The Blind Dead has been on my list for a long time, and realistically I do believe I saw at least one of these movies at some point but I guess I did not leave a review. This one is also known as Don't Go Out and Night, Night of the Death Cult, Zombie 7 and Zombie 7: Last Rites.
The reason this one stands out, lets start there. I have to admit that in these reviews for the Zombie series so far I'm running into a lot of pretty whatever average zombie movies that seems to have very little one can say about them, very little to call out. They've been running in the 2.5 star range which is to say "yeah sure" but ultimately to also say "I dunno".
Number one, atmosphere. The dark shadows, the strange eerie minimal music, the cool location of the island they're on. But more than that the effects. My god the effects. I will watch all of the Blind Dead series even if this is the only one to carry a "Zombie" moniker just because of these effects. A mix of puppets and costumes, you have these awesome fucking dusty, cobwebby zombies in cloaks with swords and armor and FUCK does it look incredible! They're also present in the entirety of the short movie. Don't have endless dialogue about the presence of the zombie. Show the zombie, and keep the movie short. This is barely 90 minutes and that should be your target always.
Its also the little stuff. Any movie with quick editing helps, the super echo-ey sound effects help a ton, and I love the way the zombies are somewhat intelligent but not too much. They know when to look under a bed for example, they know to avoid fire, but they also cannot see everything and they don't understand a danger before its known to them.
Watch it in the context of the Zombie phenomenon or not, but do watch it. You know in its relative circle, it can have a full 5 stars.
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