Zombie Lake

Zombie Lake (1980)

  • 18% of users liked it
    (3,371 ratings)

Cult filmmaker Jean Rollin hit rock bottom with this soggy horror tale of drowned Nazis rising from their watery graves as hungry zombies. Howard Vernon leads a cast familiar to any fans of the prolific Jesus Franco, who was slated to direct this film before his bosses at Eurocine gave the… More

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Genres
Art House & International, Horror
In Theaters
Jan 1, 1980 Wide

Critic Reviews

  • Sean Axmaker, Parallax View

    The make-up wouldn't pass muster at a pre-school Halloween party, the performances are embarrassingly amateur, and dubbing is so bad it's painful.

  • Tim Brayton, Antagony & Ecstasy

    There is at least a small possibility that Zombie Lake is the worst film I have ever seen.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Greg S


    Aquatic Nazi zombies kill nubile French women who skinny dip in their lake home. That plot may sound impossible to screw up, but this plodding exercise in misplaced exploitation focuses more on the dramatic relationship between one zombie and his illegitimate daughter (!)

  • Lee ?


    A high toleration for bad movies is required if you're to make it through this one as it's probably one of the worst zombie movies I've ever seen, and it even had director Jean Rollin cringing with embarrassment upon its completion. The actual zombies look and act… More

  • David L


    To jump right in on this one. "Zombie Lake" is a film that is completely inept on all levels but its also very entertaining to watch and is chock full of unintentional giggles derived from the stupidity. At least its never boring. Its rather shocking that the film is as… More

  • Curtis L


    Blah. Zombie nazis in a lake that kill chicks. Pretty lame.

  • ken j


    During world war II a group of villagers ambushed and defeated a ban of german soldiers and ended up throwing there bodies in a nearby like now of course as with any zombie movie they have returned to prey on the unsuspecting female swimmers and no one knows how to stop them except… More

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