Review of Oasis of the Zombies (1982) by Jeremiah T — 16 Sep 2010

Okay, another movie - let's see if this one is better than others...

Oasis of the Zombies starts out well enough (that is two top-heavy girls in shorts stumble into an oasis). As the girls explore, they discover machinery from WWII (including obligatory swastika), suddenly they're attacked by - apparently - zombies (otherwise the movie would be titled something else, right?).

The action shifts to two treasure hunters who kill the only known person to know where $6 million in Nazi gold is hidden - guess where - in the same oasis!

Once again the action shifts to a young man who was the son of the deceased dude who knew where the treasure was. He learns of his father's death who reads his memoirs and leads us into an unnecessary (and LONG)flashback concerning what happened to the Nazis, the Allied soldiers, and the gold.

::: Wakes up :::

Hey, the flashback is over! Now a group of college-age students decide to go after the gold themselves.

So now the 'fun' ensues as the two groups begin to converge on the oasis.

Group one gets there first and begins to look for the gold only to be attacked by the zombies (finally!). You're actually glad that the zombies are attacking because of the sheer boredom. Eventualy, the group one get's eaten up except for one guy. Ok, there isn't much eating actually shown except for the sole woman of the group who is obviously naked at this point with a zombie between her and the camera who is 'eating her flesh'.

Group two meanwhile goes shopping, finds other people, and eventually meets the lone survivor of group one (who actually murdered the young man's father in group two).

If you stopped caring at this point - don't worry, so have I. This movie is difficult to watch. The story is a mess, there's no focus and the zombies look dumb. Even the couple of women in this film are just background characters and do nothing to even maintain our interest (other than 1 brief topless scene). The characters are completely nondescript and frankly there's nothing for the brain to even grasp at - eventually YOU become the zombie.

[i]Eventually, [/i]they get to the oasis and of course zombies attack; but by then you don't care - you're just bitter.

Fun Rating: 2 ([i]Maybe[/i] worth a chuckle to Euro-shlockers but other than that) I can forgive you for giving up on this movie midway thru and I nearly turned the player off. The action happens far too late for anyone to care.

Interest Rating: 1 (honestly, I can't see anyone who would want to purchase this film) If somebody gives it to you I suppose you could tape over it; at least that way it'll be useful again.

Total Rating: 2.