Synopsis
In telling the story of a cache of German gold--lost in the desert, sought by a group of teenagers, protected by the walking dead--Franco demonstrated his characteristic lack of restraint, shamelessly inserting stock footage from a bigger-budget war picture, allowing his camera to dwell on the worm-eaten orifices of the shriveled undead and, of course, lacing the action with his trademark style of lyrical eroticism. The resulting film is a decadent exercise in grindhouse filmmaking that is more audacious than frightening, illuminating one of the more peculiar facets of Jess Franco's uniquely warped cinema.
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Movie Details
| International Releases: | April 21st, 1982 (Wide), released as L'abîme des morts vivants (France) |
| Video Release: | February 16th, 2013 by Kino Video |
| MPAA Rating: | Not Rated |
| Running Time: | 85 minutes |
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| Source: | Original Screenplay |
| Genre: | Horror |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Historical Fiction |
| Production Countries: | France |
| Languages: | French |