They used to show this one a lot late at night on TV when there wasn't anything else to show.
"Shock Waves" gives us a mad Nazi doctor (is there any other kind?) who is engineering a kind of amphibious SS corp that can attack by land or sea (if he had put wings on them, he could have had all the regiments covered. Oh well....).
But along come a bunch of boating tourists who discover his deserted isle and spoil all his fun. They're Americans, so what's a Nazi to do?
Aside from some effective shots of amphibious zombies bobbing about in the water and goose-stepping about looking for victims, this is about as "b-movie" as it gets. Not very scary, but if you're in a silly mood....
TIDBIT - Weiderhorn, the director, went on to direct that classic "Meatballs 2", and when the kids are shown a movie one night, which one do you think they show? Very good. At least he got "Shock Waves" shown once more.
Two stars.
Cushing did this one just before "Star Wars" came out. Hope he didn't look to this one as the classier gig.
"Shock Waves" gives us a mad Nazi doctor (is there any other kind?) who is engineering a kind of amphibious SS corp that can attack by land or sea (if he had put wings on them, he could have had all the regiments covered. Oh well....).
But along come a bunch of boating tourists who discover his deserted isle and spoil all his fun. They're Americans, so what's a Nazi to do?
Aside from some effective shots of amphibious zombies bobbing about in the water and goose-stepping about looking for victims, this is about as "b-movie" as it gets. Not very scary, but if you're in a silly mood....
TIDBIT - Weiderhorn, the director, went on to direct that classic "Meatballs 2", and when the kids are shown a movie one night, which one do you think they show? Very good. At least he got "Shock Waves" shown once more.
Two stars.
Cushing did this one just before "Star Wars" came out. Hope he didn't look to this one as the classier gig.