Is this REALLY a Jess Franco movie?! Easily the least interesting movie I've watched that he was involved with.
12 July 2004
'Oasis Of The Zombies' divides horror fans. Some regard it as a low budget gem, others as one of the most boring zombie movies ever made. Before I watched it I thought I was going to be in for a Nazi zombie movie in the tradition of 'Shock Waves' (which I highly recommend), but the packaging was misleading, there are no Nazi zombies and it's more of an adventure movie than a horror one. The zombies when they eventually turn up look pretty creepy, but the rest of the movie is very dull. It's hard to believe Jess Franco directed it. I understand that this was just hack work for him, but there are none of his usual eccentricities and minimal nudity and gore. I'm not sure if I'd include it as a "real" Jess Franco movie but if I did I'd say it was easily the least interesting movie I've watched that he was involved with. Horror fans looking for some obscure Eurozombie kicks are advised to watch 'The Living Dead At Manchester Morgue' instead, and if you are a Jess Franco novice PLEASE don't judge him by this lame effort, check out 'Succubus', 'Eugenie De Sade', 'Vampyros Lesbos'. Those show Franco at his most imaginative and original, not 'Oasis Of The Zombies'. Hell, I even enjoyed 'Killer Barbys' more and that's really saying something!
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