Alternate versions

The Anchor Bay version claims to be uncut, however it is actually missing quite a bit of footage. Most of the gore has been cut out, along with a few other minor scenes. Here is a complete list of the missing footage:

• During the opening flashback, all shots of the knife plunging into the woman's chest have been removed, as well as the shots of the Templars removing her heart.
• There is a brief line of dialogue from one of the Templar Knights missing just before he is blinded by the villagers.
• A shot of a woman, tied and gagged in the trunk of a car, has been cut from during the fireworks display.
• A complete sequence has been cut in which the woman from the previous shot is tied to a wall by Murdo the village idiot and stabbed between the breasts. This particular cut makes it unclear why the Templars suddenly return from the grave. In the uncut version, this scene establishes that Murdo has deliberately summoned the Templars by offering a human sacrifice.
• A single shot of blood dripping down a telephone and onto the floor has been removed.
• Two close-up shots have been removed which show Bert's stomach being punctured by swords, along with an intervening shot of the Mayor watching from a nearby window.
• The scene where the little girl leaves a room and encounters the Mayor (just before he leads her outside) has been cut.
• Various close-ups of swords entering the Mayor's body have been removed.
• A single close-up of a sword penetrating Amalia's stomach has been cut.
• A single shot of blood spurting from Murdo's neck after he has been beheaded has been removed.
• Just before the camera pans down to reveal that Howard has fallen onto a spear, a few shots of his face have been removed.
• A single shot of the village square has been cut, just before Vivian, Jack, and Nancy leave the church.
• The end credits have been considerably shortened.

The original US laserdisc by Elite and DVD by Anchor Bay claimed to be uncut but was actually the cut 87 minute English language version. The US DVD issued in 2005 by Blue Underground contained both the original uncut 91 minute Spanish version of the film and the cut English language release.

The UK video released in 1994 by Redemption films was of the cut English language version (83:32 25fps), including an additional cut by the BBFC, which removed a 6s shot of a woman's dress being torn by a Templar, revealing her breast. The version released onto UK DVD by Anchor Bay UK in 2005, as part of a "Blind Dead Box-Set", was of the longer/gorier Spanish language version (87:10 25fps) and was fully uncut.

In addition to the above cuts, the Anchor Bay version also alters the opening of the film. In the original Spanish version, the flashback scene (depicting the Templars sacrificing a woman and then being burned at the stake) was not shown until about 12 minutes into the movie. The Anchor Bay version uses this scene as a pre-credits sequence.