The Treasure of the Living Dead (1982)
"La tumba de los muertos vivientes" (original title)

An expedition searching for treasure supposedly buried by the German army in the African desert during WW II comes up against an army of Nazi zombies guarding the fortune.

Director:

Jesús Franco

Writer:

Jesús Franco (screenplay)

Stars:

Manuel Gélin, France Lomay, Jeff Montgomery

Cast

Cast overview:
Manuel Gélin	...	Robert Blabert
France Lomay	...	Erika (as France Jordan)
Jeff Montgomery	...	Ben
Myriam Landson	...	Kurt's Wife
Eric Viellard	...	Ronald (as Eric Saint-Just)
Caroline Audret	...	Sylvie
Henri Lambert	...	Kurt (as Henry Lambert)

Storyline

During World War II, a small German squadron was assigned the task of carrying a shipment of Nazi gold across the African desert. Along the way, the squadron was ambushed by the Allies, and only one American soldier, Robert, survived. Years later, Robert tells his story to a German treasure hunter named Kurt, who promptly murders him. Robert's son, upon learning of his father's death, vows to travel to Africa and find the lost gold himself. While the desert is hazardous enough by itself, the dangers lurking around this oasis are more than any of the treasure hunters ever imagined.

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Plot Keywords:

desert | treasure | gold | oasis | nazi | 

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

21 April 1982 (France)

Also Known As:

Oasis of the Zombies

Company Credits

Production Co:

Eurociné

Technical Specs

Runtime:

82 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Ban the Sadist Videos! (2005)

User Reviews

Barely even a film

I love zombie movies, they are my absolute favourite kind of horror film and Nazi zombies..what could be better? The problem is that there is no plot at all, the scenes are just randomly slapped together and feature about 5 minutes of zombies in total. Those five minutes include at least two minutes of repeated footage.

There's no context to it either, people see dead bodies then decide to camp outside as if it didn't happen. Nobody reacts to anything.

The actual camera work is awful, the film is grainy and the whole thing is one awful mess. They look like they had fun making it but you probably won't have any fun watching it unless you like watching something that looks like it was put together in half an hour on a mobile phone camera with people randomly gathered from a bus stop. This is one awful movie.