Directed by Ken Wiederhorn
Written by John Harrison and Ken Wiederhorn
- Peter Cushing as the SS Commander
- Brooke Adams as Rose
- John Carradine as the Captain
- Luke Halpin as Keith
- Jack Davidson as Norman
- D.J. Sidney as Beverly
Rating: 
There is something almost perversely antiquarian about Shock Waves, a modern B-horror curiously devoted to the grammar of classical terror. On paper, Shock Waves sounds like pulpy gold: undead Nazi frogmen rising from the sea to stalk a cursed island. But director Ken Wiederhorn plays it like a somber throwback to the moody chillers produced by Val Lewton—all fog, atmosphere, and suggestion. The problem is that the movie’s slow pacing and clumsy visuals drain the concept of excitement. Peter Cushing gives the material far more dignity than it deserves, John Carradine floats through like a haunted relic, and Brooke Adams adds bursts of melodrama. But the real star is Richard Einhorn’s creepy synth score, which does about ninety percent of the movie’s atmospheric heavy lifting.
