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Zombie Lake (1981)
"Le lac des morts vivants" (original title)

 -  Horror  -  13 May 1981 (France)
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In a small village, somewhere in France, German soldiers, killed and thrown into the lake by the Resistance during WW II, come back.

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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Howard Vernon ...
The Mayor
Pierre-Marie Escourrou ...
German Soldier (as Pierre Escourrou)
Anouchka ...
Helena
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Morane (as Robert Foster)
Nadine Pascal ...
Helena's Mother
Youri Radionow ...
Chanac (as Youri Rad)
Bertrand Altmann ...
(as Burt Altman)
Gilda Arancio ...
Blonde Girl Swimmer
Marcia Sharif ...
Katya
Yvonne Dany
Jean Rene Bleu
Jean Rollin ...
Stiltz
Edmond Besnard ...
Promizoulin
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
René Douglas
Julián Esteban
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In a small village, somewhere in France, German soldiers, killed and thrown into the lake by the Resistance during WW II, come back. Written by Denis Ruckebusch <druckeb@mygale.org>

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soldier | german | village | lake | france | See more »

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God help us if they rise again!

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Horror

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Not Rated | See all certifications »

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13 May 1981 (France)  »

Also Known As:

Zombie Lake  »

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ESP 9,947,266 (Spain)
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1.66 : 1
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Trivia

The medallion which the French girl gives to her German soldier lover is actually a finger rosary; hence the ten small balls around the outside. See more »

Goofs

In the end scene where the villagers have all of the zombies together in a barn and then set them on fire with a flamethrower, the scene starts in evening with the night getting really dark. But in shots you can see through the barns windows and doors, that the sky keeps alternating from dark evening, to bright day sky. Then after the zombies are killed by the fire, the sky has now changed to a permanent crystal blue day sky. See more »

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Morane: So, you think that ghosts killed them?
The Mayor: Yes, that is what I think.
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30 December 2001 | by (mission, ks) – See all my reviews

Worst zombie ever made? Not even close. Hunt down Joel Reed's magnificent Night of the Zombies. Watch it. Watch it again. Burn it and scatter the ashes. Then watch Zombie Lake.

Note that Zombie Lake has lovely shots of the scenic French countryside; educational underwater gynecological shots of an entire girls' basketball team; a recognizable sub-plot; one or two actors who can actually distort their faces into "expressions." Night of the Zombies has NONE of these, NONE.

Did I mention the underwater photography?

However, I understand that there are versions of Zombie Lake out there that lack both the amazing Sea Hunt sequence and many of the heartwarming nay-nay shots. Ha! That's like a special edition of GoodFellas with Joe Pesci edited out. You get one of these versions, you put up with it, you might as well write, "Please Don't Hurt Me" on your forehead in pink lipstick and check into the nearest Federal prison. Wuss. Gimp.


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