Nazi zombies

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Sculptures of Nazi zombies 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 theme as a small subgenre of horror films. [1]

The first Nazi zombie-themed 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 trend of films in the 1970s and 1980s such as Shock Waves , Night of the Zombies , Zombie Lake and Oasis of the Zombies . [3] [4] The increased popularity of the zombie film genre 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 have appeared outside of film as well, featuring in video games such as the Wolfenstein series, Call of Duty series, the Sniper Elite series, [7] and South Park . [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Magilow (2012). Nazisploitation!: The Nazi Image in Low-Brow Cinema and Culture. A&C Black. p. 249. ISBN   978-1441183590.
  2. ↑ Dendle, Peter (2012). The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, Volume 2: 2000-2010. McFarland. p. 69. ISBN   978-0786461639.
  3. 1 2 Magilow (2012). Nazisploitation!: The Nazi Image in Low-Brow Cinema and Culture. A&C Black. p. 72. ISBN   978-1441183590.
  4. ↑ Dendle, Peter (2012). The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, Volume 2: 2000-2010. McFarland. p. 69. ISBN   978-0786461639.
  5. ↑ Magilow, Daniel H.; Silverman, Lisa (2015). Holocaust Representations in History: An Introduction. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 90. ISBN   978-1472513007.
  6. ↑ Ordoña, Michael (November 8, 2018). "'Overlord' promises Nazis and zombies but delivers disappointment". San Francisco Chronicle . Retrieved November 9, 2018.
  7. ↑ Howerton, Ross (June 11, 2019). "Where Do all these Nazi Zombies Even Come from Anyway?". Parallax Media . Retrieved July 28, 2020.
  8. ↑ Walker, John (2014-03-04). "Wot I Think - South Park: The Stick Of Truth". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved 2025-02-15.
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