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Zombie Lake

1981 · 87 min

A sluggish, cheaply made Euro-horror that drifts between sleaze and melancholy, more likely to induce drowsiness than dread.

Genres
Horror
Tagline
God help us if they rise again!
Overview
In a small village, somewhere in France, German soldiers, killed and thrown into the lake by the Resistance during WWII, come back.

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Tone
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • death
  • isolation
  • parenthood
  • violence
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror6
Humour2
Realism4
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness7
Complexity2
Emotional weight3

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Genres
horror
Directed by
Jean Rollin, Julian de Laserna
Written by
Jesús Franco
Starring
Howard Vernon, Pierre-Marie Escourrou, Anouchka, Nadine Pascal, Antonio Mayans, Youri Radionow, Marcia Sharif, Yvonne Dany
Music
Daniel White
Cinematography
Max Monteillet
Runtime
87 min
Country
France, Spain
Languages
French

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