The Frozen Dead (1966)

A crazed scientist keeps the heads of Nazi war criminals alive until he can find appropriate bodies on which to attach them so he can revive the Third Reich.

Director:

Herbert J. Leder

Writer:

Herbert J. Leder (story and screenplay)

Stars:

Dana Andrews, Anna Palk, Philip Gilbert

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Dana Andrews	...	Dr. Norberg
Anna Palk	...	Jean Norberg
Philip Gilbert	...	Dr. Ted Roberts
Kathleen Breck	...	Elsa Tenney
Karel Stepanek	...	General Lubeck
Basil Henson	...	Dr. Tirpitz
Alan Tilvern	...	Karl Essen
Ann Tirard	...	Mrs. Schmidt (as Anne Tirard)
Edward Fox	...	Norburg's Brother (Prisoner #3)
Oliver MacGreevy	...	Joseph the Butler
Tom Chatto	...	Inspector Witt
John Moore	...	Bailey the Stationmaster
Charles Wade	...	Alfie the Porter

Storyline

A crazed scientist keeps the heads of Nazi war criminals alive until he can find appropriate bodies on which to attach them so he can revive the Third Reich.

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Plot Keywords:

scientist | nazi | head | falling in love | friend | 

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Taglines:

Frozen alive for 20 years! Now they return from their icy graves to seek vengeance!

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Genres:

Sci-Fi | Horror

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 November 1967 (USA)

Also Known As:

Die Eingefrorenen

Filming Locations:

Merton Park Studios, Merton, London, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gold Star Productions Ltd., Seven Arts Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Black and White (theatrical prints) Color (Eastmancolor) (tv prints)

Did You Know?

Trivia

Although the film was shot and shown in color in British theaters and U.S. TV, theatrical prints in the U.S. were black-and-white.

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Quotes

Elsa Tenney: Bury Me.

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Connections

Edited into Out of this World Super Shock Show (2007)

User Reviews

A Truly Sadistic Motion Picture

I saw this movie when I was perhaps 6 or 7 and have only seen bits of it on TV since, but I remember it all too well. A Nazi physician is trying to revive frozen high-ranking Germans, but they all come out brain-damaged. He needs a healthy brain to experiment on. A depraved assistant takes it upon himself to sic one of the brain-damaged revivees upon a houseguest, a college chum of the physician's unknowing daughter. This young lady is made out to be attractive, bright with a full head of hair.

When she wakes up her head has been chopped off and hooked up to life-support tubing. Her hair (and scalp and skull) have been replaced by a transparent dome so that her brain is visible. She can only speak in a whisper (a bit of artistic license there). The make-up on her face suggests a concentration-camp victim and her agony and helplessness are palpable. She is hectored by the physician trying to get her to send nerve impulses to some severed arms mounted on a wall.

Enough. I understand that horror movies require innocent people to suffer, but at least up until Night of the Living Dead, the suffering was largely off-screen or was kept brief. This film tortures its victim unspeakably. There is no hope for her.

The only things I can say to the movie's credit are that the atmosphere is well evoked and that it plays almost exactly like one of those old "Tales from the Crypt" EC comics from the 1950s. Of course, they were sadistic, too. Don't let a child (i.e. anyone under the age of 70) see this movie; it could damage them for life.