Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Abbigail Bush what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Tayyab Torres Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

Fatma Suarez The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Theo Robertson I thought just for a change I'd watch a Paul Naschy film where he doesn't spout fangs prosthetic hair and tear throats out . Also I needed a much needed reminder of what zombies were like back in the day . Nowadays post 28 DAYS LATER is someone who ha been infected by a virus with an incubation period of seconds that causes the character to lose all self awareness and have one overriding instinct to kill or infect the uninfected To be fair to VENGEANCE OF THE ZOMBIES it does follow the folklore of myth where a zombie is literally a reanimated corpse who is controlled by a shaman , it's churlish to complain that they're too slow moving to be much of a threat and to give the film some credit the make up of the undead is effectively understated . Likewise the plot isn't too predictable . After all if Nsschy is playing an Indian guru then you instantly expect him to be the villain and ... well yes and no without giving too much away . He does give a good performance as Krishna and I take it that it's not Nschy's own voice being used in the dubbing but the calm and lack of inflexion does seem suited to the character What let's the film down is the intrusive and totally inappropriate score . The establishing shot of London ( Incidentally the same establishing shot was inserted in to THE WEREWOLF AND THE YETI ) contains a soundtrack best described as a sort of hybrid dirge between psychadelia and a big band sound . I know it's supposed to give a feel of swinging London and sounds more someone hanging from a piano wire noose . Every time there's a supposedly scary scene totally inappropriate music blasts out robbing any scene of potential atmosphere which does defeat the purpose of the exercise . As it stands it's a fair horror film with old style zombies but could have been much better

poe426 VENGEANCE OF THE ZOMBIES has a lot going for it: Paul Naschy, doing triple duty as a guru, the guru's doppelganger, and Satan himself (in FRONT of the camera; he also wrote it as well); a veritable plethora of unusual characters (besides the three played by Naschy); some interesting no-budget makeup fx; and some genuinely decent direction (again) by Leon Klimovsky. There are some genuinely creepy moments in this one (the appearance of one woman actually startled me) and Klimovsky once again uses slow motion to great effect. The only real problem I had with this one was the decapitation of the chicken: I tend to think of all animals as children and seeing an animal sacrificed on a celluloid altar just ain't justifiable in my book.

sleazeman2001 The Best print of this film is the video release from Long Gone All Seasons Entertainment which clocks in around 90 minutes, making it the longest version available w/ fantastic print quality. Check ebay, you might find one, although, now that EVERYONE know's this is the version to have, plan on paying the price. But, again, well worth it!Seems that there are so many DVD companies jumping on the band wagon and releasing horrible TV prints or cut prints of older films. Do you homework people before you spend your hard earned money of junk.P/s, All Season Entertainment released a number of rare films on VHS (video) in large cardcoard boxes which collectors pay good money for so refine your searches in google search or ebay search and I'm sure you will come up with something.

Michael_Elliott Vengeance of the Zombies (1973) ** (out of 4) Bizarre but mildly entertaining Spanish horror film has Paul Naschy playing a mystic who uses his powers to have women return from the dead and kill his enemies for him.Sometimes a second viewing can make you see a film in a completely different light. The first time I watched Leon Klimovsky's VENGEANCE OF THE ZOMBIES it was from a public domain disc and the colors were drained. I gave the film a BOMB rating because I just found the entire thing to be deadly dull, poorly made and at times laughable. What changed on this second viewing? Well, being able to see a fully restored print certainly helped but I also managed to enjoy the film a lot more because I knew what I was getting into.If you're expecting George A. Romero type of zombies then you're getting into the wrong movie. The zombies here basically just have some face paint on them but I found them to be mildly effective and especially with the light blue tint and how well it looked on the restored print. Another plus were the slow-motion scenes of the zombies approaching their victims. I usually can't stand when slow-motion is used but here it's actually quite effective. The gore isn't all that high but there are a couple gory scenes including a bizarre one where a can is used as a murder weapon! Fans of Naschy will be happy to see him playing three different roles here. The scene with him wearing horns as a Satanic leader is certainly an eye-opener and for the most part he's good. The supporting women are all beautiful as you'd expect in a Naschy film. There are certainly some flaws here including the pacing of the picture as well as the rather bizarre soundtrack. I'm not sure if this soundtrack was used to make the film appear hip but it's quite distracting to say the least.