O Galeão Fantasma

I saw this for the first time recently. Have enjoyed the first two but this one is a disappointment. This film is the third in Ossorio's Blind Dead series. This is the weakest one n nothing compared to the first two. It has some genuine atmosphere n claustrophobic feel along with a solid ending. The templar's horses' r missing n the film moves at a very slow pace, more slower than the zombies. Some of the scenes r shot in the dark which is annoying.

A pair of models lose contact with the ad agency while busy shooting on a boat in the middle of the ocean. They cross a dimension n board a mysterious dilapidated ship covered by thick fog. A friend of one of the models contacts the agency regarding the whereabouts but is abducted by the boss of the agency. She unwillingly takes part in the rescue op along with the businessman, his secretary, his bodyguard n a scientist in their search for the missing models and their boat.

I saw this movie for the first time about 15 years ago under the title of "Ship of Zombies". Some of the special effects aren't very good i. e. ( certain scenes of the ghost ship from a distance look like a toy boat.)The ship itself when it gets boarded looked spooky and eerie enough and the models in the movie were nice to look at ( Cathy ). Not a bad late night movie to kill time with.

I was so surprised to find this in a video store, seeing as that I hadn't seen it around anywhere else. I jumped to the chance of renting it, not wanting to wait for whenever Anchor Bay decided to release it. (Seeing as they had already released "Tombs of the Blind Dead" and it's first sequel).

Two models, Cathy and Lorraina, are (for some not quite clear reason) sent out to sea on a boat for a publicity campaign of some stunt. They soon come along an old-time galleon in the midst of darkness and fog. Lorraina boards and is heard screaming, and soon, Cathy follows, and the Templars come for her, too. Meanwhile, Cathy's best friend Noami (not, Naomi, as I figured, but Noami) is searching for her, and soon gets herself into trouble with Sergio, who was behind the publicity stunt. She demands they go off and find the girls, so with the help of a professor, Noami, Sergio, photographer Lillian, and Howard (whom I forgot the involvement of with the subplot) head out to sea to find the girls. They soon find the galleon, and board, only to soon be greeted by the Templar knights from the dead, and they discover they are trapped in another dimension (!) and must defeat the curse of the knights and escape.

It's a miracle I remembered all those characters' names!

A pretty good movie, suspenseful Templar attacks. The galleon is creepy-looking, but so obviously fake, it's funny. It looks like it belongs in one of those old claymation shows from the sixties and seventies. The acting is what you would expect from a movie like this, and the music is the classic chanting that always sets a good atmosphere. The only problem with this is that it wasn't milked for all it was worth. The story seemed short, and a bit weak at times. And understandably so. How much story could there be! Still, though, an alright movie, with a creepy ending. One odd note, the sound suddenly disappeared the last ten seconds of the film. Was that intentional? It could have been, but it seemed a little odd. I don't know, could have been the copy of the movie I got.

Overall, I recommend this for Blind Dead fans, if you can find it. Not as drawn-out at "Tombs" and not as exciting as "Return" (except "Return"'s horrendously flat ending!) but still a good film.

C´mon people, this film is not that bad as often said! In any case it´s much better than the awful fourth part of the series! Okay, gorehounds surely will be disappointed, because there is only one splatter scene brought on, but director Armando de Ossorio did a good job with creating a wonderful creepy atmosphere with lots of fog, half-dark pictures and middle aged monk chorales. Somehow this film even could be watched as a predecessor to John Carpenter´s classic "The Fog", because both movie are quite similar to each other in view of the mood and the style. If you like the Blind Dead-series you should not miss this one!

This is one of the entries in Ossorios' Templar zombie series. The Templars were witches burned alive at the stake thousands of years ago. They are back as skeletal zombies. This one is the best of the series. Atmospheric and spooky it's worth a look. Don't expect digital effects like your modern so called horror film, but expect an actual HORROR FILM!! If you like this one check out the other Templar films, Tombs Of the Blind Dead, Return Of the Evil Dead or Fangs Of the Living Dead(not easy to find). Digital effects are destroying horror films, if your not a fan of the older stuff, go to your local video store, look in the old horror section, and rent some REAL STUFF!!