Blind Dead Whilst on holiday, Roger and Virginia bump into Betty – an old friend of Virginia’s. Roger invites her to join them on a train ride the next day. It all becomes a bit overwhelming for Virginia though - she's annoyed by Roger's blatant flirting with Betty and also confused about her own feelings for Betty, with whom she had a relationship when they were in college together. She jumps from the train to seek solace. Finding refuge after nightfall in the ruins of an ancient monastery, Virginia is horribly murdered and her blood greedily guzzled by the resurrected corpses of the Templar knights buried in the ruins. When she doesn’t return to the hotel, Roger and Betty set out to find her. They don’t however bargain on running into centuries ol...