Zombie Lake (1981)
1/10
Willing suspension of disbelief
22 July 1999
Zombie Lake, as it is also titled, may well have one of the shakiest plots ever filmed. It has been said that King Lear can be told as a fairy tale, so too can Zombie Lake be told as the rantings of an idiot. Like poker bidding, it continues to raise the level of foolishness. It makes one curious to the writers basis for the story. Maybe this: 1. There's a lake in France. believeable so far 2. World War II happened, many Nazis died, and some were put in this lake WWII happened - yes; Nazis were killed - yes; Some wound up in a lake - well they had to put them somewhere didn't they; 3. 30 years later, they wake up and leave the lake ;zombies are common enough in film, OK, I buy that; 4. These Nazis walking at a snail's pace, are able to catch and kill the entire town, including an incredibly fit and attractive women's soccer team ;OK Mr. Director, you've lost me now, your monsters move at about six hours per mile and yet can catch 20-year-old girls in great shape. You couldn't have them go after the elderly or people who are perhaps bedridden or without legs, because really, that's really what the Nazis would be best at. Continents move faster than these Nazis. These zombies are relatively slow when compared to other dead people. Yet in your film you show them catching a whole town off guard. Shame on you and a pox on your kin for producing such a film that should truly only be watched as punishment for serious crimes.
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