A Nazi scientist, wanted as a war criminal, develops a spider serum that turns people into fascist Nazi zombies. A pair of investigators who have devoted their lives to hunting down Nazi war criminals set out to stop him.
Practical Effects
Gloriously gross spider transformation effects that aged like milk.
Acting
George Lazenby's post-Bond career nadir, committed to the bit.
Director
Ernst Ritter von Theumer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Ernst Ritter von Theumer spent the 1970s making German sexploitation films before pivoting to Nazi horror. The casting of Maud Adams (Octopussy) and George Lazenby (On Her Majesty's Secret Service) was deliberate Bond-girl/Bond synergy.
This belongs to a bizarre 1980s micro-genre of 'Nazi zombie' films ( Shock Waves, Oasis of the Zombies, Zombie Lake) that used WWII guilt as cheap horror fuel, mostly produced by European filmmakers for American video markets.
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