El buque maldito (1974)

Country of Origin: Spain
Year of Production: 1974
Running Times: 85 mins (Spain - cut version)     89 mins (USA)     106 mins
Format: Eastmancolor     35mm
Ratio:
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Ancla Century Films
Producer: J.L. Bermudez de Castro
Assistant Production Manager: Manuel Muñoz

SCRIPT
Script: Amando de Ossorio

DIRECTION
Director: Amando de Ossorio
Assistant Director: Juan Antonio Arevalo

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Raul Artigot
2nd Camera: Fernando Espiga
Camera Assistant: Miguel A. Muñoz
Stills: Felipe Lopez
Lab: Fotofilm Madrid

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Petra de Nieva
Assistant Editor: Maria Elisa Valero

MUSIC
Music: Antón García Abril

SOUND
Sound: Cinearte S.A.
Synchronization Director: R. Wood

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Carlos Paradela
Make Up Assistant: Maria Carmen Sanchez
Hair: Consuelo Zahonero
Costumes: Dolores Marquerie

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Pablo Perez

VISUAL EFFECTS
Optical Effects: J. Santines

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Set Designer: E. Torre de la Fuente
Assistant Set Designer: Horatio Rodriguez
Set Design: Lega-Michelena
Props: The Vazquez Bros.

OTHER CREW
Production Assistant: Pedro Sopena
Secretary to the Director: Marisol G. Martinez
Production Auxiliary: Oscar Guarido Garcia

LOCATIONS
Studios: Ballesteros
Locations: Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain; Madrid, Spain

CAST
Maria Perschy (Lillian)
Jack Taylor (Howard Tucker)
Barbara Rey (Noemi)
Carlos Lemos (Professor Grüber)
Manuel de Blas (Sergio)
Blanca Estrada (Kathy)

PLOT SUMMARY

A pair of models on a motor launch are lost at sea. The search party encounters a old sailing ship crewed by the zombie-like knights Templar.

Spain
Theatrical Distributors: Belén Films

Sweden
Video Distributors: DMEG AB

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Independent International Pictures
Video Distributors: Super Video Inc; VidAmerica; Video Tours; World's Worst Videos
DVD Distributors: Brentwood (447079 - Deadtime Stories: 10-Movie Set)

USA
Rating: R

West Germany
Rating: 18

1975
September
15: Spain - theatrical release

2003
April
15: USA - DVD release (Brentwood (447079 - Deadtime Stories: 10-Movie Set))

Das Geisterschiff der reitenden Leichen - West German title
Das Geisterschiff der schwimmenden Leichen - West German video title
The Ghost Galleon - US title
Ghost Ships of the Blind Dead
Horror of the Zombies
La nave maledetta - Italian title

LINKS

SEQUEL TO
La noche del terror ciego (1971)
El ataque de los muertos sin ojos (1973)

SEQUEL
La noche de las gaviotas (1975)

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Mad Ron's Prevues from Hell (1987)

fog, galleons, ghouls, knights, knights templar, models, the occult, the sea, sequels, ships,
soldiers, the supernatural, tombs, yachts, zombies

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008