Don't Wake the Dead (2008)

A group of women, hired to assist with an impromptu concert, spend the evening at an ancient German castle. Unbeknownst to them, they've chosen the worst night on Earth to visit, as every ... See full summary »

Director:

Andreas Schnaas

Writers:

Klaus Dzuck, Ted Geoghegan

Stars:

Ralph Fellows, Sonja Kerskes, Fiana de Guzman

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ralph Fellows	...	Vincent
Sonja Kerskes	...	Lana
Fiana de Guzman	...	Beth
Carolin Schmidt	...	Jessie
Cristiane Malia	...	Shannon
Sarah Plochl	...	Iris
Maren Elisabeth Lisner	...	K.C. (as Maren Lisner)
Amy Lee	...	Veronica
Julia Casper	...	Carrie
Courtney Peltzer	...	Tara
Wolfgang Wobeto	...	Herr Janowitz (as Wolfgang Cloris Wobeto)
Joi von Regenstein	...	Nathan
Jürgen Teuchert	...	Cloaked Man
Christian Rothholz	...	Elias
Wolfgang Noack	...	Gabriel

Storyline

A group of women, hired to assist with an impromptu concert, spend the evening at an ancient German castle. Unbeknownst to them, they've chosen the worst night on Earth to visit, as every sixty-six years, the long-dead bodies of Templar Knights buried there have the chance to wake and feast upon the living...

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Plot Keywords:

templar knight | castle | decapitation | violence | occult | 

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Genres:

Horror

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Details

Country:

Germany

Language:

English

Release Date:

2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Treasure Zombie: Reviving the Ghosts of the Knights Templar

Company Credits

Production Co:

Schnaas Film GmbH

Technical Specs

Runtime:

78 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Vincent mentions having learned how to use The Flying Guillotine from a man named Wang Yu - a reference to Yu Wang, who appeared in numerous kung-fu films of the 70s, including Master of the Flying Guillotine.

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Connections

References The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)

User Reviews

utterly cheesy

Andreas Schnaas had made some reputation with the Violent Sh*t trilogy (1989-1999). It was just made for the gore but everybody liked it a lot. But almost 20 years later he made this flick and I must say, having some kind of name as a director he didn't proceed in filmmaking.

The story itself is a mixture of old school horrors like Amando de Ossorio's La Noche Del Terror Ciego (1972) were we had some dead Templars. On the other hand it also contains some zombie nazi's , yep, remember Jaen Rollin's Zombie Lake (1972) and to end some cursed girls who moved like Sam Raimi's The Evil Dead (1981). They are all hunted by some cheap Van Helsing look-a-like. The acting was really bad and the effects used extremely cheap. There's even a decapitation scene were the body is coming up, but if you watch closely you can see that the camera just kept the head out of the lens, but you still can see the head on the body. On the other hand there's a lot of red stuff and a lot of gratuitous nudity but the whole flick just didn't work, I regret it to have been wakening the dead.

Gore 3/5 Nudity 2/5 Effects 1/5 Story 1/5 Comedy 0/5