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  • Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
  • Good Bad Flicks enjoys the zombiesploitation film Zombie Lake. Directed by Jean Rollin.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 293

  • @XploitationRR
    @XploitationRR Рік тому +36

    Whenever my friends at university got annoyed at me, they'd call me Zombie Lake because they asked me to bring over a movie and I brought this. They weren't too pleased with my choice :)

  • @guyvizard549
    @guyvizard549 Рік тому +57

    "...the music gets happy so the girls get naked."
    God, I miss the 80s.

    • @GoodBadFlicks
      @GoodBadFlicks  Рік тому +19

      It was a magical time

    • @shallendor
      @shallendor Рік тому +6

      The 80's were the best time to be a teen!

    • @bZman
      @bZman Рік тому +7

      Get the Delorean boys we gotta go back!

    • @guyvizard549
      @guyvizard549 Рік тому +9

      @@bZman Where we're going, we don't need... clothes.

  • @cannibalchainsaw
    @cannibalchainsaw Рік тому +24

    The Orson Welles bit totally cracked me up.

  • @docsamson198
    @docsamson198 Рік тому +76

    The opening scene with so much abundant, graphic nudity was more riveting than the beginning of The Dark Knight. Thanks, Cecil.

  • @ptittannique5621
    @ptittannique5621 Рік тому +15

    This is a cult classic of French exploitation! Apparently, they had to film it with a defective camera that filmed at irregular speeds, so the actors had to play either a little fast or a little slow to compensate. Also, they hired local actors with very heavy local accents, making some lines of dialogue completely unintelligible to most French speakers (during the mob scene, an actor sounds like he exclaims the meaningless word "Promizoulin!", which became a cult line to French-speaking aficionados of the genre).
    Actor Howard Vernon, a Jess Franco regular, apparently later said that they might as well have skipped shooting this with film, and just straight-up use toilet paper in the camera instead. Now if *that's* not a resounding endorsement, I don't know what is!
    Great video as always, Cecil--I'm very happy you covered this one!

    • @Vasterien
      @Vasterien Рік тому +1

      Promizoulin, on les aura !

    • @ptittannique5621
      @ptittannique5621 Рік тому +4

      @@Vasterien Proumizoulin, camarade ! On va leur botter le squeele !

    • @GoodBadFlicks
      @GoodBadFlicks  Рік тому +3

      Thanks for the extra info! :)

  • @deansalmon1773
    @deansalmon1773 Рік тому +7

    The alien gargoyle is in a church in Scotland. It’s a listed building and they actually passed the gargoyle off in planning so it is actually meant to be there

  • @hotel283
    @hotel283 Рік тому +135

    To be fair, once you start with 'lesbian vampires' you've got half a script right there. Efficient film making.

    • @vtr0104
      @vtr0104 Рік тому +16

      My only complaint about Zombie Lake was that there were absolutely 0 lesbian vampires in it. 1/5 stars :|

    • @Eisenwulf666
      @Eisenwulf666 Рік тому +6

      i think that's a vision we can all respect, frankly. Need to watch more movies by him...for research purposes.

    • @ruffusgoodman4137
      @ruffusgoodman4137 Рік тому +5

      And this theme also connects to sex! And undead! And nudity!
      This director was simply leaning to his usual working tools

  • @jimhaverlock9784
    @jimhaverlock9784 Рік тому +87

    The fact that they had one idea for this movie and filmed it twice is fantastic

  • @AkuTenshiiZero
    @AkuTenshiiZero Рік тому +10

    I love how when the zombie is endlessly gnawing on that woman's neck, there is VERY CLEARLY no wounds whatsoever. Like he even pulls back and the camera has a full view of her very stained but otherwise unblemished neck.

  • @wopjohn
    @wopjohn Рік тому +16

    The girl was born during WW2 and is 10. Making it in 1950s. Yet the cheerleader bus is from the 60s or 70s

    • @davidrenton
      @davidrenton 11 місяців тому +1

      they where a mostly naked French Ladies Basketball team around 1955, checks out.

