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]
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]
- ^ Magilow (2012). Nazisploitation!: The Nazi Image in Low-Brow Cinema and Culture. A&C Black. p. 249. ISBN 978-1441183590.
- ^ Dendle, Peter (2012). The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, Volume 2: 2000-2010. McFarland. p. 69. ISBN 978-0786461639.
- ^ a b Magilow (2012). Nazisploitation!: The Nazi Image in Low-Brow Cinema and Culture. A&C Black. p. 72. ISBN 978-1441183590.
- ^ Dendle, Peter (2012). The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, Volume 2: 2000-2010. McFarland. p. 69. ISBN 978-0786461639.
- ^ Magilow, Daniel H.; Silverman, Lisa (2015). Holocaust Representations in History: An Introduction. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 90. ISBN 978-1472513007.
- ^ Ordoña, Michael (November 8, 2018). "'Overlord' promises Nazis and zombies but delivers disappointment". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
- ^ Howerton, Ross (June 11, 2019). "Where Do all these Nazi Zombies Even Come from Anyway?". Parallax Media. Retrieved July 28, 2020.