zero budget but awesome location.
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Night of the Seagulls
dan-2288 — 18 years ago(May 23, 2007 12:04 PM)
This movie shows that the choice of location can more than make up for what is obviously a no-budget film.
The sea coast settlement where this was shot makes this one of the most atmospheric films (horror or otherwise) I have ever seen.
I have often thought that before writing/directing 'Night', Amando De Ossorio probably watched 'Straw Dogs' and 'Wicker Man'. His movie contains a lot of similarities to those two fine pictures.
Certainly the best of the Blind Dead sequels.
Never the less a flawed film, the casting of 'Teddy' being the worst mistake! (He is annoyingly similar to the 'village idiot' character who appeared in 'I Spit on your Grave') -
jjk50 — 10 years ago(March 24, 2016 01:42 PM)
There was a similar "village idiot" character like Teddy in each of the four Blind Dead movies except for the third one "Ghost Galleon" because it had a smaller cast and took place mostly at sea. De Ossorio must have liked that type of character.
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Woodyanders — 9 months ago(June 17, 2025 11:32 AM)
This movie takes excellent eerie and unsettling atmosphere out of its isolated seaside hamlet. The shots of the Knights Templar riding horses in slow motion in particular are genuinely striking. 7 out of 10 from me.
You've seen Guy Standeven in something because the man was in everything.