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A brief history of the horror film by Jon Towlson, the author of Subversive Horror Cinema: Countercultural Messages of Films from Frankenstein to the Present (McFarland & Co, 2014)
3. Plot
• An unknown unit of dead Nazi soldiers is
discovered, all who were part of an experiment
during World War II in which they were
purposely infected with a parasitic disease
causing their bodies to rise from the dead and
consume all living things to survive.
• After an eclipse, these soldiers rise from their
graves and begin to spread the disease by eating
humans, which then in turn after death will also
rise.
• A pandemic breaks out as these Nazi “Zombies”
are discovered all over Europe and the disease
begins to spread rapidly.
4. Opening Scene Plan
• Opening Scene depicts the events of the rising of
the dead. The scene follows a group of teenagers
who find a german Luger (WWII handgun) whilst
lurking around an old battleground. The eclipse
begins and the dead begin to rise, and the
confused and scarred characters try to escape.
• The scene will show a variety of shots of the area
after the event, and then cut back to the actual
event which will explain it. E.g. A shot is shown of
the handgun laying on the floor; cuts back to
show the teenagers run out of ammo, and drop
the handgun on the floor before running.