Zombie Lake
aka
Zombies Lake
The Lake of the Living Dead
Le lac des morts Vivants
Zombie Lake, known in the original French as Le Lac des Morts Vivants
(English: "The Lake of the Living Dead"), is a 1981 zombie horror film
directed by Jean Rollin (under the name J.A. Laser).
Jess Franco is reported to have abandoned the project just before filming
began. Jess is nonetheless credited for the script(as A.L. Mariaux), which
is supposedly based on a story by Julián Esteban. Accordingly, Jean Rollin
was brought in at the last minute to replace Franco, and had only two weeks
to bring the film togetherThe film is considered Rollin's worst film ever.
Apparently, Rollin felt so embarrassed by the film he had not admitted
for years he directed it under his alternative name J.A. Laser.
In a small lakeside hamlet in the verdant of French countryside, young
women are disappearing without a trace. The superstitious locals blame
"The Lake of Ghosts", because of the lake's haunting past, but the town's
mayor (Howard Vernon) seems reluctant, or powerless to take any action. When
another woman is found dead near the lake, with her throat ripped out, a Paris
reporter comes to town and soon discovers that the lake harbours a terrible
secret dating back to World War II. It is then a group of local Resistance
fighters take action against a troop of Nazi soldiers invading their town, as
they have come back from the dead. And now, whenever the waters at "The Lake
of Ghosts" are disturbed, the dead will rise.
(source)
aka
Zombies Lake
The Lake of the Living Dead
Le lac des morts Vivants
Zombie Lake, known in the original French as Le Lac des Morts Vivants
(English: "The Lake of the Living Dead"), is a 1981 zombie horror film
directed by Jean Rollin (under the name J.A. Laser).
Jess Franco is reported to have abandoned the project just before filming
began. Jess is nonetheless credited for the script(as A.L. Mariaux), which
is supposedly based on a story by Julián Esteban. Accordingly, Jean Rollin
was brought in at the last minute to replace Franco, and had only two weeks
to bring the film togetherThe film is considered Rollin's worst film ever.
Apparently, Rollin felt so embarrassed by the film he had not admitted
for years he directed it under his alternative name J.A. Laser.
In a small lakeside hamlet in the verdant of French countryside, young
women are disappearing without a trace. The superstitious locals blame
"The Lake of Ghosts", because of the lake's haunting past, but the town's
mayor (Howard Vernon) seems reluctant, or powerless to take any action. When
another woman is found dead near the lake, with her throat ripped out, a Paris
reporter comes to town and soon discovers that the lake harbours a terrible
secret dating back to World War II. It is then a group of local Resistance
fighters take action against a troop of Nazi soldiers invading their town, as
they have come back from the dead. And now, whenever the waters at "The Lake
of Ghosts" are disturbed, the dead will rise.
(source)
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