The_Void Anyone who has seen Porno Holocaust will know exactly what to expect from Erotic Nights of the Living Dead, as the two films feature basically the same cast and plot lines. Joe D'Amato is often held in high regard by cult horror fans, and he has made some excellent classics in the genre; but to be honest, I really don't know where he's coming from with the whole porn/zombies thing. Last time I checked, the living dead aren't sexy and mixing an average zombie film with a load of porn isn't exactly a guaranteed recipe for success. As mentioned, the plot is basically the same as the one in Porno Holocaust and focuses on an isolated island. A group of sex starved (or not) people travel to the island for some reason or another, but naturally the island is infested with zombies. This doesn't stop the travellers having sex with each other every five minutes, the zombies do prove to be a bit of a nuisance. That's about the long and short of the plot really...This film is slightly better than Porno Holocaust, but only slightly. The two films suffer from the same main problems: Erotic Nights of the Living Dead is also far too long, and it takes too long for anything to happen too. The sex is mostly quite boring too, which obviously does the film no favours. The film features two of exploitation cinema's biggest stars in George Eastman (also the writer) and Laura Gemser. Gemser, however, doesn't turn up until we get over the halfway point. There's a fair bit of gore in the film, some of it quite hardcore, but it's clear that the sex is the main focus. The zombies themselves are the typical Italian style crusty looking things; not very convincing! As mentioned, the film is far too long and the plot really drags on numerous occasions, which is a shame. There really isn't much to this film; it's very much what you'd expect, so if you're looking for something substantial then look elsewhere! I can't really say that I found Erotic Nights of the Living Dead all that enjoyable so I won't be recommending it, but I guess some sleaze fans may get a kick out of it.

Paul Andrews Le Notti Erotiche dei Morti Viventi, or Erotic Nights of the Living Dead & Sexy Nights of the Living Dead as it's more widely known among English speaking audiences, introduces us to John Wilson (Mark Shannon) who works for a company that are going to buy a tropical paradise called Cat Island & build a holiday resort on it. John hires local sailor Larry O'Hara (George Eastman) to take him & his wife Fiona (Dirce Funari) to Cat Island so he can give it the once over, despite Cat Islands bad reputation with the superstitious locals Larry agrees to take them. Once there they encounter a mysterious young woman (Laura Gemser) & her Grandfather who act strangely & warn them to leave. John isn't having any of it & since the boats motor has broken down their stuck there anyway. Things take a turn for the worse when it becomes apparent that Cat Island is also infested with rotting flesh-eating zombies whom appear very hungry...This Italian production was directed by Joe D'Amato who also saw to the cinematography under his real name Aristide Massaccesi & there really aren't many films like Le Notti Erotiche dei Morti Viventi around, this has been released in basically two different versions an explicit one with hardcore sex & a softer one without although I think both versions contain all the gore. The script by star George Eastman mixes hardcore pornography & Italian exploitation horror. I'm not sure that the mixing of these two genres work particularly well as both the horror & sex elements are kept well apart in terms of the story & one has no notable significance in regards to the other which at times can make you feel that Le Notti Erotiche dei Morti Viventi is two different films pasted together. The hardcore footage consists of one scene where two prostitutes have sex with John, masturbation (at this point while giving John a hand-job one of the women says "they could arrest you for carrying a concealed weapon!"), oral sex & full penetration are present but that's where the hardcore ends really, there is a scene when Fiona masturbates & an infamous bit when a women opens a bottle by inserting it into her vagina. The horror doesn't really kick in until the last 20 or so minutes when the zombies rise. The pacing is a real killer as far as the overall film goes, it becomes quite boring towards the end & at almost 2 hours long in it's uncut state I found my interest waining well before the end. There are very few characters in Le Notti Erotiche dei Morti Viventi & those present aren't that well fleshed out, a lot of scenes & ideas seem unrelated & go unexplained like the Doctor who gets one scene, the black cat that keeps turning up, the zombie in the port that Larry kills, the man at the beginning killed by a zombie & why the hell are there zombies on Cat Island anyway? Some sort of explanation would have been nice while the opening & closing segments are completely unnecessary & feel out of place. On a positive note director D'Amato amazingly manages to create some good sequences, the blue lit zombie scenes at the end look fantastic & add a visual elegance. I wouldn't give D'Amato too much credit though as these scenes were shot during the day & a blue sepia tone was probably added in post production with the alternate sunny daytime shots as they were filmed presented on the DVD as an extra. The real life Santa Domingo locations in the Dominican Republic look beautiful, the beaches, the clear blue sea & the palm trees make me wish I was there zombies or not! The gore is not that graphic, a couple of zombies have their heads chopped off, a few are shot in the head, there is one brief gut-munching scene, a Doctor is attacked by a maggot ridden zombie & that's about it. There is lots of nudity, in fact everyone take all their clothes off for the slightest reason except Eastman who never strips below the waist in any part. The acting & dubbing are up to the usual low standards set by Euro exploitation films. Le Notti Erotiche dei Morti Viventi is an odd film, I liked it's exploitation elements but found it very choppy, poorly paced & despite the odd explicit sex scene & brief horror I didn't find it particularly enjoyable or entertaining as a whole, just in parts which is where my score comes from. Still it's definitely worth a watch for Euro exploitation fans like myself who should be able to find a few redeeming features in it. However, if you get hold of the uncut version make sure you don't watch it in front of your family...

tedg Spoilers herein.I'm interested in genre mixing. Its a common thing, especially with various humor components. The gore branch of horror and the porn branch of the sex film try to be mixed here. I say gore rather than zombies because though zombies appear, the form is not that of a zombie flick. The gore and porn parts are okay I guess, except in the porn department these really are much nicer looking women than usual. This comment is on the 121 minute version which seems to be more complete than other 'uncut' versions. It seemed pretty explicit to me except for anything involving the native girl.The mood, especially with the score, is effective. But the pacing is a killer.Here's the real problem: the sex stuff and the horror parts of the plot have nothing to do with each other. Very few films mix the erotic and frightening. The only one I can recall is Kinski's 'Cat People.'And why in a porn flick are the zombies all modestly covered?Ted's Evaluation -- 1 of 3: You can find something better to do with this part of your life.

DJ Inferno Contains story + **spoiler**An American millionaire wants to build a hotel on a paradisiac Caribbean island. An old man who lives there with his beautiful daughter gets an army of zombies onto his neck...The film starts with a camera angle on George Eastman´s insane eyes, accompanied by the great score of Pluto Kennedy. The rest is peculiar mixture between soft porn and zombie horror, that only one man could have made possible: Joe D´Amato, the undisputed master of Euro-trash. Now everybody should know what that means: the people in this flick f**k around at the first opportunity and with George Eastman and Laura Gemser two of the most popular Italian exploitation actors were casted. However, "Erotic Nights of the living dead" has truly its great moments! Especially the last 1/2 hour when the dead are rising is excellent, although this movie is quite similar to Lucio Fulci´s "Zombi 2". Nevertheless director Joe D´Amato created a spooky atmosphere in combination to the idyll of the Caribbean island. Highly recommended to all those people who are looking for a perfect mixture between horror and sex...