Erotic Nights of the Living Dead (1980)
Director: Joe D'Amato
Writer: George Eastman
Synopsis: A sailor takes an American businessman and his girlfriend to an island where the businessman wants to build a resort. Soon a weird voodoo couple show up and warn them of bad things that are going to happen. It doesn't take long for the zombies to show up and start chowing down on human flesh.
If there was as much zombie action in this movie as there was sex, this movie would be great!
1) ACTING: The acting was difficult to tell as the voices of the actors were dubbed. No one "appeared" to be a bad actor.
2) PRODUCTION: The movie was pretty good when it came to production values. There were a few lighting issues, but nothing too distracting. Not a whole lot of blood and gore in this movie. There is a scene that is pretty violently graphic, and then later, one of our heroes is being eaten by the zombies. The soundtrack wasn't bad, and the eerie organ music heightened the creepiness of the island. The old man and the girl on the island were never explained, but I'm guessing they were ghosts, even though the girl did get it on with Larry, John AND Fiona.
3) ZOMBIES: The zombies in this one are definitely "Romero shamblers," even though where Romero's had problems walking, these were very steady in their pace. These zombies were very reminiscent of the Templar Knights movies, right down to the robes. They were in advanced stages of "rot," and varied from grotesque maggot covered peeling skin to simple gray faces with darkened eyes. They walked INCREDIBLY slow and weren't difficult to destroy. They did enjoy eating their victims.
4) THE CAUSE: No specific cause was given. The island suffered an earthquake, then an un-named epidemic, and there seemed to be some black magic and rituals involved as well.
5) NUDITY: There was SO much nudity and graphic sex in this movie, it was almost like watching a horror themed soft core porn movie. There was one hardcore scene (complete with money shot) and I wonder if all the sex was taken out of this movie, if it would be 40 minutes long! There also is an interesting champagne bottle scene that must be seen to be believed. (37 minutes in)
FINAL: This movie was pretty much "okay," although it is a number of years old. Other than the sex, it is really mild for an Italian horror movie. Normally, there is blood galore, but not here. I wonder if the director purposely did this, and then filled the rest of the movie with lots of nudity and sex. I wouldn't recommend buying it, as after one viewing, you'll probably not need to (or want to) see it again. But, I don't really think there is anywhere around that this would be on a video store's rental shelf.
RATING: 2 out of 5
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