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Shock Waves is a american film of genre Science fiction directed by Ken Wiederhorn released in USA on 15 july 1977 with Peter Cushing
Shock Waves (1977)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 15 july 1977
Length 1h25
Directed by Ken Wiederhorn
OriginUSA
Themes Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Political films, Disaster films
Rating54%
Shock Waves, (alternate titles: Almost Human (UK), Death Corps), is a 1977 horror movie written and directed by Ken Wiederhorn. A group of tourists encounter aquatic Nazi zombies when they become shipwrecked. It stars Peter Cushing as a former SS commander, Brooke Adams as a tourist, and John Carradine as the captain of the tourists' boat.
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The film opens as Rose is found drifting alone in a small rowboat. Two fishermen find the dinghy and pull her onto their boat, barely alive and in a horrible state. Her voiceover indicates she had been rescued from some terrifying experience. The film's events are flashbacks.Actors
Peter Cushing
(SS Commander)
Brooke Adams
(Rose)
John Carradine
(Captain)
Luke Halpin
(Keith)
Fred Olen Ray
(Zombie (uncredited))
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