Shock Waves (1977)

★★1/2

When their ship hits a strange “reef” while on their vacation, a group of tourists wind up on a seemingly abandoned remote island. But they soon discover that the island is inhabited by a Nazi scientist who went into exile at the end of World War II, taking with him his army of Nazi zombie supersoldiers. Now the group must find a way to fix their boat and evacuate the island before the ocean becomes their grave. I give a definite A for atmosphere and mood and general creativity for the zombies but the rest of the movie falls flat. It’s long, drawn out and not too much interesting stuff happens. If the mood were able to salvage this film, it would have been worth seeing. Otherwise, it’s forgettable.

Dark Tower (1989)

★★☆☆☆

When a mysterious death occurs on the construction of a vast skyscraper, authorities believe that it was an accident. However, detective Dennis Randall believes otherwise, he believes that the tower is being haunted by a ghost and soon discovers that this ghost is attracted to the architect of the building, Carolyn Page. With the help of a psychic, Dennis must find a way to stop the ghost from killing Page and the rest of the people in the tower. Does it sound bland? It is. The characters are stale, the plot is mediocre and it tries to go for a Kubrickian style mood but ultimately fails. It comes off a being boring with less than a handful of intresting scenes.