The Devil's Cross features Templar knights who rise from the dead, but don't expect anything like Amando De Ossorio's entertaining Blind Dead movies: this film, by British director John Gilling, is a total snooze-fest. It's not Gilling's worst film - in my opinion, that has got to be Mother Riley Meets the Vampire - but it's not a great swan song for the man who also gave us the excellent Plague of the Zombies and the enjoyable The Flesh & The Fiends.
The film stars Ramiro Oliveros as pot-smoking author Alfred Dawson, who travels to Spain with his girlfriend Maria (Carmen Sevilla) to investigate the murder of his sister Justine. Alfred's enquiries lead him to the area known as The Cross of the Devil at the Mountain of Souls where, legend has it, the Templar knights rise from their graves on All Souls Day. Too much talk and a dreary pace make this movie a real chore to sit through, while the final act is a total letdown, the Templar knights not in the least bit scary (easily defeated by a stoner writer with zero experience in swordplay) and the identity of the killer coming as no surprise.
2/10.
The film stars Ramiro Oliveros as pot-smoking author Alfred Dawson, who travels to Spain with his girlfriend Maria (Carmen Sevilla) to investigate the murder of his sister Justine. Alfred's enquiries lead him to the area known as The Cross of the Devil at the Mountain of Souls where, legend has it, the Templar knights rise from their graves on All Souls Day. Too much talk and a dreary pace make this movie a real chore to sit through, while the final act is a total letdown, the Templar knights not in the least bit scary (easily defeated by a stoner writer with zero experience in swordplay) and the identity of the killer coming as no surprise.
2/10.