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War of the Dead

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Capt. Martin Stone leads a raid on a German bunker, which goes poorly. His men are driven back into the forest where they are attacked by the reanimated bodies of the men they killed.

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Paul Chambers Movie Chambers 01/11/2013
D
Plenty of bullets are fired. But, "War of the Dead" is really lacking the gore necessary for even an average zombie flick. Go to Full Review
Robin Clifford Reeling Reviews 01/03/2013
C
...the filmmakers try to tie the loose ends but do not always succeed, making the film feel hurried getting to its conclusion. Go to Full Review
Laura Clifford Reeling Reviews 12/24/2012
C-
This is a zombie film with little to no gore. It's an in and out mission with no suspense or scares. "War of the Dead" is simply an exercise in filmmaking. Go to Full Review
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07/26/2020 War of the Dead doesn't waste a moment before getting into the action, this is not always a good thing, but here it kind of makes sense. This is not great. There are great Nazi zombie movies out there, I can think of about five off the top of my head, and War of the Dead isn't one of them, but it was so much better than I was prepared for it to be, and the vast gap between my low expectations and the okay-ish reality led me to have a decent time sitting at my desk with this on in the background. See more 01/20/2020 Some parts of the movie was a little "ehh" because of the way something happened but overall its good and on a scale of 1 to 10 i'd give this a 6 See more 09/05/2016 I prefer zombie movies where the zombies are walkers & HATE the movies where they're runners.I was hoping the zombies in War Of The Dead were going to be walkers but I guess I should've known.I know I probably would've been way more into the movie if they were.Hopefully someday, somebody will make a zombie war movie where they are.If it's been done recently I know nothing about it.Surprisingly though, it worked in War Of The Dead.I couldn't imagine the zombies being any other way.War Of The Dead was a non stop action/horror flick.Something was always happening here & there & the zombies being like they were, just added to it.I was into it right from the start till the very end.Still it's not something I'd ever watch again or want to add to my movie collection but if somebody was thinking about watching it I wouldn't tell them not to.If they were thinking about buying it, I'd tell them not to unless they got it super cheap or at least watched it 1st See more 01/04/2015 Boring and plodding. War of the Dead has a neat concept and is full of ideas that sadly, go nowhere. For a zombie movie, it is surprisingly lacking in gore and actual tension that a zombie movie should bring. Acting is ok, but nothing remarkable. Most of the movie is too dark to see effectively what is going on. And guns never run out of ammo. See more 06/28/2014 An all out Nazi bloodbath, throw in the fact that there zombies and it's one of the best films EVER!!!! See more 12/17/2013 Standard horror fare See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Capt. Martin Stone leads a raid on a German bunker, which goes poorly. His men are driven back into the forest where they are attacked by the reanimated bodies of the men they killed.
Director
Marko Mäkilaakso
Producer
Barr B. Potter, Ramunas Skikas, Joel Soisson
Screenwriter
Marko Mäkilaakso, Barr B. Potter
Production Co
Rialto Film, Accelerator Films, Lietuvos Kinostudija
Genre
Horror, Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 10, 2016
Runtime
1h 26m