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Zombie Lake (or Zombies' Lake), known in the original French as Le lac des morts vivants (Template:Lang-en), is a 1981 zombie horror film directed by Jean Rollin (under the name J.A. Laser). The film is considered Rollin's worst film ever. Apparently, Rollin felt so embarrassed by the film he had not admitted for years he directed it under his alternative name J.A. Laser.

Background

Jesus Franco was supposed to direct a film for Eurocine in 1980 called Lake of the Living Dead (a horror film about revived Nazi zombies) but he was too busy at the time to do it, so producer Daniel Lesoeur hired Jean Rollin to direct it (later retitling it Zombie Lake). Lesouer later had Rollin direct some newly-filmed zombie footage to be added to Franco's A Virgin Among the Living Dead (1971) for its 1981 re-release. Franco purists insisted that "Virgin" be released in its former unadulterated form on DVD, as the added Jean Rollin footage greatly slowed down the pace of the film. Franco later directed a film for Lesouer called Oasis of the Zombies (aka Bloodsucking Nazi Zombies) in 1981, which had a plot similar to Zombie Lake (also involving revived Nazi zombies). Franco simultaneously shot a variant version of Oasis of the Zombies (on the producer's dime) starring Lina Romay and his "regulars" which was released only in Spain under the title La Tumba de los Muertos Vivientes.

See also

Other films with zombie Nazis in:





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