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Nazi zombies are common in art and popular culture. Here they can be seen in an art exhibition by Jake and Dinos Chapman.

Nazi zombies are a horror trope found in films, video games, and comic books. Nazi zombie narratives usually feature undead Nazi soldiers resurrected to fight for the Third Reich. The book Nazisploitation!: The Nazi Image in Low-Brow Cinema and Culture described the genre as a small theme of horror films. [1]

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The first Nazi zombies films King of the Zombies and Revenge of the Zombies were produced during World War II. [2] Nazisploitation began to appear concurrently in other film subgenres. [3] These include a mini-invasion of Nazi zombie films such as Shock Waves , Night of the Zombies , Zombie Lake and Oasis of the Zombies . [3] [4] The increased popularity of the zombie film in the 2000s increased interest in the Nazi zombie subgenre, with films such as Horrors of War , Dead Snow , and Frankenstein's Army . [5] More modern films such as Overlord , continue the Nazi zombie film genre. [6] Nazi Zombies also feature in the Wolfenstein series, Call of Duty series, and Sniper Elite series of video games. [7]

Selected media featuring Nazi zombies

Films

TitleDirectorYearNotesRef.
King of the Zombies Jean Yarbrough 1941 [8] [9]
Revenge of the Zombies Steve Sekely 1943 [10] [9]
They Saved Hitler's Brain David Bradley 1963Also known as The Madmen of Mandoras [11] [12]
The Frozen Dead Herbert J. Leder 1966 [13] [14]
Shock Waves Ken Wiederhorn 1977 [15]
Zombie Lake Julian de and Jean Rollin 1981 [16] [17] [18]
Night of the Zombies Joel M. Reed 1981 [3]
Oasis of the Zombies Jesús Franco 1982 [19]
Hard Rock Zombies Krishna Shah 1985 [20]
Devil Story Bernard Launois 1986 [21] [22]
The Ginseng King Chu-Chin Wang1989 [23]
Operation Nazi Zombies David B. Steart III2003Also known as Maplewood [24] [ unreliable source? ] [25]
Horrors of War Peter John Ross and John Witney2006 [26]
Outpost Steve Barker 2008 [27]
Dead Snow Tommy Wirkola 2009 [28] [29]
First Squad Ashino2009 [30] [31]
War of the Dead Marko Makilaakso 2011 [32]
Attack of the Herbals David Ryan Keith2011 [33]
Outpost: Black Sun Steve Barker 2012 [34]
Nazi Zombie Death Tales Pat Higgins 2013Also known as Angry Nazi Zombies [35]
Outpost: Rise of the Spetsnaz Steve Barker 2013 [36]
Frankenstein's Army Richard Raaphorst2013 [36]
Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead Tommy Wirkola 2014 [37]
Zombie Massacre 2: Reich of the Dead Luca Boni and Marco Ristori2015 [38]
Overlord Julius Avery 2018 [6]

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