| View Larger Image | Shock Waves | DVDStarring: Peter Cushing, Brooke Adams, Fred Buch, Jack Davidson, Luke Halpin
Directed By: Ken Wiederhorn
Also With: Ken Wiederhorn (Writer), Norman Gay (Editor), Reuben Trane (Producer), John Kent Harrison (Writer), Ken Pare (Writer)
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| | Binding: | DVD | | Rating: |  | | Run Time: | 85 minutes | | Format: | Anamorphic, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC | | Studio: | Blue Underground | | Number of Discs: | 1 | | Aspect Ratio: | 1.85:1 | | Release Date: | September 30, 2003 | | Sales Rank: | 15,408th |
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Studio: Wea-des Moines Video Release Date: 09/30/2003 |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 52 reviews)
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Terrific Service! by Nora (Oakland, Calif.)  5 Stars
October 27, 2009
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Decent underwater zombie film. by Puzzle box (Kuwait)  3 Stars
March 13, 2009
Shock Waves starts out promisingly enough, with a great intro about the Nazi 'death corps' and a girl who gets rescued after floating at sea in a dinghy. Things pretty much go downhill from here as a series of slow moving disappointing sequences follows, as the annoying characters are shipwrecked and are picked of one by one by the Nazi zombies. The death scenes were kind of anticlimactic. If these were scarier, gorier or more inventive the film would definitely benefit but I thought the concept of the film was just wasted. Shock Waves was a low budget horror movie with few special effects... actually not very special effects at all. We're talking half a dozen "zombies" which are basically people in Nazi uniforms holding their breath underwater. The cast apart from Brooke Adams (The Dead Zone) are unknowns, with guest appearances from horror legends John Carradine and Peter Cushing. The concept of underwater Nazi zombies is very interesting and was also used in to other films during the early 80's with Oasis of the Zombies and Zombie Lake, I really haven't seen either one of those films so I can't really compare this with those two but I heard that this was the best out of the other two which share the same concept. When a boat cruise crashes into a deserted battleship they end up stranded on a deserted island that's only inhabitant is Nazi doctor Peter Cushing who's been living in an abandoned hotel for countless years. Things get even worse when it turns out the island is surrounded by some underwater, goggle-wearing Nazi super-soldier zombies that have come out of their watery graves to prey on them.
This low-budgeter has garnered a cult following since its 1976 release, the good thing is that it was decent and wasn't half bad, while this isn't the most exciting flick it's still quite watchable thanks to director/co-writer Ken Wiederhorn (who'd go on to do Return Of The Living Dead Part II) who fills the movie with lots of striking images of the zombies rising from the water, stalking their prey and doing all the bad things Nazi zombies generally do. However the film was a bit talky and a bit slow going; but there's enough here to make it worth a viewing and it also benefits from having genre veteran Peter Cushing in a side role (even if he's really only on hand to help explain the plot). I was actually surprised by this dvd from Blue Underground which has more special features than expected, which is kind of strange for an obscure cult zombie flick. There's a trailer, TV spots, radio spots, comprehensive still galleries (of posters, promo shots and production shots), a interview with co-star Luke Halpin and an enjoyable commentary track with Weiderhorn, Alan Ormsby (who did the make-up) and Fred Olen Ray. The picture quality was kind of weak, this only manages to be a step above video in the quality department with so-so clarity and a bunch of grain; but it's the first time the film has been in widescreen and it's been long out-of-print so I understand if the image wasn't so good. Overall I would say that it was average, if you're a hard core horror or zombie fan then you might be interested in watching this, enjoy.
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Achieved The Impossible - Made Me Pray For The End Of A Peter Cushing Film by darklordzden (Australia)  1 Stars
February 22, 2009
Your name is Ken Wiederhorn. You are a first-time director. Amazingly, given that this is your freshman effort, you have acquired a decent budget, a tropical location, a premise that is morbidly interesting and a cast that boasts Peter Cushing, John Carradine, Brooke Adams and, er, the bloke who played the big brother in 'Flipper'. All in all, things are looking pretty good for you. You are young, you are brazen, you are full of micturite and vinegar and you are itching to make your mark. How is it then that you still manage to make one of the most boring films ever to be committed to celluloid? Seriously. How is it even possible to make a film about ship-wreck survivors being menaced by indestructible, underwater, Nazi-zombies on an abandoned tropical island, boring? More importantly, how is it even possible to make a film featuring Peter Cushing, boring? If you want to know, watch this film. But I beg you, please don't. I suffered so that you don't have to. Now there are films that are works of genius; films that are good; films that are decent; films that are watchable; films that are bad but entertaining ('Plan Nine From Outer Space', 'The Zombie Dead'); films that are just plain bad; and then there are films that will virtually cause one to gnaw their own arm off due to the tedium involved in enduring their wretchedness (Romero's 'Diary Of The Dead' is another such film). I'll give you three guesses which category this falls into. The best thing that I can say about it is that it's over in 90 minutes and that Roger Waters used a sample from it on track thirteen of his brilliant 'Amused To Death' album (which, unsurprisingly enough, was tangentially about the detrimental effect of modern media on the human psyche). Apparently, the original negative for this film has been lost for twenty years - I'd argue that this is proof of a loving deity attempting to right a crime of nature against his beloved creation.
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Peter Cushing makes a great scared face Nazi from WWII in 1975's Shock Waves by CraigalsCosmosis (Chicago,IL USA) 5 Stars
December 17, 2008
The Death Corps. are storm troopers killed in action during World War II and part of a Nazi supernatural experiment to create the indestructible soldier out of the most evil men they could find.Using their bodies making them into zombie soldiers.30 years later and a small ship carring a group of vacationers and a 3 man crew have awaken these Nazi zombies.Peter Cushing once commandered these troops,saying they were not able to control the squad,being that they were unpredictable and eratic in nature killing soldiers on their own side.Cushing is the soul occupant on an island they have become shipwrecked on.You can pretty much take it from there.Great soundtrack.Totally creepy atmosphere.Not a lot of blood and gore as this movie doesn't really need these elements to help make this little gem a great horror movie.If you like Peter Cushing ,pick this up.You will thank me for it.The one zombie nazi movie that really counts.Stay away from "Zombie Lake" and "Oasis of Zombies".These two turds came out in 1980 and 1981."Shock Waves" is the one to have in your collection.
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Shock Waves B rated by Michael N. Lam 3 Stars
December 14, 2008
This movie was okay for what I consider a B rated movie. I bought it for my mom, who asked me what I thought of it. She likes those old scary movies.
Sound: The sound thoughout the movie was well placed. No issues.
Scenery: The scenery was marvelous, beautiful natural environment.
Characters: The characters were not believable at all. It was a joke to see these actors in action. I actually had to stop watching because it was so bad, but I finished later on.
Plot: A special forces squad of Nazi SS Zombies are coming to kill you, they were not told their side lost the war.
Price: This movie is worth the low price, especially if you want a laugh.
Overall: I did not like this movie, but my mom loves it. If you like old horror movies that do not deliver, this is for you.
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