Where do we start with this flick. I can't say that it is a famous German splatter or that the director Oliver Krekel is well known for us geeks. And let me tell you why, this is really bad. First of all, as being a shader/colour grader let me say that the white balance of the camera has so many times a wrong colour temperature and it shows in some shots being two blue in the white level. But not only that, it also shows that it had no budget at all, no extra lighting, so some shots of close-ups are way too dark. And don't let me say anything about the story or the acting. It is just a, sigh, remake of The Fog, here we have also some fog appearing and bringing us some German Nazi soldiers but if you think that Zombielake had some stupid zombies (green faces) then watch these zombies. The effects used are done by computer, I won't say CGI because it looks like commodore 64 basic program. The decapitated head shown is pure done by computer. And clocking in at 61 minutes you think it will start off immediately well forget it, it starts maybe at the 46 minute. This is really really bad but people do hunt it for the supporting acting of Andreas Schnaas (of Violent S*** fame), if he only could have done the effects, whatever, we are left whit this weird thing, go figure it out if you want to see how bad a movie can be and can have a proper release. If you know your way in the bis and can put your own FSK 16 on it, well, a big cheer for you Krekel.
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They don't come any shoddier than that!
t_atzmueller20 October 2010
Warning: Spoilers
The northern coast of Germany, presumably during or after World War 2: six German soldiers are executed and dumped into the ocean. Years later: a young girl named Jenny is suffering from nightmares in which invisible forces chase her through the countryside. She awakes to find herself inside a car, travelling to a holiday house by the coast. With her are three other friends and the driver Philipp (director Krekel himself). A good time is spent talking and driving until they reach their destination, which Krekel would have us believe, is in Denmark. They rent a beach house but, after spending time at the beach and inspecting the nearby village, find the landlord dead. His throat had been cut (why Philipp would inspect the crotch region of the victim remains the writers secret). The friends search the landlords home, finding "ancient documents" and call the police (the victims brother). More time goes by and about halfway through the film, the dead landlord reappears as a zombie. Turns out that Jennys grandfather was responsible for the execution of the six soldiers, who have returned to exact revenge.
It's almost painful to write a description, let alone a full review. The "movie" (if I may call it that) is merely 61 minutes long but if feels more like three or four hours. Nothing happens with the exception of a few horror scenes which, I lie not, are the miserable I've seen in my whole life! Think Ed Wood films; in comparison they look like Orson Wells "Citizen Kane". Think the cheapest and shoddiest German amateur horror-flicks ala Andreas Bethmanns "Angel of Death" or even Andreas Papes "Hunting Creature"; they will come across like James Camerons "Avatar" with less 3-D. Acting is never beyond 3rd graders school play, microphones, editing, lightning, effects are simply non-existent. The few poor special effects like fog, lightning and the decapitation of one of the protagonists, have been created with freeware on a laptop. I'm very certain: they don't come much lower than this! (Well, perhaps there is: Krekel could have used his cello phone camera instead of a video camera).
Director Oliver Krekel (former singer and hot tub salesman) has stressed time and again that this film was "created with film fans for film fans", that the making-of – it took the crew almost ten years to completion – was generally a fun-project, which shouldn't be judged too harshly. And who would I be, to slam the work of dedicated amateurs – if they wouldn't demand money for the purchase of this DVD, going as far as too send copies to numerous fan- and video-magazines to be reviewed.
I like trash, I like Z-movies, and I like it when passionate amateurs make do with what little they have, otherwise gems like Peter Jacksons "Brain Dead" or Joerg Buttgereits "Necromantik" would have never been produced. But we live in a time where virtually anybody and "his stupid brother" (Orson Wells), no matter how free of talent or inspiration, can make movies and insult the senses of a potential audience (and con them out of their hard-earned money). And that is where my support stops! Interestingly anecdote: when the aspiring director handed his film to the FSK, the German authority which determines movies suitability for minors, for rating, his work was classified as fit for high-schoolers. In case you ever run across the 'DVD' – the FSK 16 rating shown has been determined by Krekel himself. Legally it can still be shown at your local puppet theatre.
As always in such cases: 0 points
It's almost painful to write a description, let alone a full review. The "movie" (if I may call it that) is merely 61 minutes long but if feels more like three or four hours. Nothing happens with the exception of a few horror scenes which, I lie not, are the miserable I've seen in my whole life! Think Ed Wood films; in comparison they look like Orson Wells "Citizen Kane". Think the cheapest and shoddiest German amateur horror-flicks ala Andreas Bethmanns "Angel of Death" or even Andreas Papes "Hunting Creature"; they will come across like James Camerons "Avatar" with less 3-D. Acting is never beyond 3rd graders school play, microphones, editing, lightning, effects are simply non-existent. The few poor special effects like fog, lightning and the decapitation of one of the protagonists, have been created with freeware on a laptop. I'm very certain: they don't come much lower than this! (Well, perhaps there is: Krekel could have used his cello phone camera instead of a video camera).
Director Oliver Krekel (former singer and hot tub salesman) has stressed time and again that this film was "created with film fans for film fans", that the making-of – it took the crew almost ten years to completion – was generally a fun-project, which shouldn't be judged too harshly. And who would I be, to slam the work of dedicated amateurs – if they wouldn't demand money for the purchase of this DVD, going as far as too send copies to numerous fan- and video-magazines to be reviewed.
I like trash, I like Z-movies, and I like it when passionate amateurs make do with what little they have, otherwise gems like Peter Jacksons "Brain Dead" or Joerg Buttgereits "Necromantik" would have never been produced. But we live in a time where virtually anybody and "his stupid brother" (Orson Wells), no matter how free of talent or inspiration, can make movies and insult the senses of a potential audience (and con them out of their hard-earned money). And that is where my support stops! Interestingly anecdote: when the aspiring director handed his film to the FSK, the German authority which determines movies suitability for minors, for rating, his work was classified as fit for high-schoolers. In case you ever run across the 'DVD' – the FSK 16 rating shown has been determined by Krekel himself. Legally it can still be shown at your local puppet theatre.
As always in such cases: 0 points
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