Known for Directing
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.
Born
April 6, 1918
Died
January 13, 2001 (age 82)
Birthplace
A Coruña, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
Filmography
46 films, 1 show
The Sea Serpent
1985 · 1h 31m
country: Spain
A serpent, created by radioactivity, threatens a Spanish coastal town.
Forbidden Passion
1980 · 1h 27m
country: Spain
Teresa, a cabaret star, has to leave her work due to the death of her father. She decides to go to the small village where he lived to meet her brother, Miguel, who is going to marry Marisol soon. Teresa begins to feel attracted to Miguel, and tries to seduce him
Las alimañas
1977 · 1h 28m
country: Spain
Two bandits steal a number of gems and other valuable art from a museum in the Dominican Republic. They are helped by their American partner, Tom who double-crosses them and escapes with the stolen treasure.
Night of the Seagulls
1975 · 1h 29m
country: Spain
A bizarre cult that practices a ritual of sacrificing humans terrorizes a young doctor and his wife, who have just moved to the group's village.
Demon Witch Child
1975 · 1h 30m
country: Spain
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.
The Night of the Sorcerers
1974 · 1h 34m
country: Spain
A group of researchers gathering material for a magazine article on endangered wildlife encounter vampiric leopard women in the heart of the African jungle.
The Ghost Galleon
1974 · 1h 29m
country: Spain
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.
The Loreley's Grasp
1973 · 1h 25m
country: Spain
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.
Attack of the Blind Dead
1973 · 1h 31m
country: Spain
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.
Tombs of the Blind Dead
1972 · 1h 41m
country: Portugal
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.
Fangs of the Living Dead
1969 · 1h 34m
country: Spain
A beautiful virgin inherits a castle, but when she arrives at it, she finds that the inhabitants include a strange nobleman and a bevy of beautiful women she suspects may be vampires.
Pasto de fieras
1969 · 1h 28m
country: Spain
The orphan shepherd boy Tino loses his flock to save a lost sheep. After this event, he tries to embark for America.
School of Nurses
School of Nurses
1968 · 1h 29m
country: Unknown
The millionaire Lucia enters a nursing school on a whim and there meets some good friends in trouble.
La niña del patio
1967 · 1h 26m
country: Spain
An orphan child arrives at a house courtyard where the neighbours must organise a flamenco show to avoid the house from being sold by its owner...
Hudson River Massacre
1965 · 1h 38m
country: Italy
Hudson river fur hunters rebel against their English masters in this pre-Blind Dead effort from de Ossorio. Victor, chief of the rebels, kidnaps Ann from the ruthless landowner, Sullivan, as a bartering tool. Ann and Victor, in love, fight together against Sullivan for a free life together.
Tomb of the Pistolero
1964 · 1h 21m
country: Spain
Tom Bogard travels from Boston to the small western mining town of Carson, where on arrival he mentions he is the brother of Jack Bogard, who was assassinated a few weeks ago, he then is completely shut out. By no means anxious to leave, Tom begins to look for people who will be able to tell him about the death of his brother...
The Black Flag
1956 · 1h 13m
country: Spain
Monologue of an actor meditating about doom.