  • @christophefoltzer2744
    @christophefoltzer2744 Рік тому +28

    Proud to see our most important director in horror genre on Good Bad Flicks. Even if it's for Zombie Lake.

    • @GoodBadFlicks
      @GoodBadFlicks  Рік тому +16

      I'm kind of surprised its taken so long to get to a Rollin film

  • @rapidrevolver420
    @rapidrevolver420 Рік тому +7

    Now they'll never get that smell out of the fish 🤣

  • @wimvanderstraeten6521
    @wimvanderstraeten6521 Рік тому +17

    Given the apparent age of the soldier's daughter the movie should be set during the Fifties, yet all the characters are obviously wearing contemporary clothes.

  • @Vile_Entity_3545
    @Vile_Entity_3545 Рік тому +32

    You can’t beat the comedic narration.
    Good bad flicks is the best.

  • @robertjohnson9187
    @robertjohnson9187 Рік тому +13

    They really missed an opportunity by not having the daughter and her zombie dad playing at a park

  • @jacobwebb2623
    @jacobwebb2623 Рік тому +38

    This was one of the most confusing zombie movies I have ever seen, great review!

  • @anotheratheist
    @anotheratheist Рік тому +12

    3:31 Cecil‘s right. The mayor‘s pay must be great if he can afford a personal statue of the Xenomorph from Alien by H.R. Giger himself.

    • @ikmor
      @ikmor Рік тому +2

      Went to comment on this. 😄

    • @MandleRoss
      @MandleRoss Рік тому +2

      Hahahaha, although I think, in real life, that Xenomorph gargoyle was put on a church somewhere by a bunch of prankster stonemasons while renovating the exterior. The church staff had a sense of humor and kept it. That's the story I read anyway.

  • @Mjolnir877
    @Mjolnir877 Рік тому +15

    Never a bad time for an Old Country Buffet joke.

  • @sogawa7
    @sogawa7 Рік тому +8

    Jean Rollin's work is very loose, but perhaps because he's a professional photographer, the composition is elaborate and full of girlish tastes, so I watch it to the end. Though I fall asleep several times.

  • @thanosandnobill3789
    @thanosandnobill3789 Рік тому +18

    The quality consistency of your videos is top notch my friend. You are easily one of my favorite youtubers for more than 7 years!

  • @clintmcbride7830
    @clintmcbride7830 Рік тому +14

    "now they'll never get that smell out of the fish" has made my day. Thank you Cecil.

  • @thogren
    @thogren Рік тому +15

    You make such a bad movie so entertaining! Thank you for your dedication and work!

  • @RavenHouseMystery
    @RavenHouseMystery Рік тому +4

    Great job on the review, Cecil. This must be the only film to feature a sympathetic character who is both a Nazi and a zombie. I've actually seen Oasis Of The Zombies (I remember the title), but it was so long ago, I can't remember much. I am a big fan of "Shock Waves" (1977), which also features underwater Nazi zombies.

  • @big3ye378
    @big3ye378 Місяць тому +1

    The zombie with a heart of gold :) ... almost teared up

  • @NathanTarantlawriter
    @NathanTarantlawriter Місяць тому +1

    Nice touch with the music from Romer's Dawn of the Dead! That made me smile! So jaunty, perfect for zombie shoppers and diners!

  • @stillhuntre55
    @stillhuntre55 Рік тому +6

    I first heard of this movie when the Dark Corners Reviews channel gave it their customary hilarious "review", so when I saw you had done it, I HAD to see the fun continue!

  • @GoTakeADrive
    @GoTakeADrive Рік тому +4

    Tasty Hoots only 1 minute into the film?
    Sign me up!

  • @SuperTiaanBro
    @SuperTiaanBro Рік тому +11

    Old, low budget French, Spanish, or Italian horror films are so good, even if they’re terrible.

