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Amando de Ossorio
Director 1918 - 2001

Amando de Ossorio

A Coruña, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain

Amando de Ossorio 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.

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

7 titles
La noche de las gaviotas

La noche de las gaviotas

Amando de Ossorio 1975 1h 29m 7.0

In this final installment of the Blind Dead series, a doctor and his wife move to a small inhospitable coastal village where he plans to start a practice only to discover that undead demon-worshiping Templar Knights haunt the place.

La endemoniada

La endemoniada

Amando de Ossorio 1975 1h 30m 4.0

After an old witch desecrates a church and abducts a baby, the police take her in for questioning, leading her to attempt suicide. To exact revenge, a fellow witch curses the police commissioner's daughter, and as the old witch dies, her spirit latches onto the young girl and causes her to wreak havoc.

La noche de los brujos

La noche de los brujos

Amando de Ossorio 1974 1h 34m 6.0

A group of researchers gathering material for a magazine article on endangered wildlife encounter vampiric leopard women in the heart of the African jungle.

El buque maldito

El buque maldito

Amando de Ossorio 1974 1h 29m 5.7

After a pair of models go missing from a boat, a rescue party discover an empty galleon carrying the coffins of the long dead Knights Templar. The rescue party board the galleon and then discover their own boat has vanished. The survivors struggle to fight off the spectral knights with what little knowledge they have of them.

Las garras de Lorelei

Las garras de Lorelei

Amando de Ossorio 1973 1h 25m 6.0

The legendary Loreley has been living for centuries in a grotto beneath the river Rhein in Germany. Every night when the moon is full, she turns into a reptile-like creature craving for human blood. When one girl after another of a nearby boarding school is killed by her, a hunter named Sigurd is engaged to kill the monster.

El ataque de los muertos sin ojos

El ataque de los muertos sin ojos

Amando de Ossorio 1973 1h 31m 8.0

Nearly a half-millenium after they were blinded and executed for committing human sacrifices, a band of Templar knights returns from the grave to terrorize a rural Portuguese village during its centennial celebration. A small group of people take refuge in a deserted cathedral and must find a way to escape from the creatures.

La noche del terror ciego

La noche del terror ciego

Amando de Ossorio 1971 1h 41m 7.6

In 13th century Berzano, a legion of knights known as the Templar were executed for conducting black magic rituals and committing human sacrifices in a quest for eternal life. 700 years later, they rise from the dead and attack a group of vacationing college students who visit the remains of their abandoned monastery.

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