''Night of the Seagulls'' (Original Spanish: ''La noche de las gaviotas'', also known as ''Don't Go Out at Night'', and ''Night of the Death Cult'') is a 1975 Spanish horror film written and directed by

Amando de Ossorio Amando de Ossorio (6 April 1918 – 13 January 2001) was one of the foremost Spanish horror film directors during the European horror film surge in the 1970s, known especially for his "Blind Dead" tetralogy. Biography De Ossorio directed a sho ...

. The film is the fourth and final in the ''Blind Dead'' series, being the sequel to ''

The Ghost Galleon ''The Ghost Galleon'' also known as ''El buque maldito'', is a 1974 Spanish horror film written and directed by Amando de Ossorio and starring Jack Taylor. It has numerous alternate titles, including ''The Blind Dead 3'', ''Horror of the Zombies ...

'' (1974).

Plot

The film starts in medieval times, when a young couple is attacked by the Knights Templar. The man is instantly killed, and the woman is carried away to the Templars' castle, where she is sacrificed. The story then continues in the 20th century. Doctor Henry Stein (Víctor Petit) and his wife Joan ( María Kosti) are moving into a very primitive coastal town, where they are met with distrust and hatred from the locals. It does not take long before the doctor and his wife find out that the town harbors an ancient evil: Every seven years, undead Templars rise from the sea for seven consecutive nights to demand the sacrifice of a young maiden. The doctor and his wife then try to save one of the maidens, Lucy ( Sandra Mozarowsky), from her horrible fate, aided by the local village idiot, Teddy (José Antonio Calvo).

Cast

* Víctor Petit as Dr. Henry Stein * María Kosti as Joan Stein * Sandra Mozarowsky as Lucy * José Antonio Calvo as Teddy * Julia Saly as Tilda Flanagan * Javier de Rivera as the Doctor

Release

The film was released by BCI on

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as a multi-disc set on December 3, 2002 and again on April 15, 2003.

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later released a limited edition version of the film on September 27, 2005. It was also released November 14, 2005 by

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in the UK. Blue Underground re-released the film on DVD on September 26, 2006.

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released the film on

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for the first time on February 13, 2018.

Reception

Writing in ''The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia'', academic

Peter Dendle Peter Dendle is a professor of English at Penn State Mont Alto, teaching classes on folklore, 20th and 21st century representations of the Middle Ages, Old and Middle English (language and literature), and the monstrous (in film, folklore, and s ...

said, "The film competently delivers the usual atmospheric settings, well-composed shots, and glacier-slow zombies, though overall it's probably the least interesting of the tetralogy". Paul Corupe of DVD Verdict wrote, "Although a weak story still dominates most of the action, ''Night of the Seagulls'' is in many ways a return to form for the series, yet another variation on the Templar legend that lacks continuity with the earlier films". Adam Tyner of

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called it "outright boring". Glenn Kay, author of '' Zombie Movies: The Ultimate Guide'', called it "a fitting end to the exploits of its ancient skeletal villains".

References

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