    • @davidrenton
      @davidrenton 11 місяців тому

      same i love Rollins work and and the eurotrash 70's,80's horror's such as the various Zombi and Demons movies

  • @saint23saint
    @saint23saint Рік тому +4

    This movie features a time traveling women’s sports team from the 80’s! A classic because how bazaar it is!

  • @Gabreya
    @Gabreya Рік тому +6

    This is definitely one weird zombie film. On the one hand, it wants to be a gory and raunchy sexploitation film. And on the other hand, it wants to be a tragic tale of love, loss, and a father's love for his child from beyond the grave. Actually, I don't mind the zombie father plot point. It's surprisingly heartwarming. Like the "Nightmare Weekend" film, this film could use some proper storytelling, characterization, and editing.

  • @Kenjitsuka
    @Kenjitsuka Рік тому +2

    Transformers: even mayors love quoting them!

  • @fletchkeilman2205
    @fletchkeilman2205 Рік тому +3

    keep in mind that this WAS going to be a Jess Franco film at first. I'd be happy to see you review Rollin's Grapes Of Death

  • @JoeDredd2012
    @JoeDredd2012 Рік тому +3

    0:45 😂😂😂😂😂
    2:22 DAMN!! Not even any of the George Romeo zombie flicks go that long Cecil EWW!!
    Another funny installment Cecil👍👍

  • @zombiTrout
    @zombiTrout Рік тому +2

    One thing I learned by watching this film was that WW2 ended in the early 70’s.

  • @cameltrophy3
    @cameltrophy3 Рік тому +3

    Oh my God. You did Zombie Lake. I went to a small college prep high school. We lived on campus, and our professors did too. They were in charge of us. On weekends they would always show a double feature movie in the auditorium. If the professor who had duty that weekend did not want to stay up and show the second movie, they would always put on Zombie Lake thinking no one would stay to watch. BUT we all came to love this terrible movie and would always stay until the end just to mess with the tired professor. There is T&A, but it is such a terrible movie it didn't matter. I think about a very simple time in life when I think about Zombie Lake.

  • @fletchkeilman2205
    @fletchkeilman2205 Рік тому +1

    I will say this. Growing up, and seeing the wizard video box art for these films in the horror section, I was scared s*******. The artwork is so much better than the actual films. In fact, I think I just wanted to see those films simply because I was fascinated with the box art. I eventually saw condensed versions of these two films in wizard videos zombie-thon compilation. Believe it came out about 1984 or 1985, and it had quite a few 5 to 10 minutes segments of the living Dead films. Essentially, each one was just all the really good parts of each film, whether it be the nudity or the gore.

  • @pontiusporcius8430
    @pontiusporcius8430 Рік тому +2

    Awesome german opera reference there with the magic bullet.

  • @DrQuagmire1
    @DrQuagmire1 Рік тому +3

    @GoodBadFlicks:
    "Somebody had Taco Bell"........
    HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

  • @EricLinstone
    @EricLinstone Рік тому +1

    The Xenomorph gargoyle. Awesome. 🤣

  • @Estorium
    @Estorium Рік тому +4

    Good timing on this video Cecil. I was just taking a break from playing the RE2 remake, and this video pops up. Watching an awesome video on a cheap-ass zombie movie, while taking a break from a zombie game. Thanks!

  • @nooctip
    @nooctip Рік тому +3

    "Your town is being attacked by Nazi zombies. Why didn't you call for help?"
    "No one would believe us."
    "Please this is a Franco film. Yours is the third town attacked this week."

  • @weslittlereptilefamily3418
    @weslittlereptilefamily3418 Рік тому +2

    These regular uploads make me so happy, Cecil

  • @dfailsthemost
    @dfailsthemost Рік тому +1

    "Some time later...War." hahaha

  • @horgh_japan
    @horgh_japan Рік тому +7

    Les Raisins de la Mort remains Rollin's best work in my opinion, yet it has no real lesbian vampires. It does have the OTHER infamous Rolling trope - nude Brigitte Lahaie. Also, Rollin ended up doing adult movies in the 80's under various pseudonyms to make money after offers for regular ones started slowing down. Some friends of mine saw him at Montreal's Fantasia Festival a few years before his death and he didn't appreciate the questions about directing adult movies.

