France Lomay in Oasis of the Zombies (1983)

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Oasis of the Zombies (1983) is probably more interesting for the amount of mis-information about it than for the plot or exposure. After Jean Rollin was brought in to finish Zombie Lake and bail Jess Franco out, Franco wrote a second Zombie film, where the Zombies are German soldiers guarding $6m in gold.

A college student and son of the man who killed all of the Germans during the war discovers, upon his father's death, that his mother was the daughter of a Sheik, and also learns about the supposedly still hidden $6m.

He takes a few classmates and a professor to recover the gold. The Zombies nearly win, although they crawl noisily out of the sand and attack at a snail's pace. The film is every bit as bad as this sounds, and we have a strong contender for worst film here.

There has been a running battle for years as to whether this film is Franco's work or not. The confusion stems from the fact that he did two films under different names, one in Spanish and one in French, and had somewhat different casts in each, although there is a lot of shared footage. This is the French one, and is the version that many people claimed was not done by Franco. Franco has now owned up to doing both. To the best of my knowledge, the Spanish version is not currently available.

I will say the Zombie make-up had its moments.

F.

DVD Info: The transfer is not bad, but is not enough reason to watch a film this bad.

Nudity Report: There is distant nudity from France Jordan and Doris Regina. There is also good breast exposure by an unidentified actress, possibly Myriam Landson.

IMDB Summary: IMDB readers say 2.1 out of 10. The IMDB entry is not even close in terms of cast and versions.

Written by: Tuna ...courtesy of scoopy.net