''Hell Hunters'' is a 1988
horror film
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produced and directed by , and starring
Maud Adams
Maud Solveig Christina Adams (née Wikström; 12 February 1945) is a Swedish actress and model, best known for her roles as two different Bond girls, first in '' The Man with the Golden Gun'' (1974) and then as the title character in ''Octopus ...
,
George Lazenby
George Robert Lazenby (; born 5 September 1939) is an Australian retired actor. Lazenby began his professional career as a model and had only acted in commercials when he was cast to replace the original James Bond actor, Sean Connery, playing ...
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. A team of investigators that have devoted their lives hunting Nazi
war criminals
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endeavor to stop him.
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Cast
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Maud Adams
Maud Solveig Christina Adams (née Wikström; 12 February 1945) is a Swedish actress and model, best known for her roles as two different Bond girls, first in '' The Man with the Golden Gun'' (1974) and then as the title character in ''Octopus ...
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 as ''Tonio''
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Russ McCubbin as ''Kong''
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George Lazenby
George Robert Lazenby (; born 5 September 1939) is an Australian retired actor. Lazenby began his professional career as a model and had only acted in commercials when he was cast to replace the original James Bond actor, Sean Connery, playing ...
as ''Heinrich''
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Eduardo Conde as ''El Pasado''
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William Berger as ''Karl''
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Herb Andress 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
American 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
1988 science fiction films
English-language action horror films
English-language science fiction horror films
English-language thriller films
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