Return of the Evil Dead (1973) El ataque de los muertos sin ojos (original title)

Director:

Amando de Ossorio

Writers:

Amando de Ossorio (screenplay)
Amando de Ossorio (story)

Release Date:

1975 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Have they heard your heart beating?

Plot:

500 years after they were blinded and executed for committing human sacrifices, a band of Templar knights...

Plot Keywords:

Escape | Scream | Return | Blind | Cathedral

Cast

Tony Kendall	...	Jack Marlowe
Fernando Sancho	...	Mayor Duncan
Esperanza Roy	...	Vivian
Frank Braña	...	Howard
José Canalejas	...	Murdo
Loreta Tovar	...	Monica
Ramón Lillo	...	Bert
Lone Fleming	...	Amalia
Maria Nuria	...	Nancy - Amalia's daughter
José Thelman	...	Juan - Monica's boyfriend
Juan Cazalilla	...	Governor
Betsabé Ruiz	...	Governor's maid
Marisol Delgado	...	Doncella
Luis Barboo	...	Executed Templar
Francisco Sanz	...	Station Manager (as Paco Sanz)
Ramón Centenero	...	Farmer 1
Cristino Almodóvar	...	Farmer 2

Directed by
Amando de Ossorio

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Amando de Ossorio		screenplay
Amando de Ossorio		story

Produced by
Ramón Plana	....	producer

Original Music by
Antón García Abril

Cinematography by
Miguel Fernández Mila

Film Editing by
José Antonio Rojo

Makeup Department
José Luis Campos	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Ramón Plana	....	production manager

Special Effects by
Amando de Ossorio	....	special effects

Production Companies

• Ancla Century Films

Distributors

• Belén Films (1973) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Cinépix Film Properties (CFP) (1976) (Canada) (theatrical) (as "Return of the Evil Dead") (dubbed)
• Dias Film (1974) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Excelsior Films (1974) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• London International Film Distributors (1974) (UK) (theatrical)
• MGM/BEF Film Distributors (1974) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (1997) (USA) (VHS)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (1998) (USA) (DVD)
• Arte (2006) (Germany) (TV)
• Astro Distribution (1998) (Germany) (VHS)
• Atlas International Film (1973) (worldwide) (all media)
• Bingo Video Inc. (USA) (VHS) (as "Return of the Evil Dead")
• Blue Underground (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Carol Media Home (2010) (Germany) (DVD)
• Carol Media Home (2010) (Germany) (DVD) (Blu-ray) (box set)
• CineHollywood (CH) (1982) (Italy) (VHS)
• Cinehollywood (1982) (Hong Kong) (VHS)
• Elite Entertainment (1998) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• General Video Distributors (unknown) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Genesis Home Video (VHS)
• Imagica TV (2006) (Japan) (DVD) (box set)
• JEF Films (USA) (VHS) (as "Return of the Evil Dead")
• JTC (unknown) (USA) (VHS)
• Kinokuniya (2006) (Japan) (DVD) (box set)
• MPM Production (1988) (France) (VHS)
• Mosaico Media (2006) (Italy) (DVD)
• Precision Video (1984) (UK) (VHS)
• Redemption Films (1994) (UK) (VHS)
• Siren Entertainment (1995) (Australia) (VHS)
• Svenska Walthers Video (SW) (????) (Sweden) (VHS)
• Video for Pleasure (VFP) (19??) (Netherlands) (VHS) (Samson Draaiplezier)
• Vox (????) (Germany) (TV)
• XT Video Entertainment (2005) (Austria) (DVD) (box set)

Other Companies

• Michael Arthur Films  presenter: English-dubbed version (as Michael Arthur Film Productions)

Also Known As:

"El ataque de los muertos sin ojos" - Spain (original title)
"The Return of the Evil Dead" - Australia (imdb display title), USA
"Mark of the Devil 5: Return of the Blind Dead" - USA
"Mark of the Devil Part V: Night of the Blind Terror" - USA (video box title)
"Mark of the Devil V" - USA (video title)

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:MA | West Germany:18 | Germany:BPjM Restricted | UK:18 (re-rating) (1994) | UK:X (original rating) | Iceland:16 | Italy:VM14 | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Ontario)

Company:

Ancla Century Films

Goofs:

Continuity: throughout the movie the day changes from a night to day multiple times.

Movie Connections:

Featured in La llamaban La Madrina (1973)

The zombies return.

This is only the second film in the series and already they are changing the story. The knights got their eyes plucked out by birds in the first, and now they are burned out before they are burned alive. Well, which is it? It is slow in the beginning, but picks up after the dead return.

About 20 hole up in a church, but some are trying to get out on their own. The Mayor (Fernando Sancho) uses one to try and get away, and when that doesn't work, he uses the man's daughter to distract the knights while he escapes. He gets his just desserts.

The ending was anti-climatic.