It took me awhile to get around to seeing "Shock Waves." I have to say, I wasn't missing a whole lot. I saw "Zombie Lake" awhile back and while "Shock Waves," by conventional standards is clearly better than that, it was kind of dull.
I liked the whole plot: a group of vacationers break down in the Caribbean and find a deserted (mostly) island. Nazi-zombies rise out of the sea to kill. Nazi-zombies maul and munch and mutilate. Doesn't that sound great? Yea, not so much. They hardly maul and they do not eat their victims which really doesn't qualify them as zombies in my book. At least we don't get to see them eating anyone. They mostly just pull them down under water.
There is no gore in this flick. I don't even remember seeing any blood. The zombies are pretty well-done with good make-up and decent costumes. I liked how they kept popping up in any body of water on the island whether it be a tidal pool, a stream or right out of the sea. Those little buggers must have morphed into guppies when they weren't busy being the socialist undead...
The film does boast a creepy atmosphere and a decent soundtrack, but it wasn't quite enough to save it. Could have used a lot better zombie killings and several buckets of fake blood.
On the back of the DVD I got it refers to this as a "70's horror sleeper..." I think I know why. Yawn.
4 out of 10, kids.
I liked the whole plot: a group of vacationers break down in the Caribbean and find a deserted (mostly) island. Nazi-zombies rise out of the sea to kill. Nazi-zombies maul and munch and mutilate. Doesn't that sound great? Yea, not so much. They hardly maul and they do not eat their victims which really doesn't qualify them as zombies in my book. At least we don't get to see them eating anyone. They mostly just pull them down under water.
There is no gore in this flick. I don't even remember seeing any blood. The zombies are pretty well-done with good make-up and decent costumes. I liked how they kept popping up in any body of water on the island whether it be a tidal pool, a stream or right out of the sea. Those little buggers must have morphed into guppies when they weren't busy being the socialist undead...
The film does boast a creepy atmosphere and a decent soundtrack, but it wasn't quite enough to save it. Could have used a lot better zombie killings and several buckets of fake blood.
On the back of the DVD I got it refers to this as a "70's horror sleeper..." I think I know why. Yawn.
4 out of 10, kids.