  • @alecsnider3225
    @alecsnider3225 Рік тому +3

    Awww... I want a house with a stone xenomorph.

  • @Haplo699g
    @Haplo699g Рік тому +1

    No joke specifically about the Xenomorph coming out of the mayor's place??? I don't know whether to be proud or disappointed! LOL

    • @GoodBadFlicks
      @GoodBadFlicks  Рік тому +1

      I put that in there, its from a castle in Scotland. I guess I made it TOO believable

    • @Haplo699g
      @Haplo699g Рік тому +1

      @@GoodBadFlicks Good job! Fooled the heck out of me! LOL

  • @russbennett5470
    @russbennett5470 Рік тому +2

    “Clown car full of cheerleaders”. ……yeah that’s getting added to the bucket list of depravity

  • @TheRealNormanBates
    @TheRealNormanBates Рік тому +1

    5:30 she lost the will to live?
    5:44 the mayor really says “Yes, you could call it the damned lake of the damned.”

  • @kuges8146
    @kuges8146 Рік тому

    And reminded of the movie "Shock Waves" that was shown on one of the Saturday double features in the 80's!

  • @guyvizard549
    @guyvizard549 Рік тому +4

    Was that a xenomorph gargoyle? Pretty awesome.

    • @Mjolnir877
      @Mjolnir877 Рік тому +1

      It's on Paisley Abbey in Scotland. It was put in place in 1991 to replace one of the original ones that was too damaged to repair.

    • @otaking3582
      @otaking3582 Рік тому +3

      Apparently the owner had hired someone to make some "contemporary new designs" since there weren't any drawings for reference. One of the sketches proposed was of a Xenomorph, and the designer was surprised when it was actually okayed.

  • @captainboyband8442
    @captainboyband8442 Рік тому +1

    Oh my god! This is one of my favorite crappy zombie movies! I even bought the DVD that works sometimes in a few DVD players. I'm just starting this vid so I can only hope you mention the pantsless zombie coming out of the lake! priceless!

  • @dreamersdisease2481
    @dreamersdisease2481 Рік тому +4

    Greatest movie review channel. Cecil rules Pennsylvania.

  • @ObiClon
    @ObiClon Рік тому +1

    Gonna have to look this movie up

  • @billrules8716
    @billrules8716 Рік тому +3

    Instant "like" for the Transformers joke! That had me dying!!! lol

  • @Highice007
    @Highice007 Рік тому +1

    OMG! Stardewv Valley shoutout! Respect!

  • @Vile_Entity_3545
    @Vile_Entity_3545 Рік тому +2

    A bit like Shockwaves starring Peter Cushing with the strange goggled eyed zombies coming out of the water.

  • @BusStopProductions.
    @BusStopProductions. Рік тому

    I, remember seeing The Clam Box V.H.S. of this film in the local Video Store

  • @DaBoff858
    @DaBoff858 Рік тому

    3:31 hmm looks like a Xenomorph to me lol Love the video man... cant wait to see you do The Gate or Highway to He Double Hockey sticks

  • @dbsommers1
    @dbsommers1 Рік тому

    Stumbled on this one night. Felt the same way.

  • @drummerdaver
    @drummerdaver Рік тому +1

    I always wondered how the daughter was born 10 years ago, but when the zombie father came back she hadn’t aged a day

  • @alexforce9
    @alexforce9 Рік тому +4

    So I stopped the video to go check the nudity of the first scene, after the "video she can show her gynecologist". And honestly it was wholesome lol. She was totally comfortable being naked, and pretty decent swimmer too. It was adorable.

    • @GoodBadFlicks
      @GoodBadFlicks  Рік тому +3

      There are several versions out there, I wonder which one you saw. The one I have she is obviously comfortable but you can see...um...way up there.

