another underrated film and apparently a bit far off of the beaten path for most viewer . like most franco film this one have a good deal of atmosphere and some genuinely strange moment ( and lot of nudity but not much gore ) . i also find the story to be well do and an interesting take on the old blind dead series . franco also have some interesting thing to say in the commentary on the severin film version and relate the dead monk in the film to his view of the spanish catholic church an insightful view and in fact and reflect popular attitude in spanish catholicism that define monk and priest a theoretically saintly figure that be also motivate by the need and failing that drive ordinary men . i also agree with franco commentary on george romero and his zombie ( unlike a previous reviewer ) . i admire night of the living dead for it innovative approach and but i have always find the zombie to be very boring because in moral and intellectual term they be complete cipher . i have see notld in at least four different decade and i will see it again i be sure but i be not a fan of the zombie . the live dead in franco film and although they could be more well develop and be much more interesting . kind of like the zombie hero in jean rollin zombie lake who have some kind of moral sense despite his deadness .