in theaters following Tombs of the Blind Dead and Return of the Evil Dead, the undead, sightless 
Templar Knights ditched their ghostly horses and headed to the high seas for The Ghost Galleon, better known to '70s American moviegoers, TV viewers, and VHS collectors as Horror of the Zombies (or on rare occasions as Ship of Zombies). Easily the most divisive film out of the eventual quartet (followed by Night of the Seagulls), it focuses far more on atmosphere and ridiculous plotting with less bloodshed than its companion films. The eerie tone, spooky music, and the Blind Dead themselves are all still here in abundance though, and when the blood starts flying past the halfway point, it's a doom-laden ride well worth taking.
Working with only half of a ship set and limited resources, Ossorio works his magic with the minimal premise and conjures up some nightmarish scenes of misty mayhem aboard the ship. The pacing takes some adjusting here even by the 
standards of Spanish horror, with characters wandering around and pondering about the proceedings before they eventually meet their possible doom. It's a spooky, curious film that grows on you with repeated viewings, and in recent years many fans have even cited it as one of their favorites.
Spanish, English, French, Italian, and Russian DTS-HD MA 2.0 mono audio with Spanish, English, and French subtitle options. 
The upscaled source here looks exactly like the prior DVD release including the English credits, with the Spanish credits included as a bonus in lesser quality along with really awful-looking versions of the international English trailer and U.S. TV spot plus a 38m9s gallery and suite of Blind Dead soundtrack music in stereo.
Ossorio: The Last Templar (25m59s), a featurette from the Blue Underground set with interviews with the director himself, Lone Fleming, Paul Naschy, and Jack Taylor among others chatting about his contributions to fantastic cinema. "A Childhood 
Discovery" (24m19s) is a new appreciation by Diego López-Fernández, creator of the fanzine El buque maldito, about the impact this film and its companion features had on him, his admiration for the pacing choices here, the integration of subtle sci-fi elements, the use of occult elements, the backgrounds of this film's cast, and more. In "A New Mythology in Spanish Horror" (22m23s), Sitges Film Festival director Ángel Sala analyzes Amando de Ossorio’s career including the local mythology that defined his work, his pointed statements again oppression before, during, and after the fascist era, his casting process, the influence of Hammer and Val Lewton, and the declining budgets that he managed to overcome. Finally, "Unmasking the Templars" (10m48s) is a new interview with effects artist and film historian Antonio Garcinuño about getting his start approaching the director about doing effects work, being given surviving pieces of the Blind Dead themselves (plus the now disintegrated head of The Sea Serpent), the craft of reusing rubber when latex wasn't available, and other tricks of the trade. Bizarro (UHD)
Bizarro (Blu-ray)
Gabita Barbieri Films (Blu-ray)
Blue Underground (DVD)
Mill Creek (DVD)
