Vengeance of the Zombies
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Vengeance Of The Zombies is a 1973
horror film
directed by León Klimovsky
and starring Paul Naschy
.
horror film, a mysterious man rampages throughout England
killing unsuspecting women. Each time a victim is murdered, they are brought back to life by an East Indian named Kantaka (Naschy) to join his army of zombies.
in June 1973.
The film was released on VHS
in the United States
by the All Seasons Entertainment in the 1980s.
The film was released on a special edition DVD
in 2007 by Deimos Entertainment, a subdivision of BCI Eclipse.
1973 in film
The year 1973 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx divorces his second wife, Barbara Blakely. Blakely would later marry actor/singer Frank Sinatra....
horror film
Horror film
Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...
directed by León Klimovsky
León Klimovsky
León Klimovsky was an Argentine film director.A trained dentist, born in Buenos Aires, his real passion was always the cinema. He pioneered Argentine cultural movement known as cineclub and financed the first movie theater to show art movies...
and starring Paul Naschy
Paul Naschy
Paul Naschy was a Spanish movie actor, screenwriter, and director working primarily in horror films. His portrayals of numerous classic horror figures—the wolfman, the hunchback, Count Dracula, the mummy—have earned him recognition as the Spanish Lon Chaney...
.
Plot
In this zombieZombie
Zombie is a term used to denote an animated corpse brought back to life by mystical means such as witchcraft. The term is often figuratively applied to describe a hypnotized person bereft of consciousness and self-awareness, yet ambulant and able to respond to surrounding stimuli...
horror film, a mysterious man rampages throughout England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
killing unsuspecting women. Each time a victim is murdered, they are brought back to life by an East Indian named Kantaka (Naschy) to join his army of zombies.
Release
The film was released theatrically in its native SpainSpain
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in June 1973.
The film was released on VHS
VHS
The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
by the All Seasons Entertainment in the 1980s.
The film was released on a special edition DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
in 2007 by Deimos Entertainment, a subdivision of BCI Eclipse.