Shock Waves (1977)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1977
Running Times: 90 mins
Format: colour 35mm
Ratio:
Sound: mono

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Zopix Company
Producer: Reuben Trane
Production Manager: Doug Kauffman
Unit Manager: Wayne Hood

SCRIPT
Script: John Kent Harrison, Ken Wiederhorn

DIRECTION
Director: Ken Wiederhorn
Assistant Director: George Berndt

PHOTOGRAPHY
Underwater Photography: Irving Pare
Stills: Fred Olen Ray

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Norman Gay

MUSIC
Music: Richard Einhorn

SOUND
Sound Recordist: Stephen Manners

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Make Up Designer: Alan Ormsby

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Jessica Sack
Property Master: Mykle Mattes

CAST
Clarence Thomas (fisherman)
Brooke Adams (Rose)
Luke Halpin (Keith)
John Carradine (Captain Ben)
Jack Davidson (Norman)
D.J. Sidney (Beverly)
Fred Buch (Chuck)
Don Stout (Dobbs)
Peter Cushing (SS Commander)
Sammy Graham
Preston White
Reid Finger
Mike Kennedy
Tony Moskal, Jay Maeder, Bob White, Talmadge Scott, Robert Miller (zombies)
Donahue Guillory
Gary J. Levinson

PLOT SUMMARY

A group of people are shipwrecked when their yacht collides with a strange old ship apparently adrift in the Caribbean. Ashorem they meet a strange hermit with dark secrets and are soon being menaced by a platoon of Nazi zombie soldiers.

One of those little gems that seemed to proiliferate in the 1970s. More spooky and atmospheric than most zombie movies, its lack of gore and deliberately slow pace put off many fans of the genre, but it's definitely overdue for reappraisal. Good performances and solid direction place it head and shoulders above the rest of the Nazi zombie movies that were briefly popular during the late 70s and early 80s.

Canada
Theatrical Distributor: Creswin Films

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Joseph Brenner Associates Inc; BijouFlix Releasing
Video Distributor: Prism Pictures
DVD Distributor: Blue Underground Inc

Australia
Rating: M

Norway
Rating: 15

UK
Rating: 15

USA
Rating: PG

1977
July
15: USA - theatrical release

1980
September
12: USA - theatrical re-release

Once They Were Almost Human! Beneath the living... Beyond the dead... From the depths of Hell's Ocean! The Deep End of Horror!

Almost Human - UK theatrical title
Death Corps
L'occhio nel triangolo - Italian title
Die Schreckensmacht der Zombies - German video title
Shock Waves - Die aus der Tiefe kamen - German title
Syvyyksien tappajat - Finnish title
Terror en las aguas - Spanish title

SEE ALSO
Le lac des morts vivants (1980)

BOOKS

John Carradine: The Films (Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Co (1999))
Article (by Tom Weaver)

boats; experiments; human experiments; islands; nazi experiments; nazi zombies; the ocean; shipwrecks; soldiers; zombies