Nazis at the Center of the Earth

Nazis at the Center of the Earth
Directed by Joseph Lawson
Produced by
Written by Paul Bales
Starring
Music by Chris Ridenhour
Cinematography Alex Yellen
Edited by Rob Pallatina
Distributed by The Asylum
Release dates
  • April 24, 2012 (2012-04-24)
Running time
 90 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Nazis at the Center of the Earth is a direct-to-video sci-fi film produced by The Asylum that stars Dominique Swain and Jake Busey. It was released on April 24, 2012 on Blu-ray Disc and DVD. The UK release was called Bloodstorm.[1] The Lexikon des internationalen Films considers the film a rip-off (mockbuster) aimed at exploiting the "hype" surrounding the film Iron Sky.[2]

Plot

On May 10th, 1945, in a secret airport near Wurtzberg, Germany, Nazi scientist Dr. Josef Mengele, along with fellow doctors and soldiers, prepare to depart into an unknown location with a mysterious package in their occupation. They are soon ambushed by the Allied forces, but successfully escape.

In present day, a group of researchers in Antarctica Dr. Paige Morgan among them, are abducted by a platoon of gas-masked soldiers wearing swastika arm bands and dragged into a hidden environment in the center of the Earth. There, they discover that Dr. Josef Mengele and a group of surviving Nazi soldiers are plotting an invasion of Earth to create a Fourth Reich.

Cast

Production

Lawson received the directorial assignment after reading the script and pitching himself as director in the fall of 2011. The film took less than four months to make. On Asylum, Lawson said "They are a low-budget film studio,[...] I knew pretty much going in that this was going to be a B movie. We had a 12-day shoot and a budget well south of $200,000."[3]

The entire movie was storyboarded by the director shot for shot before production began in November, 2011.

Locations for the film included Willow Studios in Los Angeles (underground in the Nazi bunker and Nifleheim Station), Blue Cloud Ranch in Santa Clarita (opening war night scenes and the underground cavern), and the Asylum Studios (hallways, labs, medical rooms, rapelling scenes and green screen virtual sets).

The film features one of the highest visual effects shot counts in an Asylum film, 379, and the effects were completed in just four weeks.

In his commentary director Joseph J. Lawson cites as his visual influences Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson, Sam Raimi, John Carpenter, John Landis, David Lean, J.J. Abrams and Robert Rodriguez.

Reception

Critical and audience reaction to the film has been mixed with everything from "absolute garbage" to "the Citizen Kane of Asylum films".[4]

References

  1. ↑ West, Steven (August 6, 2012). "FrightFest Gore in the Store review of Bloodstorm". FrightFest. Retrieved September 22, 2012. “BLOODSTORM” is a feeble UK retitling of a movie called NAZIS AT THE CENTER OF THE EARTH. Mathematically minded viewers will know that the original title is exactly 2984.3% superior to the generic new moniker – which itself might cause confusion with SUBSPECIES 4: BLOODSTORM.
  2. ↑ "Nazi Sky – Die Rückkehr des Bösen". Lexikon des internationalen Films (in German). Zweitausendeins. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  3. ↑ Richard Ecke (30 April 2012). "Great Falls man directs Grade B feature-length film". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  4. ↑ "Dvd Review: Nazis At The Center Of The Earth". Wizbang Pop!. 2012-04-29. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
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