''Hell Hunters'' is a 1988
horror film
Horror is a film genre that seeks to elicit fear or disgust in its audience for entertainment purposes.
Horror films often explore dark subject matter and may deal with transgressive topics or themes. Broad elements include monsters, apo ...
produced and directed by , and starring
Maud Adams
Maud Adams (born Maud Solveig Christina Wikström; 12 February 1945) is a Swedish actress and model, known for her roles as two different Bond girls, first in '' The Man with the Golden Gun'' (1974) and then as the eponymous character in ''Oct ...
,
George Lazenby
George Robert Lazenby (; born 5 September 1939) is an Australian actor. He was the second actor to portray fictional British secret agent James Bond in the Eon Productions film series, playing the character in ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service' ...
and
Stewart Granger
Stewart Granger (born James Lablache Stewart; 6 May 1913 – 16 August 1993) was a British film actor, mainly associated with heroic and romantic leading roles. He was a popular leading man from the 1940s to the early 1960s, rising to fame thr ...
.
Plot
A
Nazi
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war criminal
mad scientist
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creates a spider serum which turns people into
Nazi zombies
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 ...
. A team of investigators that have devoted their lives hunting Nazi
war criminals endeavor to stop him.
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Cast
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Maud Adams
Maud Adams (born Maud Solveig Christina Wikström; 12 February 1945) is a Swedish actress and model, known for her roles as two different Bond girls, first in '' The Man with the Golden Gun'' (1974) and then as the eponymous character in ''Oct ...
as ''Amanda''
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Stewart Granger
Stewart Granger (born James Lablache Stewart; 6 May 1913 – 16 August 1993) was a British film actor, mainly associated with heroic and romantic leading roles. He was a popular leading man from the 1940s to the early 1960s, rising to fame thr ...
as ''Martin Hoffmann''
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Candice Daly as ''Ally''
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Rômulo Arantes
Rômulo Duncan Arantes Filho (usually Rômulo Arantes; June 12, 1957 – June 10, 2000) was a Brazilian swimmer and actor. He won a bronze medal in the 100-metre backstroke at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships and four medals at the Universi ...
as ''Tonio''
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Russ McCubbin
Julian Russell McCubbin (January 16, 1935 – June 28, 2018) was an American television and film actor and stunt man. He is best known for his work on ''Sudden Impact'' (1983) and ''High Plains Drifter'' (1973).
Early life
As a teenager, he ex ...
as ''Kong''
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George Lazenby
George Robert Lazenby (; born 5 September 1939) is an Australian actor. He was the second actor to portray fictional British secret agent James Bond in the Eon Productions film series, playing the character in ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service' ...
as ''Heinrich''
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Eduardo Conde
Eduardo Conde (April 9, 1948 – January 16, 2003) was a Brazilian singer and actor.
He portrayed Jesus Christ Superstar in Brazil in the 1970s, and a journalist in the movie '' The Emerald Forest'' in 1985. He was married to model and actress ...
as ''El Pasado''
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William Berger as ''Karl''
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Herb Andress
Herb Andress (January 10, 1935, in Bad Goisern – April 8, 2004, in Munich), born Herbert Andreas Greunz, was an Austrian film and television actor, known particularly for his roles in the Rainer Werner Fassbinder film ''Lili Marleen'' (1981) ...
as ''Johann''
Release
Home media
It was announced on June 1, 2016 that
Film Chest would be releasing the film for the first time on
DVD
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later that year. The DVD included a fully restored
HD version of the film taken from its original 35mm print.
Film Chest released the film on DVD on July 5, 2016.
References
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1988 films
1980s action horror films
1988 horror films
1980s science fiction horror films
1988 thriller films
Mad scientist films
Films about Nazi hunters
American action horror films
American horror thriller films
American science fiction horror films
American zombie films
1980s English-language films
English-language German films
West German films
German action horror films
German science fiction horror films
Nazi zombie films
1980s American films
1980s German films
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