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Shock Waves (1977)

Shock Waves poster
Directed by
Ken Wiederhorn
Genre
horror film, science fiction film, zombie film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 25m
Rated
PG
Rating
4.8 of 10 from 137 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of tourists gets shipwrecked on a remote island. They discover a former SS commander living there and soon find themselves hunted by aquatic Nazi zombies.

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What happens

Shock Waves is a 1977 American horror film written and directed by Ken Wiederhorn. The film is about a group of tourists who encounter aquatic Nazi zombies when they become shipwrecked. It stars Peter Cushing as a former SS commander, Brooke Adams as a tourist, and John Carradine as the captain of the tourists' boat. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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