Oasis of the Zombies
2.8 /10 1 Votes
Duration | 2.6/10 IMDb Director Jesus Franco Country France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Language FrenchSpanishEnglish Release date April 21, 1982 (1982-04-21) (France) Writer Jesus Franco (screenplay), Ramon Llido (story), Jesus Franco (screenplay) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oasis of the Zombies (originally called L'Abîme des Morts-Vivants / The Abyss of the Living Dead) is a 1982 film directed by Jesús Franco for French producer Marius Lesoeur.
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Plot
The plot involves treasure hunters who track down a lost fortune in Nazi gold in the desert, only to discover that the treasure is still guarded by the Afrika Korps soldiers transporting it, who have become zombies.
Cast
Release
The film has also been released over the years as Bloodsucking Nazi Zombies, El desierto de los zombies, The Grave of the Living Dead, and The Treasure of the Living Dead.
Franco filmed a "Spanish version" simultaneously with the French version (under the title La tumba de los Muertos Vivientes).
Reception
Writing in The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, academic Peter Dendle stated the film has had a negative reception, but it "presents a simple, unhurried, and unpretending appreciation of zombies and their habitat, a fresh and provocative desert landscape." Ian Jane of DVD Talk rated it 3/5 stars and wrote, "It's terrible, but somehow trance inducing in its own bizarre way." Gordon Sullivan of DVD Verdict wrote, "It's really a mess of tepid Eurosleaze masquerading as a zombie flick, and it doesn't even do that well."
References
Oasis of the Zombies WikipediaOasis of the Zombies IMDb