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How Many Nazi Zombies...


Were there? The most shown at once was six. It did seem to be many more the way they showed them as the rose out of the water or walked the Island. In the ending credits there are nine names following the "With"...

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6 actors were cast and used multiple times to give the illusion there were more

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No, there were 9 people acting as the zombies, you just need to look at the credits, but we are led to believe there are 6 of them in the film.

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Okay, so I just checked the trivia suction and it says there were 8 actors, so we were both wrong, but you were closer

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Yes, you bring to light an anomaly between the film credits and the trivia section.

That's not so surprising I guess given that the making of the film is a bit of a mystery in and of itself.

Whether there was 8 or 9 - those actors were awesome - scare me every time I watch it.

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Interesting Trivia:
A reporter, Jay Maeder, got a job as one of the nazis. He never told anyone in the cast. Afterwards he wrote an article about his experiences which was purchased by a major newspaper.

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