    • @alexforce9
      @alexforce9 Рік тому

      @@GoodBadFlicks Maybe it was directors cut or something 😆

  • @wstine79
    @wstine79 Рік тому +2

    I found out about this movie when clips of it were shown in "Meatballs 2."

  • @ianrangers
    @ianrangers Рік тому +2

    Video Nasty here in the U.K. under the section 3 list 😂

    • @Rando1975
      @Rando1975 Рік тому

      Which is bizarre, since the "gore" is laughable.

  • @ve2vfd
    @ve2vfd Рік тому +1

    Oh wow... "Le lac des morts vivants"! I haven't seen that movie in ages. It used to play now and then on late night TV here (and being french Canadian TV, it aired with boobs and all). Crappy but fun movie.

  • @everfreebrumby8385
    @everfreebrumby8385 Рік тому +1

    This reminds me of 1977 ‘Shock Waves’.

  • @Scatscar1985
    @Scatscar1985 Рік тому +1

    Jean Rollin's "Lesbian Vampire Killers" would be very different!

  • @neyaralbator1834
    @neyaralbator1834 Рік тому +1

    Cudos for the subtitles. They are good. 3:31 wait an alien statue among the gargoyles?

    • @GoodBadFlicks
      @GoodBadFlicks  Рік тому +1

      Subs > Dubs. Also yes, that is a Xenomorph from a castle in Scotland.

  • @frodomolecule779
    @frodomolecule779 Рік тому +1

    3:18
    - Hey Clownface.

  • @MandleRoss
    @MandleRoss Рік тому

    6:40 I thought for a second there that we cut to a scene of Mel Brooks in his office in Blazing Saddles.

  • @civilizedsatyr
    @civilizedsatyr Рік тому +1

    The zombie looks like Rex Reed!

  • @QuickAlbumReviews
    @QuickAlbumReviews Рік тому +1

    That "what an idiot" comment got me good.

  • @vegetta00
    @vegetta00 Рік тому +1

    I was expecting you to talk about the behind the scenes production a bit more.

  • @paulaburrows8660
    @paulaburrows8660 Рік тому

    I always remember seeing this on the shelf in my local video shop when I was a nipper.

  • @scottmcfadyen293
    @scottmcfadyen293 Рік тому +1

    This reminds me of a series of films i can across by accident - Rape Zombie The Lust Of The Dead parts 1-5.
    Completely nuts !

  • @avantgardeschizophrenic1293
    @avantgardeschizophrenic1293 Рік тому +3

    This is my first experience with seeing boobs, I was 13 and this had been added to Netflix, truly a wild ass flick

    • @nonilazuli6150
      @nonilazuli6150 Рік тому

      LMFAO I though I was the only one who had this movie when it was on netflix as their first time seeing nudity

  • @matthewconstantine5015
    @matthewconstantine5015 Рік тому +3

    Oh, Jean Rollin. The no-budget, French, (sometimes) soft-core Terrence Malick.
    "Plot? Character development? No. We need meandering shots and nonsensical (often pretentious) dialog. Oh, and naked vampire ladies. Yes. Lots of naked vampire ladies. OK. They don't HAVE to be vampires."

  • @racheledwards2352
    @racheledwards2352 Рік тому +1

    OMG, this movie

  • @getphuckedinjapan
    @getphuckedinjapan Рік тому +1

    We know a remote farm in Lincolnshire, where Mrs. Buckley lives; every July, peas grow there..

  • @kirbymarchbarcena
    @kirbymarchbarcena Рік тому

    @3:32
    Hey, that's my cousin, Vinny!
    - A Xenomorph, 2022

  • @avidwriter2882
    @avidwriter2882 Рік тому +2

    With a directing history like THAT this is the one movie he is ashamed of? -_-

  • @300DBenz
    @300DBenz Рік тому +1

    Wait a second! I think that Xenomorph gargoyle wasn’t really in the movie! Been bamboozled!

