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Oasis of the Zombies

1982 1h 25m Horror List
Tomatometer 2 Reviews 5% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
Treasure hunters in North Africa meet unpleasant consequences when they disturb the dead buried in the sand.

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Sean Axmaker Parallax View ... he distracted, sloppy camerawork, perfunctory scripting, flat dubbing, and ratty make-up make this one for the Franco-philes, and for those who find camp value in clumsy, shamelessly brazen exploitation. Mar 23, 2013 Full Review Rob Humanick Projection Booth [Director Jesus Franco's] command of audio/visual augmentation is a force to be reckoned with. Rated: B- Oct 7, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member At times, almost incomprehensible Jess Franco horror film. Dreadful. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review martin a Badly dubbed early Zombie Movie that is more laughable than scary.,but fun if there is nothing else to watch, if no more than for it's hammy acting and campness. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member The story is stale and cracked with hardly any development or dept, but it has a classy grindhouse feel and some nasty effects. There's not a lot of zombie action, but it still manages to show interest and give us campy characters and gore, plus some suiting war scenes. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member AVOID THIS FILM AT ALL COSTS Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member Let the dead die. Bury the dead. Legends of Nazi gold in the African desert intrigue a group of treasure hunters. They put together an expedition to find the oasis and uncover the gold. Shortly after arriving in the desert members of the expedition go missing. What the treasure hunters don't know is that the Nazi are still there to protect their treasure... "What was that?" "I don't know. Maybe frogs." "Of course, desert frogs. What was I thinking?" Jesus Fraco, director of Vampyros Lesbos, The Awful Doctor Orlof, Dracula contra Frankenstein, Incubus, Snake Woman, Jungle of Fear, and Broken Dolls, delivers Oasis of the Dead. The storyline for this picture is fairly average. The action scenes are just okay but the make-up and special effects were way better than I anticipated. The cast delivers mediocre performances and includes France Lomay, Manuel Gelin, Jeff Montgomery, and Henri Lambert. "What happened to him?" "He met the walking dead." I had glanced-over this film a couple times while scrolling through the Netflix queue and decided to give it a shot. The film was just okay and nothing special overall but definitely worth a viewing for fans of the zombie genre. Overall, this isn't awful, isn't great, not worth adding to your DVD collection, but not a complete waste of your time either. "This place is damned." Grade: C Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Now here's a case of real disappointment on my part. Oasis of the Zombies (or as it's known on IMDB Treasure of the Living Dead) started out with a really captivating opening sequence that drew me into the film. You received some information about where the film would be taking place and they don't show you anything in order to build up some suspense. Then they move on to a couple of characters who you want to know more about. After that, the movie falls flat on its face. I will give them a little credit with the zombies. They were sort of creepy looking and reminded me more of the old voodoo zombies from films like I Walked With a Zombie. The colors of the film were quite lush as well, even though the cinematography is complete garbage at times. It's a shame that this movie got boring so fast because it started out so well and would have made at least an effective horror film, even if it wasn't perfect. Oh well. Can't with them all. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Treasure hunters in North Africa meet unpleasant consequences when they disturb the dead buried in the sand.
Director
Jess Franco
Producer
A.L. Mariaux
Screenwriter
Jess Franco
Production Co
Eurociné, Diasa P.C., Marte Films Internacional
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 23, 2017
Runtime
1h 25m
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