Die Zombiejäger
Die Zombiejäger is a Swedish exploitation film from 2005. A prequel called Dragonetti: The Ruthless Contract Killer was released in 2010.
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| Directed by | Jonas Wolcher |
| Produced by | Jonas Wolcher Magnus Hedqvist |
| Written by | Jonas Wolcher Petter Hörberg |
| Starring | Martin Brisshäll Nick Holmquist Christian van Caine Margareta Strand |
| Music by | Sturm Café Aardia Dark Funeral Hype Interlace Project X Red Cell |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Language | English Swedish German Italian |
| Budget | €4000 |
Crew
Director Jonas Wolcher Producer Magnus Hedquist, Jonas Wolcher Creator Jonas Wolcher Screenplay Petter Hörberg
Cast
- Nick Holmquist as Dieter Höss
- Martin Brisshäll as Heinrich Rummel
- Christian van Caine as Ivo Reinharth
- Margareta Strand as Ewa Weiss
- Erich Silva as The Zombie Master
- Aldo Cunei as Claudio Dragonetti
- Mads Koudal as Knut
- Helena Karlsson as Ingela Karlsson
- Andreas Andersson as Roger
- Yohanna Idha as Magdalena Forsmark
- Jonas Lübeck as Hans Buttgeritz, Yellow Zombie
- Peter Lihnell as Goon 1
- Mathias Engman as Goon 2
- Maud Sjögren as Britt Samuelsson
- Hyse Gashi as The Mayor of Gothenburg
- Göran Sjögren as Police Officer #1
- Simon Thalén as Kenneth
- Emperor Magus Caligula as The Necrophiliac
- Julia Skinnars as Girl in shower
- Christian Kinell as The Scout
- Petter Hörberg as The 80:s man and Doctor
- Andreas J. Wimmer as Brown Reporter
- Magnus Hedqvist as Klaus Morgenstern and Henrik Andersson
- Peter Ahl as Zombie
- Johan Bjärsborn as Zombie
- Enes Crnalic as Zombie
- Mikael Pettersson as Zombie
- Janne Skip Sandin as Zombie
- Jesper M. Sjöberg as Police officer
- George Svensson as Neckripping zombie
- Adam Thorp as SWAT
Plot
During a time in the near future, Gothenburg has been invaded by zombies. The police are powerless and a team of German zombie hunters are called in to solve the problem and clean up the city and find out what is causing the zombie epidemic. On their way through the streets of Gothenburg, they run into several obstacles. For example, they come across an Italian assassin and some Swedish reporters on the wrong side of the barricades.
Soundtrack
Over 21 bands contributed to the soundtrack, among them Dark Funeral and Sturm Café. Sturm Café's song "Die Zombiejäger" was written for the film and is used as a main theme throughout the movie. "Godhate" by Dark Funeral is played in the opening credits and "Related Skin" by Red Cell is played during the final battle and over the closing credits. Aardia wrote the original score. A soundtrack was released featuring several of the more prominent songs. There were some controversy when it turned out the producers did not have the right to release the songs on a soundtrack CD. Wolcher was not prosecuted however.
- "Theme from Die Zombiejäger" - Sturm Café
- "Godhate" - Dark Funeral
- "Hans' Theme" - Aardia
- "Related Skin" - Red Cell
- "The Mayor's Theme" - Aardia
- "Realm of Fear" - Aardia
- "Call To Arms" - Aardia
- "Walking Dead" - Digital Dreamers
- "Master" - Interlace
- "Infected" - Project-X
- "Thus I Have Spoken" - Dark Funeral
- "All the Terror You Can Eat" - Grate
- "Patrol 17" - Dismember
- "Fairy Tales From Beyond" - Aardia
- "Necropolis" - DDR
- "The Wandering" - Aardia
Release
This film was premiered at Fantastisk Film Festival in Lund 2005. October 14, 2005 was the theatrical premiere at Panora in Malmö.
Home media
Die Zombiejäger (European version) was released on DVD by Plastic Head on 11 June 2007. It included a feature commentary, 4 Featurettes, trailers, Commercial Combatzone, makeup special effects of project x, 2 music videos, a slideshow, and Radio GFN.
Die Zombiejäger (US version) was released by Entertainment One Films on 9 December 2008 on a double feature DVD with the Swedish slasher Murder Island.
Die Zombiejäger (Ultimate 3 Disc Face Rip Off Edition) was released on DVD by Dark Disc - Sick Films on 14 April 2010. It included the extras Zombienoid (Bonus short), Behind the Scenes of ”Zombienoid”, Motion Picture Score “Zombienoid” by A/d, Music video “Zombienoid” (A/d "Coming Down - Directed by Jonas Wolcher), Skräckafton i Lidköping, Casting ”Die Zombiejäger”, Cut scene frp, ”Die Zombiejäger”, Motion Picture Score ”Die Zombiejäger” by Aardia, First Day of Shooting, a new interview with Martin Brisshäll, a new interview with Aldo Cunei, bloopers, Easter Eggs
Root of Darkness (Root Of Darkness Triple Feature Set) was released on DVD by Srs Cinema on 22 August 2017. This three movie pack contains Root of Darkness, Die Zombiejäger and Dragonetti The Ruthless Contract Killer. There were only extras to Root of Darkness.