    • @GoodBadFlicks
      @GoodBadFlicks  Рік тому

      No, I mixed that on there. Its from a castle in Scotland.

  • @JuliusCaminus
    @JuliusCaminus Рік тому

    At 3:31, apparently that totally-not-a-xenomorph gargoyle was added to a Scottish abbey in the '90s during some restoration work where several of the gargoyles were replaced. I guess the filmmakers got some b-roll there and either recognised it and wanted in on the joke or just thought it looked weird and wanted it in their picture.

  • @jokerz7936
    @jokerz7936 Рік тому +2

    When did WW2 happen in this world? Because the "Present Day" didn't look like the 50's.

  • @lisakeitel3957
    @lisakeitel3957 10 місяців тому

    I have seen a lot of your videos and non are about those vampire movies you mention at the end.

  • @quinnzykir
    @quinnzykir Рік тому +1

    So it’s 1950s France. But everyone acts like it’s 60s if Columbo did weed

  • @mattchew6426
    @mattchew6426 Рік тому

    I can dig it...

  • @c-secofficer123
    @c-secofficer123 Рік тому

    GOOD! BAAAD..Flickssssssssssss

  • @isoldmysoulforanime7163
    @isoldmysoulforanime7163 Рік тому +1

    Favorite time of year to watch this channel!

  • @jackmackakaheavyguyhaiku545

    While I have yet to see this film yet, I did see Oasis Of The Zaniness. I kinda liked it.

  • @ChaosTicket
    @ChaosTicket Рік тому +1

    Ever hear of a film called Shock Waves? Ive never seen it but its a film of Nazi Zombie Sea-Commandos watched over by Peter Cushing.

  • @davidrenton
    @davidrenton 11 місяців тому

    during the 80's UK TV had a lot of French films , as a teenager i become quite versed in them and their unique take on the female form of course i was always interested in the dialogue, story, wot not.

  • @judsongaiden9878
    @judsongaiden9878 Рік тому +1

    Ackchyually, the Wehrmacht weren't part of the Nazi Party. Case in point, Hugo Stiglitz (the character, not the actor). Still, they did wear the insignia.
    8:35 Well, that's an interesting twist. Ironic when you consider how often people use the term "zombie apocalypse" (which is a misnomer).
    8:39 That's not what "Apocalypse" means, especially when it's capitalized. In the original Greek, it means "Revelation." The original definitions of words should always override their common (mis)usage. See also "Armageddon" which specifically means "war at Megiddo" (which means the movie 'Armageddon' has less than nothing to do with Armageddon).

  • @SonicfanTheNightfury5099
    @SonicfanTheNightfury5099 Рік тому +1

    9:32 Hehehehe 😂

  • @jazcc
    @jazcc Рік тому

    I think I saw the actor who played mayor in Dagon. I think he’s the hotel check in guy. Ah this was a French and Spanish so yeah it has to be the same actor.

  • @danielbretall2236
    @danielbretall2236 Рік тому +2

    This was supposed to be Tchaikovskys follow up to Swan Lake, but unfortunately he died before finishing writing it... and Roger Corman took over.

  • @otaking3582
    @otaking3582 Рік тому +2

    A lake with a zombie in it?
    Is it located in New Jersey, and has anyone spotted any hockey masks nearby?

  • @dukedoomASMR
    @dukedoomASMR Рік тому

    The guy who dont fight back is Jean Rollin himself lol

  • @dgulag3733
    @dgulag3733 Рік тому +2

    "ah, the French"

  • @user-jn7tc3tp2x
    @user-jn7tc3tp2x Рік тому +1

    Please do Judge Dredd - 1995 and Johnny Mnemonic - 1995!!

  • @gregoryvn3
    @gregoryvn3 Рік тому +1

    Thumbs up for the possibility of lesbian vampires! Improves most anything.
    I bust up laughing at the sudden Transformers cartoon scene change music. 😁