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Banging on zombie island.
Review: Zombies and hardcore sex? Count me in. Joe D'Amato does it again
with Le Notti erotiche dei morti viventi, better known in the
US as Erotic Nights of the Living Dead and Sexy Nights of
the Living Dead. The story follows a businessman (Mark Shannon) that plans to build a
resort on a remote island. Stories abound
about the island as a place of evil and home of zombies. A sailor
(George Eastman) takes
the businessman and his girlfriend (Dirce Funari) to explore the island.
Laura Gemser stars as a mysterious native island girl. Best
known as the Black Emanuelle, Gemser's character is no sexpot
here so there isn't much to get excited about, although she is in the most memorable scene of the film.
The sexy star of the movie is the girlfriend, Funari. She's in
several sultry softcore scenes and looks great sunbathing at the
beach.
Unlike Immagini di un convento (1979) aka Images in a
Convent, the actresses in Erotic Nights are not as
attractive. They don't have the prettiest of faces or the firmest of
bodies. In fact, several have excess fat and loose bottoms and
thighs. Not exactly good porn material (and why I left them out of
the screencaps).
But the most disturbing physical attribute belongs to Tom
Selleck-lookalike, Mark Shannon, who plays the businessman. During
an explicit threesome with two women, you can clearly see large
wart-like bumps on the base of his scrotum. It's enough to make you
vomit.
Just because Erotic Nights contains two of my favorite
subjects, it doesn't mean it's a great movie. Far from it. All of
the low-budget, Italian zombie flicks from the 70s & 80s that
I've seen have problems. In this case, the zombies are downright
boring. Their makeup is bland and they never present a feeling of
impending doom. Save for the one scene where a man's penis is
unceremoniously detached, the gore and violence is uninspired.
I'm not sure what to make of this movie. There isn't enough
zombie action to make it a real zombie movie and there aren't enough
attractive women in the sex scenes to make it a worthwhile porn
flick. So it appears Erotic Nights will appeal only to
diehard fans
of Joe D'Amato and cult cinema.
Film Note: The DVD title is Erotic Nights of the Living Dead,
but the opening credits state, Sexy Nights of
the Living Dead.
Learn more: IMDb
DVD version viewed: Erotic Nights of the Living Dead (Explicit Uncut Version) (Shriek Show,
UPC 631595040890)
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