slayrrr666 "Erotic Nights of the Living Dead" is a somewhat entertaining zombie/porn mixture.**SPOILERS**Heading out on a trip, Larry O'Hara, (George Eastman) has his boat hired out by John Wilson, (Mark Shannon) an American businessman for a trip to a nearby island. Taking along companion Fiona, (Dirce Funari) they seem initially weary of the journey due to local legends about a race of zombies controlled by an evil cat creature, they land on the island and find that it would make an excellent high-end resort. Even though warned away from the place by local Luna, (Laura Gemser) they decide to stay there and use the island for their original intent. Despite more warnings, a horde of the living dead arise from the grounds and stalk them through the island, forcing them to realize the reason for the zombie rampage and set out to stop it before they all become prey to the shuffling creatures.The Good News: This one had some rather good qualities to it when it tried to. The biggest plus to it is the fact that there's some rather good stuff to come from the film's inclusion of hardcore porn into the zombie film genre. Along with the usual Euro-sleaze standard of showing off full nudity from the females involved, this one goes the extra mile and uses it to insert male nudity into the mix with a variety of different options. The main one is a full-on, extended and extremely graphic threesome that starts off with an explicit shower scene, then moves on into the hardcore sex scene that includes oral, penetration and more. That it goes so far in presenting everything makes it standout, and the other sex scenes presented throughout aren't as bad either. These are also packed into the beginning of the film, giving this part of the film a sleazy taste that, along with copious amounts of nudity from non-sexual encounters presented, leave a really sleazy feel to these scenes. Most of them fail, though, when compared to a bottle trick accompanied by a stripper's stage show that is easily one of the most dirty and disgusting scenes imaginable for these films. Even a lesbian romp, kept to a soft-core focus due to the extremity of the previous entries, is a delight and somewhat fun. The zombie footage mixed in, what little there is, is also really nice and manages to get a creepy feeling or two from the scenes, as it comes with the grossly-designed, long-dead and rotting look that really sums up the term zombie in great order, looking quite unique and really great. The scenes of them emerging out of the sand is a sight to behold, with the heaving earth giving way to the creatures in a long, extended sequence that gives the chills, and the resulting action scenes provide plenty of life to the film. The last plus is the moody cinematography on display, giving the island scenes a really beautiful look and the cemetery scenes an eerie air that sets up what's to come nicely. These here are what help the film along.The Bad News: This one here did have a few problems with it. One of the biggest here is the simple fact of the inclusion of so much hardcore footage into the film. This is the kind of stuff that can appear to turn off or morally offend the more prudish out there that merely want to see zombies ripping corpses apart and have no desire to see such kind of scenes. The fact that it goes into the hardcore realm with it's sex and nudity, even so much as doing it often as well, is going to be a struggle for those with these values, plus it also manages to bring up the film's other big problem in that, the inclusion of all that footage results in the film just dragging out for no reason. This is easily a good half-hour too long, most of which is the hardcore footage boosting the length as the film stops in it's tracks and indulges in them for no purpose other than it can, forcing everything else to come after it and making it feel way too long. That also affects the zombie scenes in here, as they're rarely given any screen time other than the very end, which is a sad fact that they're reduced to a cameo role in their own movie. The last flaw in here is the rather unusual manner of the ghost inserted into the film, which has very little sense to it and is overall sloppily done. These here are the film's problems.The Final Verdict: A weird conundrum, as it mixes together the extremes of everything yet not really doing much with them. This one could be worthwhile if you've got a strong stomach and don't mind over-bearing amounts of Euro-sleaze or fans of zombie films, but those with prudish values are advised to seek out a censored version or ignore altogether.Rated UR/X: Continuous Full Male and Female Nudity, hardcore Sex Scenes, Graphic Violence and Language

Coventry In case you always wondered (or worried) whether or not you would get aroused by the sight of zombies having sexual intercourse...you still won't find out by watching this weirdo-flick. In spite of what the title suggests, "Erotic Nights of the Living Dead" does not feature copulating undead or strip-dancing corpses. This merely is a routine Italian zombie film, like "Zombi 2" or "Zombie Holocaust", with a handful of hardcore sex sequences thrown in during the first half hour. And as crazy as it may sound, it actually is a pretty decent zombie movie if you just ignore these totally redundant porno moments and focus on the beautiful island location and rather stylish gory make-up effects. There's the typically obnoxious businessman who buys a tropical island with a vicious reputation and intends to build a tourist resort there. Along with a macho sailer and a whore he picked up in some hotel, he goes to scout the place but stumbles upon an uncanny old man and his ghostly granddaughter that rule over the island. Laura Gemser, ravishing cult siren and regular D'Amato nymph, stars as the mysterious island girl but her role is rather limited and she doesn't really show much of her enchanting body. George Eastman clearly is in great shape again as the stud, but he still doesn't manage to script down one reasonably good dialogue. There are a couple of atmospheric zombie-attacks and explicit gore. You can't possibly expect more from a Joe D'Amato film, apart from sleazy oddities in the script maybe, like the girl who ingeniously uncorks a bottle of champagne by using her vagina only (!).

macabro357 (aka: EROTIC NIGHTS OF THE LIVING DEAD)Just saw the un-cut, newly-remastered Shriek/Media Blasters DVD of this and I must say, I was bored by the whole thing. However, 'everybody else' must have liked it because the cast stuck around for D'Amato's next Caribbean offering, PORNO HOLOCAUST (1981)OK, I admit I was turned on by the hardcore threesome between Manlio Cersosimo and the two Dominican whores he had up in his room, but the rest of the film was totally un-interesting, horror-wise or sex-wise. Gemser should have continued played Emmanuelle and I'm surprised she didn't here. Especially for a Joe D'Amato movie. There's surprisingly little gore for a film of this scope, and the zombie plot looks like it was thrown in there as a pretext for the soft-core lesbian scenes between Gemser and Funari. There's also soft core sex scenes between Eastman and Gemser and between Cersosimo and Funari as well as the previously mentioned hard-core sex scene.Plot concerns George Eastman taking Manlio Cersosimo and his girlfriend (Dirce Funari) to an island so he can scout locations for a new hotel resort. A female spirit (Laura Gemser) and an old man conjure up the dead buried on the island to go after these three and stop any development from taking place. Some of the zombies get impaled on sticks by Eastman and some brown & green stuff (blood?) comes flowing out, and there's a couple of zombies who get torched, but that's pretty much all the action. Eastman and Funari wind up in a 'mental institution' after all this. Shriek/Media Blasters did their usual, impeccable wide-screen treatment of this DVD, far more than the actual film deserves. Not much in the line of extras, though. There's also a half-way decent electronic score by Marcello Giombini. Mostly deserves a yawn...3 out of 10

virus_brd its been quite a while i watched the movie. i rented it because i thaught it would be some funny trash like "zombie holocaust", but i was wrong. theres nearly no gore, no story, 3 zombies (or something), no FX, JUST PLAIN NOTHING! just stupid disgusting hairy (!!!) 70-ish porn. (i watched the full uncut version by astro). that was no fun.