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Shock Waves
Almost Human / Death Corps
USA 1976
produced by Reuben Trane for Zopix
directed by Ken Wiederhorn
starring Peter Cushing, Brooke Adams, Fred Buch, Jack Davidson, Luke Halpin, D.J. Sidney, Don Stout, John Carradine, Clarence Thomas, Preston White, Reid Finger, Mike Kennedy, Donahue Guillory, Jay Maeder, Talmadge Scott, Gary J.Levinson, Robert Miller
written by John Kent Harrison, Ken Pare, Ken Wiederhorn, music by Richard Einhorn, special makeup by Alan Ormsby
review by Mike Haberfelner
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A run-down tourist-boat commandeered by run-down captain John Carradine
is rammed by a shipwreck from worldwar II one night, forcing crew &
passengers to find a refuge in the ruins of the next island. There they
meet up with Nazi-scientist Peter Cushing who urges them to leave, for
not only did the shipwreck force them to enter the island, it also
brought to it a horde of Nazi zombies (created by cushing as the
ultimate weapon or the Toten-korps). Soon our little group of
passengers & boatsmen starts dying one by one (with Carradine being
the first), & their attempt to leave the island leads nowhere when
they lose their rowing boat &, on the island, do everything to get
seperated from one another (don't ask why !). Of course everyone ends up
dead - including Cushing -, except for Brook Adams, who manages to
escape in another rowing-boat.
Moody 70's horror trash about Nazi zombies - who look nice in their
uniforms with sunglasses -, that doesn't really live up to its promises,
but then, films about Nazi-zombies rarely do - Nazi-zombies is
probably just too good a concept to be treated accordingly. This one is
rather devoid of characterizations of our central characters, while the
supporting characters are little more than pale caricatures, & it is
full of gaping plotholes. The locations look great though (& are
filmed accordingly), lending a creepy atmosphere to the proceedings
without resorting to the usual clichés. &, when Brooke Adams &
Luke Halpin hide from the Nazis in an oven, that's at least worth
a chuckle or two.
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